Music:
Raindrops on a steel plate roof. Thunderstorm. Jungle birds. Seaguls. Oh well, and occasionally David Hasselhoff. (Hell no)
Television:
What's a TV? www.eerolehtola.com
Books:
"La Ballade de la Mer Salee" by Hugo Pratt, "The World's Most Dangerous Places" by Robert Young Pelton
Heroes:
Corto Maltese.