Music:
This is the short list. My taste is all over the board; A Minor Forest, A Perfect Circle, Adam Ant, Agnes, B Tribe, Bad Brains, Bauhaus, Big Black, Bill Laswell, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Blonde Redhead, Blondie, Boss Hog, Charlie Sexton, Cocteau Twins, Concrete Blonde, Congo Norvell, Crime & The City Solution, Dave Navarro, David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Delerium, Depechr Mode, Descendents, Dire Straits, DJ Krush, Earl Harvin, Echo & the Bunnymen, Edie Brichell, Ekstasis, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Mcfadden, Esthero, Euphoria, Firehose, Fishbone, Fluffy, Fugazi, G.G. Allin, Gene Loves Jezebel, Gipsy Kings, Golden Earring, Gun Club, Hank Williams III, Husher Du, Iggy Pop, Jah Wobble, Jane's Addiction, John Coltrane, John Frusciante, Joy Division, Keb' Mo', Kraftwerk, Kristin Hersh, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lard, Loco Gringos, Lungfish, Lydia Lunch, Mary's Danish, Massive Attack, Material, Meat Puppets, Miles Davis, Ministry, Minor Threat, Motorhead, Muslimgauze, Naked Raygun, Nels Cline, Nena, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nikki Sudden, Nirvana, Oingo Boingo, Otis Redding, Pailhead, Peter Murphy, Pink Floyd, PJ Harvey, Portishead, R.L. Burnside, Radiohead, Rapeman, Red Rider, Redd Kross, Refused, Romeo Void, Rowland S Howard, Ruby, Salt, Shellac, Sid Vicious, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Slayer, Sonic Youth, Stan Getz, Sugarcubes, Suicidal Tendencies, The Art of Noise, The Birthday Party, The Boys Next Door, The Breeders, The Chameleons UK, The Clash, The Cult, The Cure, The Damned, The Exploited, The Fixx, The Future Sound of London, The Geraldine Fibbers, The Germs, The Grassy Knoll, The Hellions, The Jam, The Jesus Lizard, The Meatmen, The Misfits, The Modern Lovers, The Motels, The Nation of Ulysses, The Pixies, The Pogues, The Police, The Power Station, The Ramones, The Replacements, The Rumaways, The Smiths, Thelonious Monk, These Immortal Souls, This Mortal Coil, Throwing Muses, Tom Waits, Tones on Tail, Tool, Tori Amos, Tortoise, Toshinori Kondo, X, Zeni Geva