things i like.
alphabetization, bike riding, cheesies, cigarettes, drums, hi-fives (aka hi-touch), records, strongbow, 'the finger'.
aurally pleasing.
b52's, badly drawn boy, be your own pet, beck, beyonce, black sabbath, blondie, blur, david bowie, brmc, james brown, cars, cat power, CCR, cheap trick, cinch, daft punk, darkness, dears, destroyer, detroit cobras, devo, don covay, eels, alton ellis, elvis, brian eno, eurythmics, everly brothers, fall, marvin gaye, golden dogs, gorrilaz, hayden, heart, hendrix, high dials, hot chip, billy idol, (international) noise conspiracy, interpol, michael jackson, wanda jackson, etta james, jerk with a bomb, joy division, kinks, klaxons, le tigre, led zeppelin, liam lynch, lilys, les savy fav, love, magnetic fields, make-up, mando diao, martha and the vandellas, mc5, modern lovers, van morrisson, mr. scruff, new young pony club, organ, outkast, peaches, wilson pickett, pinback, pink mountaintops, pipettes, pixies, police, pretty things, prince, pulp, quasi, queen, queens of the stone age, rapture, raveonettes, otis redding, replacements, rogers sisters, rolling stones, sam and dave, seeds, shangri-la's, shins, shocking blue, small faces, small faces, smog, smokey robinson and the miracles, sonics, sounds, edwin starr, stills, stooges, sweet, teddybears, temptations, thin lizzy, toots and the maytals, tv on the radio, tv on the radio, t*rex, von bondies, wailers, walkmen, jackie wilson, who, wire, wolf parade, stevie wonder, yeah yeah yeah's, zombies, (northern)soul/mod/60's etc.
optically pleasing.
007, 16 candles, akira, all the real girls, almost famous, amoresperros, belle de jour, brick, city of god, dangerous lives of altar boys, departed, donnie darko, dr. strangelove, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, exorcist, ghost world, high fidelity, hitchcock, iron giant, kontroll, kill bill 1&2, kung fu hustle, labyrinth, lost in translation, MST3000, napoleon dynamite, punch drunk love, rosemarys baby, royal tennenbaums, rushmore, secretary, shadow of the vampire, subway, trainspotting, true romance, withnail and i.