someone who isn't a liar or a coward. people who are laid back and don't take themselves too seriously...someone friendly and funny.
just to name a few... -talking heads -johnny cash -the beatles -lil wayne -tool -immortal technique -beethoven -bob marley -damien marley -anti-flag -t.i. -creedance clearwater revival -mozart -donovan -korn -elliott smith -mood -eric clapton -heart -dipset -incubus -a tribe called quest -mos def -james taylor -atreyu -marvin gaye -jimi hendrix -journey -dilated peoples -led zeppelin -paul mccartney -black sabbath -neil diamond -ray charles -nin -tupac -nirvana -sean paul -rage against the machine -the unseen -matisyahu -b.b king -snoop dogg -stevie ray vaughan -sublime -biggie -the police -al green -paul wall -the doors -sinatra -tom petty -tori amos -the refugees
royal tennenbaums, borat, rushmore, wedding crashers, a clockwork orange, edward scissorhands, the mighty ducks 2, beetlejuice, requiem for a dream, living dead movies, american beauty, old school, scarface, house of 1000 corpses, donnie darko, goodfellas, fear and loathing in las vegas, the godfather part I and II, pulp fiction, the devil's rejects, the exorcist, the changeling, quills, anchorman, etc etc. (comedy, horrors mostly)
adult swim, pretty much any cartoon, especially Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER, south park, the daily show, the colbert report... etc etc
Toni Morrison, Faulkner
andrea dworkin