Music:
judee sill, joni mitchell, robert wyatt, captain beefheart, betty davis, marvin gaye, linda lewis, minnie ripperton, esg, guided by voices, the cramps, the fall, a tribe called quest, missy elliott, dirty projectors, grizzly bear, deerhunter, liars, battles, palace, smog, colleen, boards of canada, can, neu, eno, alice & john coltrane, patty waters, jimmy smith, nina simone, duke ellington, mingus, monk etc
Movies:
the conformist, the leopard, woman of the dunes, the shining, eraserhead, the green ray, my night with maud, harold and maud, cleo de cinq a sept, to kill a mockingbird, ikuru, my neighbour totoro, the apartment, a canterbury tale, slacker, my fair lady, persona, walking and talking,
Television:
the wire!!!
Books:
chekhov, evelyn waugh, j.d.salinger, edith wharton, carson mccullers, christopher isherwood, w.g. sebald, colm toibin, joan silber, helen garner, lydia davis, grace paley, janet malcolm, alice munro,
Heroes:
tove jansson, oliver postgate, victor pasmore, james whitney, rocky and bullwinkle, harper lee, janet malcolm, john peel, nina simone, ken nordine, marcel dzama, david lynch