3 Leg Torso, A Tribe Called Quest, Al Green, Alison Krauss, Andre 3000, Barry White, Beastie Boys, Beck, Big Lazy, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Björk, Black Eyed Peas, Blonde Redhead, Bob Dorough (schoolhouse rock), Bongwater, Bran Van 3000, Brand New Heavies (old inst rap), Ry Cooder, the Cars, Cesaria Evora, Charlie Parker, Cibo Matto, City of God soundtrack, The Clash, Coldplay, The Cure, Curtis Mayfield, Damien Rice, Bowie, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, DJ Krush, DJ Spooky, Django Reinhard, Earth Wind n Fire, Eddie Harris, El Bahattee, Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, The English Beat, Etta James, Finley Quaye, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Funkadelic, G Love, Gap Band, Ghost of Tony Gold, Gil Scott-Heron, Holly Golightly, Gorillaz, Grace Jones, Courtney Hole, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Jackson, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Joy Division, King Crimson, Kings Of Convenience, The Langley Schools Music Project, Lauryn Hill, LaVern Baker, Led Zeppelin, Leftover Salmon, Lou Reed, Louis Prima, Lounge Lizards, Lucinda Williams, Lucky Stereo, Luscious Jackson, Madeleine Peyroux, Marvin Gaye, Marxman, Massive Attack, Master Cylinder, Mazzy Star, Medeski Martin & Wood, Meters, Miles Davis, Milo Jones, Ministry, Morphine, Mr Airplane Man, New Order, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Ohio Players, OJays, Os Mutantes, Otis Redding, Palace Music, Parliament, Patsy Cline, Paul Weller, Perez Prado, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, pj harvey, Police, Portishead, Pretenders, Prince, R L Burnside, Radiohead, Ramones, Ray LaMontagne, Chili Peppers, The Roots, Santana, Screamin' Jay, Seu Jorge, Shuggie Otis, Sinclair, Sinéad, Siouxsie n the Banshees, Sleater-Kinney, Sly n the Family Stone, Smiths, Soft Cell, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden, Spearhead, The Specials, Squeeze, Stan Getz, Stevie Wonder, Stone Temple Pilots, The Stranglers, Style Council, Sublime, Swamp Dogg, Tears For Fears, Thievery Corporation, Three Dog Night, Tom Waits, Toots and The Maytals, Tower of Power, Tricky, Tuatara, U2, Urban Species, Van 6, Dinah Washington, Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, War, Ween, White Stripes, Willy Mason, XTC
don't have one now, but back when I was jacked into cable, the simpsons, family guy, pretty much anything on adult swim, jon stewart, serial experiments lain, cowboy bebop, farscape, sopranos, six feet under, nip tuck, televangelist freakshows, home shopping networks, and short controlled bursts of trash talk shows (what an accident scene)...
currently working my way through the Philip K. Dick library.
Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Al Franken, William Gibson, Rudy Rucker, Douglas Hofstadter, Aldous Huxley
pretty much anything by Taschen
buckminster fuller, nicola tesla, speed racer