The world
on MySpace? fascinating people and music...
In no particular order: the B-52's, Covenant, David Byrne, Fad Gadget, Empusae, David Sylvian, Front 242, The Beatles, Angelo Badalamenti, Kraftwerk, Velvet Acid Christ, The Prodigy, Pulp, Yoko Ono, Sparks, Land, Welle:erdball, Abba, Ladytron, Rammstein, Devo, Miles Davis, Les Rita Mitsouko, The Human League, IC 434, Television, Stan Getz... and many, many more...
The first directors and actors that come to mind are Fritz Lang, Peter Sellers, Werner Herzog, Bill Murray, David Lynch, Charles Chaplin, Stanley Kubrick...
The news and series such as The Office
It's been a while since I was actually able to finish a book, though I do remember enjoying Bret Easton Ellis, Douglas Coupland, and J.R.R. Tolkien
Wim T. Schippers