prismacolors, records, antiques, herbal encyclopedias, folklore, altered states accompanied by toast and sinatra, philosophy, politics, the clickety clack of cuban heels on the pavement
the beatles, devendra banhart, animal collective, neutral milk hotel, tyrannosaurus rex, nick drake, sonic youth, bob dylan, phil ochs, bert jansch, woody guthrie, donovan, comus, son house, leadbelly, robert johnson, chuck berry, the brian jonestown massacre, the white stripes, mudhoney, nirvana, belle and sebastian, white magic, lightning bolt, pink floyd, gogol bordello, primus, the flaming lips, otis redding, joe cocker, black sabbath, the velvet underground, the kinks, elliott smith, strawberry alarm clock, boombip, doseone, clouddead, can, cocorosie, grizzly bear, the dandy warhols, david bowie, the doors, moby grape, cream, neil young, mamas and the papas, cat power, daniel johnston, wilco, iron and wine, blue cheer, shins, simon and garfunkel, wolfmother, the stooges, the smiths, andrew bird, charles manson, yardbirds, múm, rolling stones, king crimson, bonnie "prince" billy, dinosaur jr, the boredoms, nico, 13th floor elevators, bob marley, feathers, frog eyes, ratatat, deadboy and the elephantmen, death from above 1979, built to spill, francoise hardy, charlie parker, thelonious monk, franz ferdinand, frank sinatra, moody blues, thievary corporation, etc.
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, ciao! manhattan, the devil and daniel johnston, gummo, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the squid and the whale, conspirators of pleasure, party monster, julien-donkey boy, lunacy, the royal tenenbaums, little otik, collected shorts of jan svankmajer, the films of kenneth anger, ( chelsea girls, flesh, vinyl, empire, poor little rich girl, blowjob, eat, sleep, and basically any other andy warhol film ), metropolis, drugstore cowboy, hard day's night, yellow submarine, fight club
william s. burroughs, allen ginsberg, oscar wilde, sylvia plath, jack kerouac, jonathan safran foer, irvine welsh, theodore sturgeon, franz kafka, jean cocteau, honoré de balzac, jean-paul sartre, arthur rimbaud, kurt vonnegut, martin heidegger, albert camus, andy warhol, e.e. cummings, charles bukowski, gary snyder, neal cassady, karl marx, ted joans, nietzsche, thoreau, emerson, timothy leary, aldous huxley, rene descartes, emily dickinson, charles baudelaire, ayn rand, diana di prima, kenneth rexroth, bob kaufman, tom wolfe, ken kesey, virginia woolf, james joyce, k. patchen, jim morrison, john lennon, carlos casteneda, william carlos williams, lewis carroll, etc.
don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters