ears, eyes, brain.
death metal, hardcore, drum&bass, ambient, techno, discopunk, etc etc.
sci-fi, horror, crime/noir, anime, westerns.
mma.
rarely.
first off, my parents :)
also ...
beliefs
exene cervenka(!!!) , thomas paine , existentialists (nietzsche, sartre, de beauvoir, et al), siddhartha gautama, ghandi, martin luther king jr, and all others who promote responsibility to conscience by living it themselves, those who stand up for their aesthetic regardless of popular support or the lack thereof
cinema
sergio leone, mario bava, akira kurosawa, toshiro mifune, stanley kubrick, peter chung, fritz lang, howard hawks, coen brothers, quentin tarantino, martin scorsese
visual
frank drewett , chris parks , brian walls , paul lopez , dan seagrave , hr giger, mark rothko, caspar david friedrich, shozo shimamoto, frank frazetta, albrecht durer, mc escher, francisco goya, caravaggio, michelangelo, leonardo da vinci, todd mcfarlane
tech
eff , jwz , alexey pazhitnov, eric s raymond , rms/gnu , linus torvalds
academia
mickey mcconnell (art history), david craven (art history / latin studies), john taber (philosophy), henry shapiro (computer science), ben bederman (computer science), scott bukatman (film history), jan hendrik schon & alan sokal (scandal-meisters), and my highschool math teacher mr. paco (r.i.p.)
commentary
robert bresson , tony kornheiser, michael wilbon, george carlin, bill cosby, robert k merton , richard pryor, jon stewart