Music:
Beck, Godsmack, Disturbed, Soul Fly, Jane's Addiction, Toubabkrewe, Krishna Das, Mitch Hedberg...a little bit of a lot, but especially EUPHORIA & PERFECT LIE!!
Books:
Millman, T.S. Eliot, Harryette Mullen, J.K. Rowling, The Gnostic Gospels, The DaVinci Code, The Celestine Prophecy