Tattoos and eastern religions
Mike B.'s mom J/K Hunter S.
Shit that hits you like an axe kick to the face: Candiria, Dillinger Escape Plan, For The Love Of..., old Cave In, Converge, Everytime I Die etc... mellow shit dat makes you wanna get a tissue: June Spirit, Hot Water Music, Alkaline Trio, The Cantebury Effect, The Beautiful Mistake, etc.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Boogie Nights, Goonies, The Princess Bride, Evil Dead, Breakfast Club, Kids, Boondock Saints, Memento, Shawshank Redemption, Animal House, People Under the Stairs, and all Kevin Smith's and Christopher Besecker's work
Every single Stephen King book, Tom Robbins brings the truth,Tao te Ching, The Celestine Prophecy, Papillion, The Making of a Taoist Wizard, anything by Osho