Art, in it's many, many forms, people in their's and literature in its.
Che.
the horrorpops, nekromantix, the stray cats, the quakes, tiger army, the dragons, blazing haley, the rev. Horton heat, the cramps, throwrag, the dwarves, the Aquabats, zero down, nofx, lagwagon, wizo, rancid, anti-flag, Sick of it all, mad caddies, deff lepperd, ministry, consumed, the dropkick murpheys, good riddance, tilt, screw 32, thirty footfall, the ramones, snuff, eve 6, monster magnet, rammstein, prodigy, 3 leg torso, corinne west posse, The mammals, the Johnny Starlings, robert cray, keb moe, rage against the machine, audio slave, korn, king missile, elliot smith, beck, a perfect circle, lamb of god, jack johnson, the clash, the living end, silver jews, the graves, tom waits, system of a down, metallica, disturbed, Johny cash, neil young, the shins, the gin blossoms, the flaming lips, unwritten law, powerman 5000, mega death, jimi hendrix, marilyn manson, robert earl keen, black sabbath, ozzy, lola ray, nickel creek, stone temple pilots, sound garden, the killers, the bravery, mutual admeration society, ccr, bush, new grass revival, incubus, sublime, elvis costiello, deftones, Regina Spektor, Andrew Bird, Stephan Smith, Josh Ritter, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, The Smiths, Manu Chao, Panic! at the Disco, Beulah, Bella & Sebastien, New York Dolls, Three Bad Jacks, charely horse, pinback, Everlast, The deftones, wilco, The Graves, Amy Anelle, Lennon, Goo goo dolls, Death Cab for Cutie, the postal service, Aerosmith, lily allan, blue man group, jerry lee luis, chuck berry, blind melon, infected mushroom, Trance Nation, R.E.M. and other stuff I can't remember at the moment
Pretty much anything noir, involving mobsters, zombies, odd love stories or kung fu.
P.G. Wodehouse, Tom Sharpe, Patrick McManuse, George Orwell, Jeffery Deaver, Tom Clancy, Donald Westlake and Timothy Zon, Sharyn McCrumb, Oscar Wilde, Ray Bradbury, and Elmore Leonard.
Oscar Wilde, Hunter S. Thompson and you.