books: Harlan Ellison's _Paingod and Other Delusions_ && Iain M. Bank's _Use of Weapons_. i also get my kicks off of short fiction. "Chopin in Winter" by Stuart Dybek and "Black Dog, Red Dog" by Stephen Dobyns are among my favs. for poetry i go to Blake. others include père goriot, demolished man, a scanner darkly, the bridge, a clockwork orange, 1984, dune, pain god, the lathe of heaven, king rat, fahrenheit 451, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the thief of always, fight club, neverwhere, to reign in hell, a good man is hard to find, the sound and the fury.

movies: a clockwork orange, brainscan, better off dead, the good the bad & the ugly, battle royal, mad max trilogy, fallen, roger dodger, evil dead 1 & 2, army of darkness, wet hot american summer, aliens, donnie darko, run lola run, reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, jesus' son, fight club, buffalo 66, planet of the apes, trainspotting, shaun of the dead, the goonies, yojimbo, ichi the killer, spartacus, ben-hur, say anything, sfw, tron, pump up the volume, high fidelity, the lost boys, heathers, star wars, fight club, amadeus, pi, flcl, the big lebowski, snatch, time badits, the adventures of baron munchausen, conan, this is spinal tap, falling down, trainspotting, aqua teen hunger force, animal house, ali g, sealab 2021, pcu, home movies, any absolutely horrible b movies.

the slickee boys, howlin' wolf, big black, rocket from the tombs, mc5, x, hendrix, flogging molly, the blood, misfits, articles of faith, rancid, black flag, pere ubu, peter and the test tube babies, the doors, ac/dc, dropkick murphys, the mountain goats, bouncing souls, rancid, the clash, weezer, cock sparrer, nirvana, queen, the wipers, vice squad, offspring, the effigies, beck, op ivy, stiff little fingers, buzzcocks, the stooges, husker du, the dead boys, external menace, beatles, killing joke, the stitches, pixies, atom & his package, circle jerks, fugazi, agent orange, blah blah blah.