Edward Weston, J.D. Salinger, Ansel Adams, Jerry Garcia, George Carlin, Larry David, Roger Waters, David Cross, Edward Hopper, Neil Young, John Lennon.
House music (especially Doc Martin), disco, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Nada Surf, David Bowie, the Clash, CSNY, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, cheesy 70's songs (like "Wildfire" and "Patches"), the BeeGees, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Style Council, Hall & Oates ( or Haulin' Oats, like I used to think it was : ), and lots of other stuff I can't think of right now!
American Beauty, Rushmore, Donnie Darko, The Life Aquatic, Garden State, Starsky and Hutch, scary movies, Annie Hall, Boogie Nights, Trainspotting, I Heart Huckabees, Love Liza, Shallow Grave, Apocalyse Now, The Shining, Bad News Bears.
Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, Raise High the Roofbeam Carpenters, and Seymour an Introduction, any short stories by John Cheever, anything by David Sedaris, Slaughter House Five, The Martian Chronicles, An American Tragedy, White Bird in a Blizzard, Naked Pictures of Famous People, Jitterbug Perfume, Crimes Against Logic, Fast Food Nation, too many more to list.
My family, Roy Decarava, Sante D'Orazio, J.D. Salinger, George Carlin, John Lennon, Edward Hopper