Music:
zappa, beefheart, crimson, mahavishnu, sabbath, can, magma, boredoms, sleep, sun city girls, traffic sound, telegraph ave, caetano veloso, la ira de dios, don cherry, art ensemble of chicago, sun ra, hendrix, fela, grateful dead, miles davis, bad brains, prince far i, king tubby, sonny sharrock, james 'blood' ulmer, betty davis, esg, heavy dub, rare funk, latin soul, eyehategod, ruins, secret chiefs 3, acid mothers temple, asva, brazilian psych, cambodian rock, turkish psych, ethiopian groove, molam, electric wizard, amigos invisibles, babasonicos, neu!, cosmic jokers, rovo, melvins, naked city, butthole surfers, gone, ween, bungle, this heat, eno, faust, fushitsusha, fantomas, area, reino ermitano, led zep, tarkus, etc, etc..... present or gone seattle motherfuckers: swarming hordes, lesbian, girth, golgothan sunrise, labyrinth & the desert, abodox, sean, master musicians of bukkake, sugar skulls, malak, dialing in, grey, lemons & stallions, wah wah exit wound, scary bear, spoils, she level, your cell your self, diamond vincent, gigantum, ghidra, apes of wrath, zony mash, very special forces, parasitos, etc.
Movies:
Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre, etc. Anything by Herzog, especially Stroyzeck. Takashi Miike. Perdita Durango, Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia, City of God, Amores Perros, No se lo digas a Nadie, Torrente: el brazo tonto de la ley, etc.
Books:
currently (re)reading: Valerie Wilmer's "As Serious as your Life", Caetano Veloso's "Tropical Truth".
Heroes:
Ruthzilla