Jimmy Page. Joan Didion. Dave Fridmann. The RZA. Jean-Luc Godard. Wayne Coyne. Chan Marshall. George Harrison. Wes Anderson. Cobra Commander. Elvis Costello. Bill Murray. Joe Strummer. HP Lovecraft. Orson Welles. Bjork. Ricky Gervais. Brian Eno. G.O.B. Bluth
Zep, Lips, Eno, Bowie, Feist, Beatles, M.I.A., Blur, Stars, Iron Maiden, The Band, Dead Kennedys, Pulp, Modest Mouse, Verve, The Clash, Television, Howlin' Wolf, The Attractions, The GZA, Stones, Shins, The Upsetters, Pavement, John Fahey, Radiohead, Unicorns, Dylan, Coltrane, Smiths, Hank Williams, Saturday Looks Good to Me, etc... Tons more.
Weekend, all things Coen, Ghostbusters, Wes Anderson, Evil Dead, RepoMan, Dog Day Afternoon, The 'Burbs, Monty Python, Chinatown, any Scorsese, Allen, Coppola, The Apartment, Touch of Evil, Death Race 2000, Punch-Drunk Love, etc. Too many to list.
Crime & Punishment, Steppenwolf, film scripts, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joan Didion, History books, technical manuals, nerd books, Martin Amis, David Sedaris, audio/recording books, Thomas Pynchon, Salman Rushdie, too many to list.
Ginger candy, Siracha hot sauce, Bill Murray, coffee, Guinness, mathematicians, ice cream, downriver, clouds, Chomsky, Pad Thai (medium-plus, please), wage slaves, pirates and oceans, my homies...