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/Radiohead etc.....I imagine that this fits with say..... Homer

I have a fairly twatty, snobbish and fascistic attitude to music, but for films and books, I only baulk at the truly terrible stuff, your Dan Browns or films directed by Paul WS Anderson / late Micheal Bay.

I like to read stuff like Frederick Forsyth or Dick Francis, which I guess is the literature equivalent of stuff like Gangnam Style.

Find them really dull regardless of their content. I think I've enjoyed about 5 films in my entire life.

but I guess it stands to reason that people who, urgh, scratch beneath the surface for music would do the same for other things

but then whilst I do listen to a lot of DiS friendly music I'm not necessarily averse to the likes of Rihanna, Beyonce or Britney, in moderation.

My taste in films/books is pretty similar so I've enjoyed books by Haruki Murakami and Charles Bukowski but I've also read every single Harry Potter Book.

I had this super-targeted Facebook advert the other day saying “if you like Boxer by The National then you might like this book” – but the book was about World War 2 and I couldn’t really see where the National fitted into it at all. Worked to some extent though, as I paid it far more attention than I do most other Facebook ads.

because I don't think being into DiS friendly bands means you necessarily have good taste whatever that phrase means.

And yes, in most cases, those niche tastes probably extend to books and films (people banging on about Michael Haneke, me banging on about Nabokov). But most people have niche tastes alongside fairly broad tastes (people getting worked up about the new Justin Timberlake album?) and that extends too.

In short, if you claim to like poncy music chances are you will be poncy about other stuff, but most people aren't so precious.

and tried to have a good taste like an utter try hard bellsniff, but I really cannot get with them.

Sitting down still watching something for hours doesn't seem to gel with me.

I don't think I have good taste in books either. Or music to be fair.

It stars Brittany Murphy and Dean Cain. Bloody hell, Dean Cain. I'll excuse myself from any further involvement in this thread.

I like big budget action films (if they're good), run of the mill comedies and fantasy fare. I have incredibly mainstream film tastes. And I barely read at all.

All those fucking animal bands, like Grizzy Bear and Animal Collective and Frightened Rabbit and all the bands with Deer or Antler in their title.

Also at this time, everyone collectively stood around and wanked over the proverbial biscuit that was The National back catalog.

It's getting a bit better these days, and to be fair, most of the DiS albums of the year have been good.

Anyway, I READ THE WHOLE OF INFINITE JEST SO I'M MORE FUCKING INDIE THAN ALL OF YOU

there is a mild correlation

but nothing more than that

sorry but they just do not interest me at all.

Films, I don't watch very many, therefore my taste isn't as refined as most peoples so I just know the usual 'classics' as well as enjoying the odd blockbuster. Because so many disers wet themselves over DKR I'm willing to bet I do not share the majority of DiS users taste in films... at least the blockbusters.

Fast 5 though, WHAT A FILM!