I enjoy mostly punk (no pop-punk), hardcore, select classic rock bands, ska (hurray for ska!), and new wave.

current obsessions:  mostly ska...

Nobody Likes A Bogan by Area-7 (Australian ska)
Super Orgy Porno Party by the Planet Smashers
Pinocchio by Oreskaband (Japanese ska)
Shining On by Big D & the Kid's Table
Maggie Mae by the Pietasters
Die Mauer by Ebba Grön (early 80's Swedish punk)
De Lyckliga Kompisarna songs (late 80's Swedish punk)

check them out!

A Very Long Engagement, Donnie Darko, Amélie, Howl's Moving Castle, Sound of Music, Gattaca, Ratatouille, Les Visiteurs, and more.  I don't like horror films.

of all time:  my sister.

photographers:  Ara Güler, Carl de Keyzer, Pennie Smith, my conceited self.

painters:   Paul Gauguin, James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Cole, Matti Halmevuo.

musicians:   Joe Strummer, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, all members of the Beatles, Ian Curtis, Mart Hällgren, Joakim Thåström, Ray Davies, Trent Reznor, Grant Hart, Jesse Michaels, Andy Partridge, Lou Reed, Josh Freese, everyone in the Specials, everyone in Madness.

authors:   Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Dickens, J.D. Salinger, Garth Nix, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Albert Camus (The Stranger!!).

politicians:   none.

actors/actresses:   none.

in general:   Andy Warhol, Thomas Munk, all my family members, some of my friends ;)  most strangers