Music:
Silver mt. Zion, Frank Black, Devendra Bonhart, Jose Gonzalez, Robert Wyatt, Kings of Leon, John Adams.
Movies:
You me and everyone we know, Dancer in the dark (yes, it's a musical!), Breaking the waves.
Books:
Hamlet, Oleanna, Spring Awakening, Baal
Heroes:
Brecht, Shakespeare, Ibsen.