Music:
The Handsome Family, Bessie Smith, Le Tigre, the Creatures, Janis Martin, Dead Moon, Chicks on Speed, Patsy Cline, Modern Lovers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Belle & Sebastian, Woody Guthrie, Legendary Shack Shakers, Rhythm King & Her Friends, Mazzy Star, Kate Bush, Billy Childish & Holly Golightly...
Books:
Foxfire: Joyce Carol Oates
Happy Sally: Sara Stridsberg
Tipping the Velvet: Sarah Waters
The Ballad of Lee Cotton: Christopher Wilson
All families are psychotic: Douglas Coupland
Rubyfruit Jungle: Rita Mae Brown
Neverwhere: Neil Gailman