Artists: Vincent Van Gogh, Warhol, Basquiat

Designers: Louis Vuitton, Bathing Ape

Authors: Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, E. E. Cummings, Chuck Palahniuk, Allen Ginsberg

Books: too many to list.

Bands: 30 Seconds To Mars, Aiden, Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag, A Static Lullaby, At The Drive In, Bleeding Through, Bloc Party, Bad Religon, Boysetsfire, Bright Eyes, CKY, Cradle Of Filth, Daniel Lioneye, David Bowie, Death By Stereo, Death From Above 1979, Depeche Mode, From Autumn To Ashes, From First To Last, GlassjAw, Gnarkill, WAR, Head Automatica, H.I.M. Hot Water Music, I Am Ghost, I Am The Avalance, Iggy Pop, Iggy And The Stooges, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Ima Robot, Japanther, Johnny Cash, Metric, Ministry, Misfits, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Moving Units, Murder City Devils, Negative, New Order, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, NOFX, Pennywise, Placebo, Radiohead, Rise Against, Social Distortion, Sublime, Taking Back Sunday, Test Icicles, The 69 Eyes, The Blood Brothers, The Bronx, The Clash, The Cure, The Distillers, The Faint, The Gossip, The Knife, The Mars Volta, The Ramones, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Sounds, The Used, Tiger Army, Tom Waits, Turbonegro, Yeah Yeah Yeahs


other music:

Boys Noize, Chromeo, Crydamoure, Crystal Castles, Daft Punk, Digitalism, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Dragonette, Felix Cartal, Freeform Five, Guns N' Bombs, Hearts Revolution, Hollertronix, Hystereo, Justice, Kavinksy, Kissy Sell Out, Ladytron, LA Riots, LCD Soundsystem, Le Knight Club, MSTRKRFT, Mr. Oizo, Nightmoves, Nitzer Ebb, Para One, Riot In Belgium, SebastiAn, Simian Mobile Disco, Soft Pink Truth, So Me, Soulwax, Spank Rock, Surkin, T. Raumschmiere, Telefon Tel Aviv, Teki Latex, Thomas Bangalter, Thunderheist, Tiga, Vitalic

this also includes:

Chicago House circa late 80's, early 90's [jack traxx]
Italo Disco
Chicago Acid House
New York No-Wave
Electro
Electro House
French Touch
Proto Disco
EBM
Baltimore Club [B-More Gutter Music]
Juke Traxx


Poets: Edger Allen Poe, Cedrix Bixler-Zavala

Things: conversation, art, pancaking, shoes, skateboards, music, graffiti, computers, the chicago white sox, road trips, writing, causing a ruckus, MUSIC, history, mopeds, fitted hats, tattoo's, new money