Led Zeppelin, Incubus, Gypsyfoot, Pink Floyd, 311, The Mars Volta, Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Beatles, Particle, King Crimson, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Sublime, The Who, Keller Williams, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Eric Clapton, Dispatch, Galatic, Cake, lots of local jam music and more

There are too many books. Let's go with authors: Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnuget, Tom Robbins, Chuck Palahniuk, Douglas Coupland, Hubert Selby Jr, Richard Dawkins, Michael Crichton