I'd like to meet:
They say you should never meet your heroes. Fortunately, the only person I've got in my 'Heroes' section died in 1994.
Hmmm, maybe 'fortunately' is exactly the wrong word to use in this context....
Music:
Living Colour, King's X, Fishbone, Metallica (pre-Load), Beatallica, Frank Zappa, Apocalyptica, Vai, Satriani, Eric Johnson, Ty Tabor, Led Zeppelin, The Darkness, Dragonforce, The Dresden Dolls, Eels, Lost Prophets, Hundred Reasons, Muse, Elle Milano, Merz, The Streets, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Public Enemy, Kano, Dr Dre, Beastie Boys, Eminem, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Bjork, Cornelius, Pendulum, The Avalanches, Fatboy Slim, Goldie, Air, Chemical Brothers, U.N.K.L.E. And more....
Movies:
Pi, Fight Club, South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut, Star Wars - well 'New Hope', Empire & Jedi anyway!, LOTR, Spinal Tap, The Big Lebowski, Most Tarantino stuff particularly Kill Bill and From Dusk Til Dawn, Leon, Ichi the Killer, Oldboy, Ringu, Shaun Of The Dead, Kung Pow, Jackass 1+2, Life of Brian, Meaning Of Life, Holy Grail, School Of Rock (my life on film!), The Transporter, Bill&Ted's Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey, Cube, Butterfly Effect, GATTACA, most Kevin Smith films, They Live, Sexy Beast, Orgazmo, Baseketball, Team America, Requiem for a Dream, Being John Malkovich, Memento, The Animatrix, Equilibrium, Zoolander, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Shining, Natural Born Killers, Jacob's Ladder, 28 Days Later, and a fairly large selection of animated movies despite me being somewhat older than their target audience!
Television:
QI, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Simpsons, Futurama, South Park, League Of Gentlemen, Alan Partridge, Chris Morris in general (The Day Today, Brass Eye, Jam/Blue Jam), Spaced, Green Wing, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Black Books and pretty much anything with Bill Bailey (we could have been separated at birth!)
Books:
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, Anything by Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett generally, especially Mort, Soul Music and Good Omens (with Neil Gaimen), Milan Kundera especially The Unbearable Lightness of Being, George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm are also favourites - not least for their spooky prescience!
Heroes:
Bill Hicks