Music:
sonic youth
Boris
do make say think
grails
venetian snares
pink floyd
isis
tortoise
...and you will know us by the trail of dead
godspeed you black emperor
king crimson
amon tobin
hella
lift to experience
faraquet
jaga jazzist
miles davis
boards of canada
tool
dj shadow
sleepytime gorilla museum
don caballero
liars
swans
cave in
yo la tengo
shellac
squarepusher
unwound
fugazi
world's end girlfriend
bowie & eno
fingathing
appleseed cast
broken social scene
my bloody valentine
kayo dot
Boris
prefuse 73
slint
q and not u
refused
botch
swans
glann branca
pink floyd
rovo
daedalus
alice coltrane
lift to experience
mr bungle
the arcade fire
frank zappa
tom waits
broadcast
four tet
the speaking canaries
chemical brothers
PJ harvey
pavement
cursive
talk talk
rachel's
modest mouse
pelican
that fucking tank
the meters
beck
settlefish
the shipping news
small brown bike
portishead
dangerdoom
stravinsky
the dragon rapide
the stranglers
guapo
mars volta
drive like jehu
team sleep
queens of the stone age
lapsus linguae
wire
kong
set fire to flames
can
pretty girls make graves
groundhogs
captain beefheart
battles
mf doom
the cure
melvins
tribe called quest
miasma
pedro the lion
blonde redhead
led zeppelin
mouse on mars
rjd2
mono
savath y savalas
brian eno
david byrne
television
the clash
the doors
cinematic orchestra
hot club de paris
hella
saul williams
drive like jehu
bjork
1-speed bike
the advantage
jeff buckley
silver apples
neurosis
kyuss
time of orchids
dalek
bohren & der club of gore
day for airstrikes
outkast
secret chiefs 3
jimi hendrix
zombi
oceansize
hangedup
lee perry
primal scream
converge
at the drive-in
nick cave & the bad seeds
les savy fav
smashing pumpkins
anti-pop consortium
massive attack
tricky
madlib
nine inch nails
nobou uematsu
june of 44
goblin
fela kuti
steve reich
a minor forest
fingathing
four tet
fly pan am
glassjaw
spring heel jack
estradasphere
talking heads
deftones
beastie boys
do make say think
mahavishnu orchestra
shitmat
weezer (pinkerton)
busdriver
radiohead
fennesz
sunn O)))
burning airlines
enon
tv on the radio
vex'd
phillip glass
joanna newsom
wolf eyes
chris clark
enablers
stars of the lid
the dead texan
grails
envy
keelhaul
yes
milanese
some more.
Movies:
loads more better ones.
Television:
mostly tv that takes the piss out of things. The Wire, monkey dust, spaced, all things chris morris, anything on adult swim, the armando iannucci shows, family guy, adam & joe, curb your enthusiasm, look around you, firefly, green wing, alan partridge, screenwipe, fist of fun, red dwarf, dare to believe, trailer park boys, the micallef pogramme, black books, chewin' the fat, rabb c nesbitt, all things reeves & mortimer, family guy, planet earth, never mind the buzzcocks, bitz.
Books:
The Joyful Guide to Lachrymology - Ronald P. Vincent.