Silver surf, turquoise water, white beaches, green forests, blue mountains, golden fields, red sun.
Great Canadian folk n' blues with some grunt, Willie P. Bennet, Freddy Eaglesmith, Blue Rodeo, and of course Alanis; Down and get dirty blues: Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Leadbelly, B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee; Some incredible women , Bonney Rait, Etta James, Aretha Franklin , and some unbelievable jazz by Ella Fitzgerald, who I swear has the voice of an angel; Progressive Jazz by Pharoah Sanders, Nils Petter Molvar, Mouth Music, St. Germain, and Arvo Part; and most recently my son has introduced me some great dance music, Tiesto, Paul Van Dyke, Arven Van Buren
The best I've seen recently is Ten Canoes, a great insight into Australia's original land carer's.
The evil little box, that deadens your mind and sucks the soul from your body
Just about antyhing by these authors. Great story tellers - John Irving, Robertson Davies, Micheal Ondaatje,Tom Robbins,Hemmingway,A.S.Byrant,William Gough; Some of the best humour and satire by Kurt Vonnegut, and P.J.O'Rourke; Travel and adventure - Paul Theroux and Bill Bryson; Science Fiction - William Gibson, Bruce Sterling and Frank Herbert; Mind expansion - Carlos Castaneda, June Singer, Steven Covey, Norman Vincent Peale, Danial Goleman; some great non fiction by Jon Krakuer and Micheal Moore