Unique people with serious drive for something. Creators, Innovators, Scientists, Neighbors, Mysterious Cult Leaders with Skullets (i.e. Adi Da), and you
By category & (mostly) alphabetic order:Jazz- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Bad Plus, Uri Caine (Dark Flame!), Coltrane, Django, Gil Evans, Bill Frisell, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Lee Morgan, Masada (John Zorn), Brad Mehldau, Miles, Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Pharoah Sanders, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner(Trident!), Shooby Taylor, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Sun Ra, Jason MoranClassical- Ginastera, Ligeti, Mahler, Messian, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Villa LobosEverything Else- Aphex Twin, Art Bears, Frank Black, Beach Boys, Beatles, James Brown, Bjork, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley(starsailor), Buena Vista Social Club, The Books, Mr. Bungle, Cake, Dagmar Krause, Deerhoof, Dr. Doom, Buddy Holly, Kool Keith, Kraftwerk, Lightning Bolt, Negativland, Ennio Morricone, Mike Patton, Astor Piazzolla, Pink Martini, Pixies, Radiohead, Residents, Secret Chiefs 3, Senor Coconut, Sly and the Family Stone, Squarepusher, Carl Stalling, Tenacious D, They Might Be Giants, TV on the radio, Van Dyke Parks, Venetian Snares, Ween, Weezer (Pinkerton), Wesley Willis, John Zorn
Clockwork Orange, 2001, Blue Velvet, Shaun of the Dead, La Haine (Hate), Fargo, I Heart Huckabees, Last Starfighter, American Movie, Meet the Feebles, Scarface, Taxi Driver, Rosemary's Baby, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Repulsion, Amores Perros, Donnie Darko.
I hate TV for the most part. Some exceptions: Twin Peaks, Ali G, Arrested Development, Sopranos, Mr. Show
I don't read nearly as many as I'd like. the most recent 3: Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Stranger in a Strange Land, Fear & Loathing in America
John fucking Zorn. Astor Piazzolla. Charles Mingus. Deerhoof. On second thought... see the music section.