Music: Blue Note jazz, the Stooges, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions,

Films (Non-Medicine): The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Wild Bunch, Rififi. The 39 Steps, Singin' in the Rain, Le Corbeau, Eyes Without a Face, I Know Where I'm Going

Books: Writers: Italo Calvino, Hubert Selby, Cormac McCarthy, James M. Cain, Jim Thompson, Umberto Eco, Graham Greene, Ed McBain, Thomas Wolfe

Artists: John Cage, Robert Wilson, Mark Ryden, Andrew Goldsworthy, Cindy Sherman, Ornette Coleman, Sam Rivers, Nels Cline, Dylan, Jaco Pastorius, Brute Force

Heroes: Mister Rogers, Koko the Talking Gorilla, Donald Duck, & Desmond Tutu.

Enemies: BushCo (Bush, Rove, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, et al), James Dobson, leafblowers, Satan, Republicans, and horseflies.

Dreams: Being licked to death by wiener dogs!