Music:
At the moment:
Rap:
Outkast, Jedi Mind Tricks, Mr. Lif, Sage Francis, Jay-Z, Masta Ace, Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, Jus Allah, Nasty Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Madlib, Mf Doom (and all of his aliases), Jurassic 5, Looptroop, Ghostface Killah, Dizzee Rascal, Oh No, Clipse, Eminem, Chino XL, Edan, Dabrye, The Streets
Metal/hardcore:
Pantera, Bullet For My Valentine, Slayer, Machine Head, Sick of it All, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Deftones, Neurosis, Mokoma, Stam1na, Ãœmlaut, No Rest, Hatebreed, One Minute Silence, Rise Against, Snapcase, Tool, At The Drive-In
Indie-type of things:
Weezer, Nada Surf, Amusement Parks on Fire, Placebo, Sufjan Stevens, Hüsker Du, Mogwai, Bloc Party, Interpol, Killers, Arcade Fire, Joy Division, Pixies and The Smiths to name a few
Electronic:
Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead, Dj Shadow, Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Kimarr and such names
Kotimaan ihmeet:
Superchrist, Lapko, Regina, Ceebrolistics, Asa, PMMP, Disco Ensemble, Echo Is Your Love, Pedestrians Motor, Olavi Uusivirta, Maj Karma etc.
Books:
Early 1900`s realism, big epic books about big epic feelings: For Whom The Bells Toll by Hemingway, Heart of Darkness and Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Moby Dick by Herman Melville and that sort of stuff.
Also: Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Bret Easton Ellis, Kari Hotakainen, Hundred Years of Solitude, Arthur C. Clarke, scifi, Philip K. Dick, Master and Margarita, Gustave Flaubert, Mika Waltari and more.