al howard & the k-23 orchestra, truckee bros, nina simone, the roots, blackalicious, erykah badu, roots manuva, eat more cake, cocteau twins, billie holiday, charlie parker, chet baker, st. germain, calexico, ali farka toure, fela kuti...this could be a really long list...
hedwig and the angry inch, anything tarantino, soppy romance (yes, it's true), monty python & the holy grail, lots of foreign stuff...and i dig indie movies even if they're bad
rots the brain (but oh my god boston legal i'm weak)...and more recently i've fallen in love with dylan moran and simon pegg. but black books and spaced aren't on tv anymore, so do they actually count?
vonnegut, hesse, rushdie, robbins, maugham, kerouac, silverstein, suess, etc, etc, etc...
gandhi, keith haring, che guevara, nina simone, mo, saul williams, dolores huerta, salman rushdie, and anyone willing to struggle against the norm for the greater good