Music, arts, moving pictures (Antonioni, Kubrick, Buñuel, Tarkovskij, Orson Welles, Tarantino, Lars Von Trier, Marx Bros., etc.), photography, esoterism, Monty Python, women, gothic cathedrals, roman history, ruined cities lost in the wilderness, rugby, etc. etc....
Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle... :) Monty Python! :D
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Van Der Graaf Generator & Peter Hammill, King Crimson & Robert Fripp, Magma, Frank Zappa, Tool, NIN, Phish, Gentle Giant, Rush, Cecil Taylor, Einstürzende Neubauten, Talking Heads, John Surman, Gustav Mahler, Diamanda Galas, Third Ear Band, Rage Against The Machine, Primus, Meredith Monk, Univers Zero, Magma, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, early Metallica, Quatermass, The Who, Fabrizio De André, John Zorn, Jehan Alain, Soft Machine, Art Zoyd, Can, Robert Wyatt, Keith Tippett, High Tide, David Sylvian & Japan, Pentangle, Keith Jarrett, Sonic Youth, Mahavishnu Orchestra & John McLaughlin, Area & Demetrio Stratos, Steely Dan & Donald Fagen, Joan LaBarbara, Steve Reich, Captain Beefheart, Pink Floyd, Mozart, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, early Tangerine Dream, Wagner, russian composers, Tim & Jeff Buckley, Roxy Music, Faust, Hendrix, Stooges, Anekdoten, Anglagard, Slayer, Death, Faith No More, Allman Brothers Band, Nick Drake, Peter Green, CCCP & CSI, Battiato in the '70, Skiantos, Tom Waits, National Health, Sepultura of "Roots" era, Massive Attack, Nick Cave, The Mars Volta, Brian Eno, Clash, Colosseum, Daniel Denis, Anekdoten, Anglagard, C.S.I./CCCP/PGR, East of Eden, Jade Warrior, the Hammond C3 and analog synths, David Bowie, Henry Cow, Borbetomagus, Gravitar, flamenco world and many many many many many others...
almost all :))) countless, from Kubrick to infinity and beyond
countless series :) 24, Sapphire and Steel, Battlestar Galactica (new series), Six Feet Under, Dexter, The Sopranos, South Park, The Simpsons...
countless books :)
Arjuna, Yu-Gung