hippos, writing, dressmaking, various methods of mechanised transport, traveling to places where I can't speak the language, getting lost, the beach, being difficult, pudding, impractical/extravagant footwear, the underdog.
Beatboxers, breakdancers, freestylers.
And this guy:
Vive la Fete, Wire, Serge Gainsbourg, Pulp, Nick Cave/Birthday Party, Magnetic Fields, the Fall, Dusty Springfield, Brainiac, Modern Lovers, Kate Bush, the Auteurs and anything related to Luke Haines, Wu-Tang and their relations, Love, Stars, Walkmen, Nas, Nina Simone, Shuggie Otis, Stylex.
Paris, Texas. Fallen Angels. Santa Sangre. Suspiria. Fight Club. (especially the last half of) Chungking Express. Walkabout. Anything Almodovar.
Arrested Development, Six Feet Under.
Martin Amis, Haruki Murakami, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Angela Carter. Nabokov, Faulkner. Geek Love, House of Leaves, Nalda Said, And the Ass Saw the Angel. Photo books, especially those of Helmut Newton. National Geographic, old and new.