downtempo trip-hop; leftfield electronica; ambient/acid house; avant-garde experimental noise rock; DIY acoustic folk; electroclash & IDM; brit-pop; hard d&b; vietnam inspired protest music, and the classics
trainspotting, velvet goldmine, party monster, hedwig & the angry inch
tom wolfe, hunter thompson, ken kesey, hubert selby jr., sylvia plath, francesca lia block, kurt vonnegut, bret easton ellis, irvine welsh