Hmm recently not enough time to get up to general things.. heh, unless of course its goin out and having that one shot of Tequila too many.. heheh Tequilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the drink of the gods.. but remember children its not just a drink .. its a way of life ..!! lol (in J Blacks Nacho libre voice)

Lots of different things..

in particular...

Kodo Link: http://www.kodo.or.jp/
Most taiko in general..

Bob Dylan ! Yes I said Bob dylan.. yes hes an old codger but his stuff is timeless and as far as influencing modern music, no single person has done more.

TOOL

Slayer

Arch enemy

In Flames

and theres tons more..

oh look through my tracks :P

.http://www.imdb.com/ is your friend :D

I love watching movies
Movies (Im very anti-Hollywood... it sucks)
Big fan of old movies and world cinema key movies I would recommend are anyhting by:-
Kurosawa - kagemusha, Ran, Rashomon, Ikiru, the Idiot
Tarkovksy - Andrei Rubylov
Paosolini - Salo
also
Almovodar -Bad education, All about my mother
Chan woon Park (Sympathy for mr Vengeance Old Boy, Lady Vengeance)
Studio Ghibli (Spirited away and etc)
Production IG (Ghost in the Shell 1,2,series)
Takeshi kitano - Violent Cop Hanabi etc etc..

Then theres one offs like
UHF ( Wheel of fiish !!)
Napoleon Dynamite
Badtaste
Battle Royale
The Audition
The ring (which got pooey Hollywood conversion)
Ju-on (also got a pooey Hollypoop conversion)
Grave of the fireflies
Motorcycle Diaries
City of God
Y tu mama tambien
Chiwaseon
Wong Fei Hong

Recently watched and enjoyed
Sideways
The Three burials of Maquilades Estrada
C.R.A.Z.Y.
A bittersweet life
Lemmings
Hidden Blade
Twilight samurai
Lord of War (Nick Cage in a pretty decent flick after such a long string of disasters)
Atomised
Goodbye Lenin
Three Times
The Host
Curse of the Golden Flower
Deathnote 1&2
Last King of Scotland

TV series
LOST - pretty good, but the flashbacks get so annoying after a while
Entourage - Fucking hillarious...

I cant help but think US TV is better than US movies ..

Im missing out a huge bunch of stuff.. but on purpose.. dont want to look like a nerd.