People who have contributed materially in many ways to make my music what it is (please do not hold it against them):
NIKOLA TESLA
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
DAVID REIMER
W. G. SEBALD
ROBERT SMITHSON
PHILIP GUSTON
CERVANTES
MORTON FELDMAN
DANIEL CLOWES
AUNTIE VIDA
TALK TALK
RICHARD SERRA
JOHANNES OCKEGHEM
WILLIAM FOX-TALBOT
HARRY BERBRAYER
BRUNO SCHULZ
MR. TAKOSKI
NORMAN IN "GHOST WORLD"
RICKY JAY
RICHARD DECTER
BILL IRWIN
JEFFREY EUGENIDES
HALLDOR LAXNESS
CORNELIUS CARDEW
DZIGA VERTOV
MARK HOLLIS
ROBERT WALSER
G. B. EDWARDS
HARRY HOUDINI
VILHELM HAMMERSHOI
STEVE ZODIAC
MARY ANN CAWS
KJETIL ANDRE AAMODT
LESLIE MANN
LOUIS KAHN
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT
HILMAR ORN HILMARSSON
CHARLES DARWIN
GUY MADDIN
TYCHO BRAHE
QUAY BROTHERS
DORIS LESSING
ENVER HOXHA
PHIL KLINE
GILLES VILLENEUVE
LADISLAW STAREWICZ
MATTHEW CAWS
PAUL TAYLOR
TOD BROWNING
JOHN K. SAMSON
CRAIG BREEDLOVE
BUSTER KEATON
MARTIN ARNOLD
DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
ROBERT WILSON
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
ANSELM KIEFER
MYCHAEL DANNA
MARK ROTHKO
MARK LOMBARDI
JAMES TENNEY
GERRY ANDERSON
MRS. PETERSON
LARS HERTERVIG
JIM JARMUSCH
LESZEK JANKOWSKI
LEMI PONIFASIO