Music:
distant freight trains, jimi playing red house, children laughing, earthan saying "wtf...", coltrane soaring, old rebetika recordings, klezmer and other jewish, cuban, bulgarian, moroccan, celtic, Tuvan, be-bop, noise and tom waits. all the stuff i can't think about since i'm writing.
Movies:
chest surgery in the u.k.
Television:
painful infomercials
Books:
The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller