Music:
nine inch nails, yes, the flaming lips, kula shaker, deerhoof, squirrel nut zippers, bjork, cave in, casket salesmen, tub ring, the mars volta, skinny puppy, marilyn manson, the knife, the doors, suicide machines, !!!, arctic monkeys, hendrix, asian dub foundation, as tall as lions, beck, beastie boys, tom waits, thom yorke, radiohead, squarepusher, sublime, the secret machines, saul williams, santana, the roots, refused, rancid, RATM, jaco pastorius, kenna, dredg, people in planes, the prodigy, primus, portishead, pop will eat itself, ozomatli, OUTERNATIONAL, ohgr, the octopus project, muse, mr. bungle, mastodon, lily allen, m.i.a., lady sovereign, junkie xl, the clash, joe strummer and the mescaleros, jaga jazzist, hazmat modine, interpol, hanzel und gretyl, gorillaz, the good the bad and the ugly, gogol bordello, rancid, god lives underwater, gnarls barkley, dropkick murphys, editors, interpol, drive by truckers, depeche mode, the dead 60s, the specials, the aquabats, days of the new, clutch, cky, kaki king, the chemical brothers, jerry reed, janis joplin, leo kottke, boom boom satellites, derek trucks, the beatles, 8 and 16 bit music, aphex twin, afi, at the drive in, and the list goes on....
Television:
WONDER SHOWZEN. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. BBC PLANET EARTH
Books:
Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Bob Avakian, James Loewen, Ramsey Clark(former attorney general for Johnson), Kurt Vonnegut. Everyone should read "A Peoples History of the United States" by Howard Zinn, it's crucial reading.
Heroes:
not so much heroes, but people I admire. Bob Moog, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Timothy Treadwell, Tre Arrow, Trent Reznor, Martin Luther King