Rolling Stones, Thelonious Monk, Morphine, Tom Waits, Mingus, Hank Mobley, Muddy Waters, Soulive, Charlie Hunter, Dave Liebman, Nick Drake, Joe Henderson, Miles Davis, Muse, Interpol, the Cars, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green, the Cure, Sly & the Family Stone, Wilco, MMW, Tortoise, Grover Washington Jr, David Bowie, Iggy Pop , Beck, Soundgarden, Tool, Portishead, Cake, STP, A Tribe Called Quest, Hawksley Workman, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Led Zeppelin, Taj Mahal.
Wes Anderson, Goodfellas, Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Fritz the Cat, American Splendor, Chinatown, Broken Flowers, Sideways, Eternal Sunshine, Lenny, Science of Sleep, Waking Life, Office Space, Punch Drunk Love, Diner, Taxi Driver, The Graduate, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sin City, Batman, Mean Streets.
sopranos, seinfeld, curb your enthusiasm, chappelle's show
albert camus, tom robbins, poe, harvey pekar and various underground comics
My Students(Matt, Julian, Kai,Noelle), Thelonious Monk, Mark Sandman, Tom Waits