animal collective, broadcast, silver mount zion, fujiya and miyagi, arthur russell, can, captain beefheart, squarepusher, aphex twin, tom waits, will oldham, leonard cohen, nick cave, johnny cash, bob dylan, dirty three, bjork, bat for lashes, bright eyes, black rebel motorcycle club, sonic youth, karen dalton, modest mouse, tv on the radio, blind willie johnson, leadbelly, chuck berry, muddy waters, miles davis, sonny rollins, thelonius monk, charles mingus, keith jarrett, steve reich, glenn gould, erik satie, saul williams, saian supa crew, jehst, lewis parker, sage francis, pharcyde, and the beach boys, especially brian wilson – he makes me SMiLE
takeshi kitano, andrei tarkovsky, ingmar bergman, theo angelopoulos, kim ki-duk, godard, roberto benigni, fellini, the dardenne brothers, charlie and buster, werner herzog, aki kaurismäki, michael haneke, jim jarmusch, terrence malick, krzysztof kieslowski, leos carax, chris marker, wong kar wai, david lynch, maya deren, kenneth anger, blah blah blah
samuel beckett ("what do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes"), anne michaels, emily dickinson, nabakov, dostoevsky, fernando pessoa, bruce chatwin, knut hamson, john fante, john burnside, paul bowels, paul auster, catch 22, conrad, chekhov, raymond carver, virginia wolf, flaubert, joe gould’s secret, lanark, the fountainhead, erich fromm, nietzsche, thich naht hanh, roberto calasso, camera lucida, herman hesse, colin wilson, emmet grogan
spike milligan ("i told you i was ill"), voltaire, who was asked on his death bed to forswear satan, and said: "this is no time to be making new enemies", william blake for seeing angels singing on his death bed, auldous huxley for taking acid on his, and the guy who was facing the firing squad and asked for a bullet proof vest as his last request...