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Ahmet Ertegun (R.I.P.), Luigi Serafini, Brian Eno, Richard Branson, Dave Eggers, Chris Cunningham, Sandra Tsing-Loh, my great grand-parents (again as an adult - R.I.P.), Janeane Garofalo, Martin Scorcese, Robert Crumb, Jon Stewart, Richard Manuel (R.I.P.), Robert Fripp, Amy Sedaris, Errol Morris.
Old Punk, 70's Funk, Stax/Volt, Motown, Cuban Salsa, Buzzcocks, Wire, QOTSA, Radiohead, The Band (first two records), Buffalo Springfield, The Wierdos, Turbonegro, The Weakerthans, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Rolling Stones, Ikara Colt, Mountain Goats, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Cornelius, Birthday Party, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Swell Maps, Irving, Stooges, Iggy, Mahavishnu Orchestra, DivisionOfLauraLee, These Arms are Snakes, Nirvana, The Dammed, XTC, PIL, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack, Pixies, This Heat, Joseph Arthur, Mazzy Star, Gang of Four, Drive Like Jehu, Flaming Lips, Jawbox, Pinback, DJ Krush, Hive, Vexed, Tom Waits, Yout Group, Sparklehorse, Arcade Fire, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Blind Faith, The Soft Boys, Kate Bush, Killing Joke, Darcy Fray, Alice Donut, Portishead, Echo and The Bunnymen, Tenacious D, Los Lobos, Deus, Lush, The Swans, Redd Kross, Wilco, Brian Eno, Laika, Pell Mell, Belle & Sebastian, Sigur Ros, Roxy Music, Charles Mingus, early Genesis, The Godz, The Groundhogs, Very Pleasant Neighbor (VPN), Afghan Whigs, Stereolab, Archers of Loaf, Bauhaus, Beatles, Bowie, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, The Wipers, Elliott Smith, Zappa, Dead Can Dance, The Rachels, Eric Satie, Debussy, Mozart, aMiniature, Ennio Morricone, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Cheap Trick (early), John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, The Dears, Prince, NoMeansNo, The Stranglers, Animal Slaves, Elvis Costello, Miles Davis, Devo, Nick Drake, Joy Division, Thin Lizzy, Mott The Hoople, T. Rex, Ride, Bill Evans, Th' Faith Healers, Failure, Fred Frith, Material, Fugazi, Yo La Tengo, The Department of Eagles, Leonard Cohen, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Sweet, Funkadelic, Gastr del Sol, Snowpony, The Gits, Grandaddy, Henryk Górecki, Pell Mell, Muse, Sunshine, Au Pairs, GBV, PJ Harvey, The Jam, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Ultravox (early), Stars, Starseeds, Chris Knox, Singapore Sling, Looper, The Chocolate Watchband, The 13th Floor Elevatos, Siouxsie, Low, The Magnetic Fields, Nina Hagen, The Sonics, Can, Air, Big Star, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Magazine, Coil, This Mortal Coil, The Psychedelic Furs, Mozart, Bach, The Youngbloods, The Lounge Lizards, Pavement, Velvet Underground, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Blur, The Verve, Common, Elastica, The Who, X, Bjork, The Sugarcubes, Blind Faith, Sonic Youth, Radio Birdmen, Ry Cooder, Beck, Atmosphere, Dilated Peoples, Television, Talking Heads, Patti Smith.
Blow Up, Sunset Blvd, The Deer Hunter, The Apple War, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Help!, Repo Man, Trainspotting,The Philadelphia Story, The Lady Eve, Bringing Up Baby, Harold and Maude, Taxi Driver, Duck Soup, Chinatown, Fast Cheap & Out Of Control, Shakes The Clown, Eraserhead, Raging Bull, Straw Dogs, Snatch, The Limey, Schizopolis, Pulp Fiction, North by Northwest, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!, Lord of the Rings, Amelie, The Dark Crystal, Happiness, The Horses Mouth, Crumb, Amores Perros, Straw Dogs, Fight Club, Do the Right Thing, Ghost World, (the original) Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, the Wizard of Oz, Little Big Man
Oz, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Southpark, Twin Peaks, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Avengers, Mr. Show, Strangers with Candy, News Radio, Ken Burns' PBS series', The Honeymooners, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Osbournes, Nova, Frontline, Entourage
Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, Harlan Ellison, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Raymond Chandler, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Milagro Beanfield War (Movie blew), Tin Tin, Robert Anton Wilson, High Fidelity, Geek Love, The Phantom Tollbooth