Secret Chiefs 3, Sun City Girls (in all their manifestations), Ennio Morricone, Eyvind Kang, Joe Meek, Rudolf Eb.er, Ananda Shankar, Brian Wilson, Ali Akbar Khan, Nino Rota, the Kinks, Six Organs of Admittance, Gregg Turkington, Harry Partch, Scott Walker, Googoosh, more Morricone, etc, etc.
The works of Parajanov, Jodorowsky, Fellini, Tarkovsky, Herzog, Kiarostami, Antonioni, blah, blah, blah. Also have been digging the super sexy, technicolor,60's/70's Italian cinema these days....
The Prisoner
Artuad, Borges, Corbin, Dick, Vonnegut.
Not really a hero, but Harry Smith sure did get alot done.