talking monkeys
Lucero, Cory Branan, Drive-By Truckers, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Avail, Robert Johnson, Atmosphere, Bilie Holiday, Gang of Four, John Frusciante, Less Than Jake, Ministry, My Morning Jacket, Kid Dynamite, Stooges, Stiff Little Fingers, The Replacements, William Elliot Whitmore
all of them
comics, Neal Stephenson, Chuck Palahniuk, maybe i'll type more later