Music:
babs, dmitri shostakovich, dusty springfield, nina simone, van morrison, nick drake, magnetic fields, wilco, broken social scene, queen, radiohead, the books, dolly parton, elo.
Movies:
you can count on me, the umbrellas of cherbourg, blow up, everything with zombies, documentaries.
Books:
catch 22, the geography of nowhere, the fountainhead, skinny legs and all, white teeth, devil in the white city
Heroes:
hundertwasser, buckminster fuller