Music:
The Misfits, Steely Dan, Coltrane, Pink Floyd, Zappa
Movies:
Goodfellas, Dazed and Confused, Dogma, The Shining, Hook, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Books:
Empire Falls, Kitchen Confidential, The Stand, Davinci Code
Heroes:
Anthony Bourdain, Geoffrey Steingarten, Hunter S. Thompson, Alton Brown