Music, Food, Drums, Guitar, that sort of thing
Billy Cobham, Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Douglas Adams, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Don Ross, Victor Wooten, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Randolph, Richard Dawkins, Warren Haynes, Paul di Filippo, Elvin Jones, Keller Williams, Jonathan Coulton, Dennis Chambers, ?uestlove, Mitch Hedburg, Barack Obama, Jack Black.
I may have discovered them late, but I am now completely in love with The Beatles. The music I grew up listening to is Reel Big Fish, Sublime, Phish, They Might Be Giants, Jack's Mannequin, Grateful Dead, Tenacious D, Keller Williams, The People, Green Day, Pilfers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jonathan Coulton, Warren Haynes, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Spring Heeled Jack, Josua Redman, Art Blakey, Natives of the New Dawn, Howlin' Wolf, Black Eyed Peas, Jimi Hendrix, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dave Matthews Band, Ludacris, Widespread Panic, Jazz Is Dead, Billy Cobham, Jupiter Sunrise, Don Ross, Gov't Mule, Eric Clapton, O.A.R., and Goldfinger.
House, MST3K
Too many to list, but mainly Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card, Paul di Filippo, J.D.Salinger, Michael Ruhlman, Tad Williams, Chuck Palahniuk, Jasper Fforde, PG Wodehouse.