Odd and sundry items that have influenced, inspired and infected me.

The stories of Philip K. Dick (especially We Can Build You, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Ubik and “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale“)

The music of the Velvet Underground

The music of the Kinks (especially Something Else, Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur and “Living On A Thin Line”)

The music and message of the Desperate Bicycles (especially “The Medium Was Tedium”, “Advice On Arrest” and “Teacher’s Prayer”)

The music of The Fall

The music of the electric eels (especially “Jaguar Ride”, “Agitated” and “Accident”)

The music of the Cheifs (especially “Holly-West Crisis”, “Blues” and “Karen Walach”)

The music of Michael Dwyer

The music and philosophy of John Cage

“Exit” by Dirt Shit

“Poliisi Pamputtaa Taas” by Eppu Normaali

“Big Rock Candy Mountain” by Harry McClintock

Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

“Blues Run The Game” (single version) and “Can’t Get Away From My Love” by Jackson C. Frank

The films of Buster Keaton (especially The General and Sherlock, Jr.)

The films of Andrei Tarkovsky (especially The Mirror)

The films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (especially Ordet)

The films of John Cassavetes (especially The Killing of a Chinese Bookie)

The films of Werner Herzog (especially The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Stroszek and Grizzly Man)

The films of Jim Jarmusch (especially Stranger Than Paradise)

The films of Maya Deren (especially Meshes of the Afternoon)

The films of Paul Morrissey (especially Spike of Bensonhurst)

The films of David Lynch (especially Eraserhead, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and INLAND EMPIRE)

The films of Jean Renoir (especially Grand Illusion)

Mikey and Nicky directed by Elaine May

Gates of Heaven directed by Errol Morris

What Happened Was directed by Tom Noonan

Buffalo 66 directed by Vincent Gallo

Babe: Pig in the City directed by George Miller

My Dinner With Andre directed by Louis Malle

They Might Be Giants written by James Goldman and directed by Anthony Harvey

Glen or Glenda directed by Ed Wood

Gummo directed by Harmony Korine

Groundhog Day directed by Harold Ramis

Man With A Movie Camera directed by Dziga Vertov

Umberto D. directed by Vittorio De Sica

The Flowers of St. Francis directed by Roberto Rossellini

The video work of Chris Cunningham (especially for Aphex Twin’s “Come To Daddy” and “Windowlicker“, and the short film Rubber Johnny)

Mystery Science Theater 3000

The comedy of Mitch Hedberg

The comedy of Steven Wright

The comedy of Monty Python

The comics of Jules Feiffer (especially Feiffer, Harold Swerg and Tantrum)

The cartoons of Abner Dean (especially those in It’s a Long Way to Heaven and What Am I Doing Here?)

The comics of Dave McKean (especially Cages)

The comics of Tom Hart (especially Banks/Eubanks)

Krazy Kat by George Herriman

Peanuts by Charles Schulz

Unschooling (especially as espoused by John Holt and Ivan Illich)

Veganism

The music journalism of Lester Bangs (especially “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung” and “A Reasonable Guide To Horrible Noise”)

The photo stories of Duane Michals

Rose Hobart by Joseph Cornell

Une Semaine de Bonté by Max Ernst

The stories of Franz Kafka

The poetry of Max Jacob

“Eternity” by Arthur Stace

The paintings of Mark Rothko

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl