Music:
etta james, phil ochs, otis redding, the beatles, the rolling stones, Iggy pop, billy holiday, bob dylan, leonard cohen, nick drake, the velvet underground, patsy cline, missippi john hurt, roy orbison, beastie boys, the fugees, bikini kill, le tigre, the moldy peaches, adam and his package, the bitter sweethearts, casual viking, the teeth, creedance clearwater revival, Rockin Fuel, elvis, babes in toyland, the violent femmes, the culture club, divo, blondie, joe cocker, shehaw, portishead
Movies:
Harold and Maude, Any thing starring Pee Wee herman, Evil Dead, 4 little Girls, Crumb, The Princess Bride,Say Anything, Buffalo 66, Annie Hall, Good Fellas, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate.....I grow tired of brainstorming...this list is something I will have to build on or abandon.
Books:
Dry, Possbile Side Effects, The Prophet, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Glass Castle, Naked, The pigman, The Hairy Book, Lovely Bones...I really need to read more often.
Heroes:
My momma. My poppa. Patsy Cline. Dr. Martin Luther King jr.