Kung Fu, Buddhism, Comic books, Indie films, Transpersonal Art, Integral Studies, World History, Kerouac, Poetry, all genres of music, haiku, screenwriting, my band Amygdala, politics, eastern/western philosophy
Cool people, writers, Buddhists, mystics of all stripes, political folks, comedians and philosophers.
Here are my top 30 in no particular order: Beatles, Led Zepplin, De La Soul, Slayer, Cream, Clash, Smiths, Cure, Bauhaus, Who, Public Enemy, Tribe Called Quest, Hendrix, David Bowie, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Velvet Underground, Black Sabbath, James Brown, Parliament/Funkadelic, Prince, Stooges, U2, Mars Volta, Allman Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Bad Brains, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Johnny Cash.
My top 30 in no particular order: Repo Man, Big Lebowski, Deer Hunter, Raise the Red Lantern, Caddyshack, Blue Velvet, Drugstore Cowboy, Interiors, Manhattan, Kundun, Enter the Dragon, Hairspray, Taxi Driver, Lone Star, Koyannisqatsi, Empire Strikes Back, Audition, Apocalypse Now, Raging Bull, the Jerk, Pulp Fiction, Halloween, Dr. Strangelove, Mystery Train, Do the Right Thing, Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Logans Run, Last Waltz, The Wall
A few of note: Twin Peaks, Lost, Arrested Developments, My Name is Earl, Real Time with Bill Maher, Entourage, Six Feet Under, Sanford and Son, SNL, CSI (Las Vegas only), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Office(both versions), Angel, Star Trek the Next Generation, Simpsons, Family Guy, Boondocks.
TOO MANY TO NAME!!! (Here are some) Slaughterhouse Five, Siddhartha, On the Road, Cutting Thru Spiritual Materialism, Brief History of Everything, Indestructible Truth, Miles, Peoples History of the United States, Invisible Man, Autobiography of Malcolm X, the Stranger, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Path with a Heart, Be Here Now, Food of the Gods, Sex Ecology & Spirituality, Ragtime, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, What the Buddha Taught, any by Nietzsche
Spider-man, Superman, Bat-Man, Hulk, Gandhi, Ramkrishna, Nagarjuna, Buddha, St. John of the Cross, Padmasambhava, Jesus, Flash, Allen Ginsberg, MLK, Malcolm X, Krishna, Ramana Maharshi, John the Baptist, Chogyam Trungpa, Stan Lee, Wil Eisner, Alan Moore, anyone who stands up for truth.