Music:
In no particular order: Sleater-Kinney, Rufus Wainright, Serge Gainsbourg, Gram Parsons, Pete Townshend, Thelonius Monk, Professor Longhair, Nilsson,Ray Davies, Bjork
Movies:
cronenberg, herzog, fellini, brunel, gilliam, kubrick, mayles, truffaut, murnau, michael caine
Television:
anything shiny
Books:
william s burroughs, hunter thompson,bukowski, oscar wilde, harry crews, caleb carr, kathy acker, katherine dunne, rimbaud, ginsberg, krishnamurti, meher baba, zippy the pinhead -- you know----- happy stuff
Heroes:
dick steff, marty steff, michael caine, john lennon, harpo marx and the silver surfer