Music:
love, talking heads, yo la tengo, the clean, wire, silver jews, brian eno, miles davis, can, tammy wynette, esg, velvet underground, devo, most anything madlib produces, muddy waters, francoise hardy, sun ra, crystal castles, the kinks, blonde redhead, maddox brothers and rose, modest mouse, ariel pink, the ramones, germs, many many more and lots of music by lovely friends.
Television:
internet is better.
Books:
jung, rilke, kundera, eckhart tolle, carl rogers, kierkegaard, baudrillard, ee cummings, foucault, dave eggers, flannery o'connor, robert johnson, vonnegut, fruits, old encyclopedias, the norton anthology of theory and criticism, craft manuals