Music:
iggy & the stooges, rolling stones, primal scream, duke spirit, the kills, royal trux, television, velvet underground, tom waits, mark lanegan, mc5, johnny thunders, comanechi, yeah yeah yeahs, sonic's rendezvous band, blondie, howlin' wolf, marianne faithfull, jimi hendrix, the doors, serge gainsbourg, patti smith, x-pensive winos, the charms, robert johnson, pj harvey, john lee hooker, jose gonzales, interpol, cat power, manna, jericho fuzz... etc. etc.
Movies:
jim jarmusch, tim burton, david lynch, lost in translation, performance, gimme shelter...
Books:
charles bukowski, jack kerouac, hunter s. thompson, the master & margarita, biographies...