Music, artwork, sketches, instruments of all kinds.
Membranophones, Basslifier.
Bookoo, Jolt, and of course a nice, cold refreshing bottle of Bawls.
After-life concepts, Shamanism, Metaphysical studies, World Religions/Languages.
"I think psychedelics play a major part in what we do, but having said that, I feel that if somebody's going to experiment with those things they really need to educate themselves about them. People just taking the chemicals and diving in without having any kind of preparation about what they're about to experience tend to have no frame of reference, so they're missing everything flying by and all these new perspectives. It's just a waste. They reach a little bit of spiritual enlightenment, but they end up going, 'Well, now I need that drug to get back there again.' The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug." - MJK
"Christianity has a built-in defense system: anything that questions a belief, no matter how logical the argument is, is the work of Satan by the very fact that it makes you question a belief. It's a very interesting defense mechanism and the only way to get by it -- and believe me, I was raised Southern Baptist -- is to take massive amounts of mushrooms, sit in a field, and just go, "Show me."" - Bill Hicks
GRADUUM MONTIS ABIEGNI
"Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wil shall be the whole of the law."
Maynard James Keenan
Danny Carey
Les Claypool
Tim Alexander
Vas Kallas
Till Lindemann
Christoph "Doom" Schneider
Richard Z. Kruspe
I'd also like to meet Chet Zar, Alex Grey, Albert Hoffman, Cam De Leon, HR Giger. Way too many more to list.
Tool
King Crimson
Primus
The Mars Volta
Particle
Dave Matthews Band
Shpongle
Younger Brother
Porcupine Tree
Placebo
Perpetual Groove
Grateful Dead
Tabla Beat Science
Das Ich
Depeche Mode
Hanzel Und Gretyl
Wumpscut
Pink Floyd
Deftones
Team Sleep
Melvins
The Doors
Skinny Puppy
Shamanavi
Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Meshuggah
Tea Leaf Green
Rammstein
Puscifer
Yob
A Perfect Circle
Incubus
Aphex Twin
Widespread Panic
Tenacious D
Tricky
Volto!
Lustmord
Led Zeppelin
H.I.M.
QOTSA
Rush
Isis
Lamb of God
Pigmy Love Circus
Jane's Addiction
Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
Gabby La La
Keller Williams
The New Deal
Phish
John Scofeild
Jupiter Sunrise
...And of course my buddy and I's jam sessions. More to come.
Borat
Pulp Fiction
Resevior Dogs
Kill Bill vol. 1, 2
Jackie Brown
Cape Fear
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket
2001: A Space Oddysey
American History X
Natural Born Killers
The Believer
Anchorman
Talladega Nights
Bikini Bandits
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Goodfellas
The Cell
Silent Hill
Mallrats
Clerks
Clerks II
Chasing Amy
Jay and Silent Bob strike Back
The French Connection
Dead Poets Society
...huge movie buff...more to come.
No thanks.
Transfigurations, Karl Marx: His life and Environment(Isaiah Berlin), The Communist Manifesto, The Book of the Law, The Book of Lies, Sacred Mirrors, Moonchild...more and more.
No real heroes, more influencial characters like Danny and Alex, much too many to name.