Frank Sinatra, Edgar Allen Poe, GG Allin
Masters of the Obvious (MOTO), Louisville rock, Velvet Underground, Hot Snakes, Iron Maiden, The Who, Nancy and Frank Sinatra, The Animals, Alice Cooper, MC5, Pink Grease, Duran Duran, Shocking Blue, Birthday Party, The Hives, Iggy Pop, Def Leppard, The Darkness, High On Fire, Turbonegro, QOTSA, Chuck Berry, Heartless Bastards, System of a Down, Captain Beefheart, Slayer, Rose Tattoo, Guns and Roses, Cinderella, Death from Above 1979, RADIO BIRDMAN!!!
El Topo, Sin City, Caddyshack, City of God, Goodfellas, Casino, Airplane!, Hustle & Flow, River's Edge, Scarface, Steve McQueen, any Sam Pekinpah film, and all comedies of all sorts.
The Daily Show, Sanford and Son, Seinfeld, and the McLaughlin Group
Answer Me! (Jim Goad), Cormac McCarthy, Mark Leyner, Phillip Roth, Mad Magazine, Philip K. Dick, George Orwell, J.D. Salinger, Ambrose Bierce, Katherine Dunn, Howard K. Bloom...
Kirk Gibson