Music:
Pink Fairies, Dead Moon, Country Teasers, Mighty Caesars, Add N to (X), Lyres, Stooges, The Fall, Serge Gainsbourg, Mr. Airplane Man, Kinks, Oblivians, Gibson Bros, Electric Eels, Deadly Snakes, Hawkwind, James Brown, Scientists, Cheater Slicks, Pussy Galore, Clinic, Marvin Rainwater, Holly Golightly, Belle and Sebastian, Can, Bassholes, 68 Comeback, Monoshock, Spacemen 3, Jorge Ben, Francoise Hardy, Nikki Sudden, Neko Case, Beasts of Bourbon
Movies:
Herzog, Fassbinder, Wenders, Takeshi Kitano, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, Kinji Fukasaku, Seijun Suzuki are some of my faves. And while I'm not a huge Jarmusch fan, Dead Man is a masterpiece.
Television:
The Wire, Deadwood, League of Gentlemen, Phoenix Nights
Heroes:
John Peel, Bob Paisley, Kenny Dalglish, Fred Cole