Music:
Rolling Stones, Neil Young, New York Dolls, Saints, The Who, ACDC, Johnny Cash, New Bomb Turks, Ramones, Turbonegro,Modern Lovers, Thin Lizzy, Black Flag, Lighnin' Hopkins, Bob Dylan, R.E.M, The Mummies, Vasolines, James Brown, Elvis Costello, Townes Van Zandt, Neutral Milk Hotel, Big Star, Stooges, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Roxy Music, Reigning Sound, Harvey Milk, MC5, Black Sabbath, 13th Floor Elevators, Elliot Smith, you get the point.......
Movies:
Willy Wonka, Taxidriver, any Scorsese flick, Blue velvet, The Big Lebowski, The Shining, The Graduate, Cool Hand Luke, Easy Rider, Rushmore, Life Is Beautiful, Clockwork Orange, ect..........
Television:
not really.
Books:
Hemmingway, Faulkner, Flannery O'conner, James purdy, Styron, Raymond Carver, Geek love, Confedercy Of Dunces, ect....
Heroes:
Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King.