ProKeds, old robots, Acme Novelty Library, constantly re-living my childhood, thinkin' stuff up, magicians, pirates, retro-futurism, making my dog stop eating cat poop, biographies
Nikola Tesla
Pulp, Blur, Devo, XTC, Led Zeppelin, Interpol, The Rapture, Velvet Underground, J.G. Thirlwell, Soul Coughing, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Joy Division, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Barkmarket, Art Blakey, Public Enemy, Bloc Party, Bowie, The Dandy Warhols...more crap I can't think of right now.
Trainspotting, Rear Window, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Naked, Connery Bond films, To Kill a Mockingbird, any Wes Anderson, Magnolia, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Naked, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ed Wood, The Warriors, Coen Bros., Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Fight Club, Jaws, The Odd Couple, The Taking of Pelham 123, Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather I & II, Goodfellas, Silence of the Lambs, All About My Mother, The Conversation, Glengarry GlenRoss, King of Comedy, Network, Harold & Maude
Sopranos, The Office, Lost, Venture Bros., South Park, Daily Show
Stern (Friedman), Nine Stories (Salinger), Moon Palace (Auster), Low Life (Sante), Mr. Mike: the biography of Michael O'Donogue (Perrin), various Tom Swift adventures (Appleton), Acme Novelty Library (Ware), Eightball (Clowes), The Magic Christian (Southern), The Subterraneans (Kerouac), The Ideal Boy (Indian poster book), Dead Leprechaun in a Tire Swing (the magical Mr. Terrence Fleming)