Music:
But also Adem, Airborn Audio, Animal Collective, Approach, The Arcade Fire, A Tribe Called Quest, Babbletron (r.i.p?), BDP/KRS-One, Big Boi/Purple Ribbon All Stars (CHECK FOR THE MIXTAPES. they're really outta control), Bisc1, Blockhead, most of the Blue Note catalogue, Boom Bip, Buju Banton, CAN, Cassettes Won't Listen, Coachwhips, Cool Calm Pete, NEWDEATHOFTHESAME (r.i.p. COUNTERCLOCKWISEMAN), Cutty Ranks, Dabrye, Datura Records (as well as other KC/Lawrence affiliates), Dangermouse, David Bowie, Debbie Deb, Deep Thinkers, De La Soul, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Detachment Kit, Devendra Banhart, Digable Planets (watch for them in 2006), Dilla aka Jay Dee (the REAL Jay Dee, from Detroit, not the pedophile midget that somehow lured Janet Jackson into family life), Diplo/Low Budget/HOLLERTRONIX, Dismasters, Dizzee Rascal, Dosh, El-P (and most stuff under the Def Jux umbrella; Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, RJD2, Mr. Lif, Perceptionists, Hangar 18, Cannibal Ox, C Rayz Walz, S.A. Smash, Cage, Central Services), Embedded Studios, Eminem, Eric B & Rakim, ESG, Fog, Four Tet, Fridge, Gorillaz, Hymie's Basement, Jackson and His Computer Band, John Frusciante, John Cage, Johnny Cash, Kim Hiorthoy, Koushik, Kraftwerk, Lady Sovereign, Les Savy Fav, Lil Vicious, Liquid Liquid, Madlib/Quasimoto, Madvillain, Mathematics, Matthew Dear/Audion, Masta Killa, old Metallica, all MF DOOM projects, M.I.A., who? Mike Jones, Mos Def, My Best Fiend, Omega One, Outkast, Output Recordings, Paul Wall, Public Enemy, R.A. The Rugged Man, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, RZA, Slim Thug, Stones Throw Records, Talib Kweli, Tes One, Three Sinister Syllables, Vast Aire, Vordul Mega, Vybz Cartel, Wale Oyejide/Science Fiction, Wu Tang and all the bands/groups/rappers/rap bands and such on my page. All their music has touched me in some way... Too many more to name, and it's always changing. There's nothing i won't listen to at least once. Except country music made in the past 20 years.
Movies:
Clash Of The Titans, You and Me and Everyone We know, Dark Days, A Clockwork Orange, Bumfights, Goonies, Slam, Fantastic Planet, City Of Lost Children, City Of God, Style Wars, Walk The Line, Colors, Star Wars, What Dreams May Come, Indiana Jones, Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs, Muppets Take Manhattan. The Cruise, Falling Down, and anything with monkeys wearing hats and riding mini mortorcycles.
Television:
Hell's Kitchen, Smurfs. Arrested Development. The Food Network, PBS, The Cartoon Network late at nite (Adult Swim), Prison Break, Chapelle Show (r.i.p.), The Muppet Show, Heroes, Simpsons, XBOX.
Books:
Any Dr. Seuss adventure (especially "Oh! The places you'll go!"), Albert Einstein: Ideas & Opinions, and Pimp by Iceberg Slim.
Heroes:
My mom and dad and Grand Parents, and Albert Einstein.