Music:
wolfgang amadeus mozart, thelonious sphere monk, beck, bob dylan, the beatles, they might be giants, mr. bungle, the black crowes, radiohead, mike patton, elvis, pink floyd, the melvins, robert johnson, muddy waters, john coltrane, jethro tull, aphex twin, clutch, stereolab, jimi hendrix, the grateful dead, kings of leon, and on, and on, and on...
Movies:
i like films like: one flew over the cuckoo's nest, amilie, big fish, and dr. strangelove (or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) - anything with some soul to it.
Television:
on mute.
Books:
anything by King, T.S. Eliot, EE cummiNG s;..;, Kerouac, Kesey, Farina, Verne, Carroll, Edgar Poe, George Orwell, and of course Homer and Dante. oh, and the Bible's good, too. i'll admit it, i still really dig Shel Silverstein and Robert Fulgham.
Heroes:
Jesus, MLK, JFK, old doc Leary, John Hammond, Bill Gates, Hunter S. Thompson and Superman.