art, music, and literature. basically anything involving storytelling.
a muse . . .
pearl jam, sunny day real estate/the fire theft (really anything with jeremy enigk), jeff buckley, the mars volta, tool, nine inch nails, fugazi, radiohead, muse, stereophonics, coldplay, built to spill, the cure, rem, pink floyd, the beatles, neil young. . .
highlander, the way of the gun, seven samurai, memento, stand by me, singles, the searchers, akira, the breakfast club, weird science.
the west wing, band of brothers, the sopranos, deadwood, six feet under, rome, curb your enthusiasm, lost, heros, the daily show, simpsons, family guy, futurama.
imajica, cryptonomicon, snow crash, the baroque cycle, the dark tower series, the wheel of time saga, the lord of the rings, foucault's pendulum, the hitchikers guide to the galaxy, stranger in a strange land. . .many comic books: the sandman, hellblazer, transmetropolitan, preacher, blade of the immortal. . .
leonardo da vinci, sir isaac newton, rembrandt van rijn