creators and destroyers of the highest caliber, preferably those who can do both simultaneously
Miles Davis, Green Milk From the Planet Orange, Liars, TV on the Radio, the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, YYYs, Can, Lali Puna, Carina Round, Sun Ra, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, David Deporis, Beethoven, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Love Life, Celebration, CocoRosie, Joanna Newsom, the National, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Lungfish, Fugazi, Essie Jain, Bob Dylan, Old Time Relijun, Radiohead, Vic Thrill, Blonde Redhead, and so much more
Metalocalpse
Asimov, Heinlein, Philip K Dick, Douglas Adams, Joseph Heller, Vonnegut, Orwell, Herman Hesse, Ken MacLoed, Zelazny, Salinger, etc.