I've got pretty varied taste, from Opeth to Orbital, and most points inbetween. Primus, Zeppelin, Lee Perry, Rage Against The Machine, Jurassic 5, Isis, Tool, Jaco Pastorius, A Perfect Circle, Disposable Heroes, Spearhead, High on Fire, The Specials, Pharcyde, Underworld, Faith no More, Aphex Twin, Urban Species, Sisters of Mercy, Gorrilaz, Devin Townshend, Peter Tosh, Parliment Funkedelic, Bob Dylan, Steel Pulse, John Martin, Monster Magnet, Asian Dub Foundation, Primal Scream, Free, Tricky, Dead Kennedys, Prince, Bjork, Pearl Jam, Beck, Soundgarden, Eat Static, The Maytals, Pantera, Miles Davis, Porcupine Tree, Joni Mitchell, Alice in Chains, Hendrix, Zappa, Transglobal Underground, Mastodon, Mos Def, Bootsy Collins, Death, Dj Format, all the good stuff.
So many great films out there, 12 Angry Men, Pi, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, The Hill, Nightwatch, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, Spirited Away, Battle Royale, The Incredibles, Dawn of the Dead, Princess Bride, Sin City, The Man Who Would Be King, The Devil's Backbone, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Iron Giant, Withnail and I, City of God, Audition, Star Wars 4, 5 and 6, Ong Bak, Sky Blue, Warrior King, to name but a few.
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut- a wise and funny fella, Hunter Thompson, Noam Chomsky, Camus, Tolkein, Ken Kasey, Huxley, David Gemmell, King, Spike Milligan, Herman Hesse( everyone should read Siddartha), Chuck Palahnuik, Aldous Huxley, Jeff Noon, Harlen Coben, Luke Rhinehart, Terry Pratchett, Tim Cahill, loads really.
Bill Hicks, Kurt Vonnegut, Stewie from Family Guy, and these little critters-