Music:
Lately? Nick Cave, Interpol, Stephin Merritt stuff, Edith Piaf, and James Brown.
Movies:
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, all John Waters' films, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Heavenly Creatures, Wings of Desire, Jurassic Park
Television:
Big Brother, The Amazing Race, Survivor, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, Judge Judy--I regret that none of this is a joke.
Books:
Lolita, the plays of Edward Albee, Disco Bloodbath, Idols of Perversity, Dogs In Lingerie, The Basement, The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
Heroes:
Sylvia Plath, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Medea