photography, animal husbandry? developing new alcoholic beverages (but classy ones with non-suggestive names).
your mom
mostly random, often involving hair products, synthesizers, or the occasional mr. microphone+toy piano combo. more seriously, shiny toy guns, the black crowes, legowelt, hyperbubble, ladytron, assemblage 23, emergence, vnv nation, most blues and jazz, live classical music, some southern rock, kill hannah, lords of acid, guns 'n' roses, janes addiction, goldfrapp (guilty pleasure), razed in black, p.d.q. bach, le tigre (indie bait), sevendust, morphine, random music your grandparents liked, mr. bungle, dvorak, beethoven, and in strict confidence. then there was the whole cibo mato/shonen knife thing, and a bunch of random local bands. static, breaking glass, whatever. please not country or crappy singers. the new R&B/pop type stuff also fails to impress. I like punk and rockabilly a whole heap but I don't really know many of the bands I like. really. just play something. i'm sure I'll like it unless it's one of the previously mentioned dislikes. probably still won't actually know who it is though. :(
star wars gave way to a clockwork orange, schindler's list, full metal jacket, labyrinth. also blade 1/2/3, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, underworld, etc. fluff such as aeon flux and ultraviolet are welcome, as are 80's schwarzenegger movies like the running man and total recall. A SCANNER DARKLY.
max headroom.
anything by neal stephenson or william gibson or douglas adams. well, ok, dirk gently sorta sucked.
anyone who uses their powers for good or for awesome.