Spatial and mental geography; Steven Seagal; radical hip hop; very large things and very small things; origins and mythology of peacocks, deer, falcons
Whomever has keys to the gates of the garden
Fela Kuti + the Africa 70 (props 2 tha JB faction of tha Brothaload), The Roots, Gil Scott-Heron, Sunra, MF Doom, Res, Living Legends, The Coup, Kris Kross; Aram Khachaturian, Eric Satie, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Colin Mcfee; Hariprasad Chaurasia, Paul Horn; Aphex Twin, Ladytron, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, & other electronica that doesn't insult intelligence.
Miyazaki's Spirited Away, Apocalypse Now, Dr. Strangelove, 1984, Trouffault's Fahrenheit 451, Paul Muni's I Am a Fugitive of the Chain Gang, Emilie; Star Trek II, Star Trek VI; Chuck Norris's Good Guys Wear Black, Delta Force II, Dolph Lungren's Showdown in Little Tokyo; that part in AI (otherwise another dumb Spielberg flick) where NY is abandoned and flooded, the skyscrapers disintegrating into the sea...
The BBC's "Look Around You"
Fritjof Capra, bell hooks, Martin Buber. Those keeping the struggle alive (hopefully that means you). Oh, and Mr T.