Crafting, libraries, old buildings, old comics, old books, Sunset magazine how-to books circa 1965, junk yards, old things, prefab, architecture, ReadyMade, building things, bad movies, inventing, making messes that I don't clean up.
See "Heroes".
Supergrass, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Velvet Goldmine Soundtrack, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Django Reinhart, Cat Stevens, ABBA, Air, Beck, Belle & Sebastian (the show and the band), Blur, Bob Dylan, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Chemical Brothers, Cornelius, Craig Wedren, Daniel Johnston, David Bowie, Elliot Smith, Flaming Lips, Heart, John Lennon, Jon Brion, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Joy Division, Kylie, Led Zepplin, Mellow, Morrissey, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake, Os Mutantes, Pavement, The Pixies, Pulp, Queen, Radiohead, Ramones, Stones, Shudder to think, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Spike Jones, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, Weezer, The Who, and Zwan. The best soundtracks ever in my book: Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Velvet Goldmine, 24 hour Party People, Y Tu Mama Tambien, CQ, Crumb, American Splendor, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Harold and Maude, Kiru Biru, Life Aquatic, Musee Mechanique, Oliver!, Run Lola Run, Storytelling, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Virgin Suicides, Trainspotting, and Wonderboys.
The Last Dragon, Smart Shark, Carnival of Souls, Dig!, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Psych-Out, Before Sunset, Lord of the Rings, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost Boys, Wet Hot American Summer, American Splendor, Laserblast, John Waters. See also soundtracks listed above.
Arrested Development, The Office (BBC, obviously), Father Ted, Family Ties, Father Ties, Family Office, Simpsons, Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High, Degrassi: The Next Generation, My So-Called Life, Home Movies, Mission Hill, Lost, Tales of the City, Twin Peaks, Strangers with Candy, Kids in the Hall, The State
You can't win, The Iliad, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Who am I kidding, I just read magazines!
G.O.B.