Where's that confounded bridge?
Noise, words, work, objects, good food, finding out what in the world is going on.
I'm always open to ideas.
Not counting the uber-classics, Elliott Smith, Fripp/Eno, Richard Buckner, Prince, Smog, Tortoise, Jeff Buckley, Low, Jonah's Onelinedrawing, Greg Brown, Mae-Shi, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Neutral Milk Hotel, Chet Baker, REM, all things Solter, Steve Reich, Stefano Scodanibbio, Wilco, Deerhoof, BARR, The Primos, MBV, Arthi Meera, Ginormous.
The Shining, Dancer in the Dark, anything similarly gorgeous and terrible. Monty Python, Woody Allen, Dead Man, Zoolander.
Twin Peaks, Mr. Show.
Among the innumerable ranks of silly wishful readers. Milton, Melville, Pynchon. Yusef Komunyakaa, Jorie Graham, J.M. Coetzee. Such pompous names, but it's actually really fun!