Jesus (of Nazareth), Felicity Kendal (for a pot of tea), and Shane Carruth (for whatever is on his mind at that moment in time).
Current: Goldmund, The Hold Steady, Helios, Guillemots, Kettel, Jaga Jazzist
Recent: So Many Dynamos, Wilco, Huey Lewis & The News, Scott Walker, Prince, Small Brown Bike, Bells On Trike.
Always: Spy vs Spy, Beach Boys, Cap n'Jazz (+10 million other Chicago spin-offs), Tom Lomacchio, Saetia, Karate...
Billy Bragg, Motorpsycho...Tom Waits...Leonard Nimoy
Primer, Buffalo '66, The Long Lunch, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Joe Versus The Volcano, Back To The Future, Tom Waits live on Austin City Limits
BBC Learning Zone
The best book ever is The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman by Bruce Robinson. Murakami, Kerouac (Dharma Bums). I've just read The Light Of Falling Stars by J. Robert Lennon and I think, if you can read, you'll like it.