Traditional Irish, Medieval, Neofolk, Traditional Scottish, Dark Cabaret, Darkwave, Ska.

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Anti-Flag • Apocalyptica • B.B. King • Brisa Roché • Carbon Leaf • Carfax Abbey • Chumbawamba • Déanta • Donovan • Dragonforce • Goran Bregovic

• Iced Earth • Jill Tracy • John Lee Hooker • Lumsk • Madness • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds • Poe • The Birthday Party • The Bothy Band • The Clash • The Ramones

• The Raveonettes • The Sex Pistols • The Specials • The Tiger Lillies • Tom Waits • Ute Lemper • Vangelis • Voltaire

Cello (cannot play it, but it sounds gorgeous), melodica, tinwhistle.

Arthur C. Clarke, Ernest Hemingway.

Cyberpunk.

Alan Moore -- V for Vendetta Arthur C. Clarke -- 2001: A Space Odyssey -- Rendezvous with Rama C. S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Prince Caspian -- The Voyage of the Dawntreader -- The Silver Chair * -- The Horse and his Boy -- The Magician's Nephew -- The Last Battle Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy * -- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe * -- Life, the Universe and Everything * -- So Long and Thanks for all the Fish * -- Mostly Harmless * F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby * Frank Herbert -- Dune George Orwell -- 1984 -- Animal Farm Helen M. Hoover -- The Lost Star *

J. R. R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring * -- The Two Towers * -- Return of the King * Jeanette Winterson -- The Passion John Christopher -- The White Mountains -- The City of Gold and Lead -- The Pool of Fire -- When the Tripods Came Michael Ende -- The Neverending Story Philip K. Dick -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451 Stefan Stenudd -- Om Om * Timothy Zahn -- Heir to the Empire -- Dark Force Rising * -- The Last Command * Ursula K. Le Guin -- A Wizard of Earthsea -- The Tombs of Atuan -- The Farthest Shore

* = I own a copy in my personal book collection.

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, Watchmen by Alan Moore, Kaze no tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) by Hayao Miyazaki, Hellsing by Kouta Hirano.

Luc Besson, Terry Gilliam, Stanley Kubrick, David Lean, David Lynch, Hayao Miyazaki, Roman Polanski, Wong Kar Wai.

Mystery, science fiction, fantasy, (black) comedy, (film-noir)


selected favourites

# 2001: A Space Odyssey A An American in Paris Army of Darkness B Big Sleep, The Blade Runner * Brainstorm Bram Stoker's Dracula * Brazil C Casablanca Crow, The * D Dead Poets Society Doctor Zhivago (1965) * Dreamers, The * Dune (1984) * E Excalibur F Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love) Fearless Vampire Killers, The Fifth Element, The * G Gattaca H Heathers * Hunger, The I Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom J JFK K N/A L Last life in the Universe Léon * Life in a Day Logan's Run (1976) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring * Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers * Lord of the Rings: Return of the King * Lorna Doone (2000)

M Maltese Falcon, The (1941) Matrix, The Merlin (1998) ** Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python and the Holy Grail * N Neverending Story, The* Ninth Gate, The * O N/A P Philadelphia Story, The Princess Bride, The Q N/A R Raiders of the Lost Ark Reality Bites Robin Hood: Men in Tights * Rosemary's Baby S Sin City Singin' in the Rain Snatch Soylent Green Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi T Trainspotting True Romance * Twelve Monkeys * U Untouchables, The * V Vampire Hunter D W Wisdom of Crocodiles, The Witness X N/A Y N/A Z N/A

* = I own a copy of the film on DVD.
** = I own a copy of the film on both DVD and VHS.

Animated: Chip 'n' Dale,The Dreamstone, The Legend of Prince Valiant, Papyrus, Pirates of Dark Water, SWAT Kats, TaleSpin, Tintin
Anime: "Now and Then, Here and There"

Graham Chapman Jack Davenport James Purefoy

Peter Lorre Peter O'Toole Richard Coyle

Tadanobu Asano

Eddie Izzard (UK), Lewis Black (US), George Carlin (US), Mick Øgendahl (DK), Jan Gintberg (DK)

• Back






Avania.co.uk, its contents and designs, Copyright © 2002-2008 Lajla G. All rights reserved.

Valid XHTML 1.01 and CSS. Optimized for 1280x800 and Mozilla Firefox 3.

« ! & Got Towel? # »   •