Movies
city of god, yojimbo, lock stock and two smoking barrels, 24 hour party people, pulp fiction, brick, the matador, kiss kiss bang bang, dead man, the hidden fortress, the saint, the croupier, high fidelity, motel, ghost dog: the way of the samurai
Music
REM, Radiohead, U2, the Clash, the Smiths, Joy Division, DJ Shadow, Interpol, the Walkmen, TV On the Radio, Out Hud, Arcade Fire, the Bloc Party, Prefuse 73, DJ Krush, the Durutti Column, Gary Numan, New Order, Beta Band, Air, Zero 7, Cinematic Orchestra, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin; anything on Ninja Tune (Big Dada), Warp Records (Lex), Touch n Go (usually) or Matador (sporadically), MF Doom, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, RjD2, Diplo, 2 Many DJs, Daft Punk, the Prodigy, Jay Z, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, Gang Starr, Pharcyde, the Streets, Dizzee Rascal, Timbaland, Native Tounges Crew, OkayPlayer Fam, Stones Throw Fam, Hieroglyphics Crew, DJ Premier, Beans, Daedelus, Factory Records artists, Bonobo, Quantic Soul Orchestra, M.I.A., the Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Ludacris, Madlib, Depeche Mode, Hood, the Velvet Underground, LTJ Bukem, Goldie, Moby, the Chemical Brothers, Beastie Boys, Themselves, Anticon, Buck 65, Why?, Sole, Def Jux, Rhymesayers, El-P, Dungen, the Go! Team, the Decemberists, Blackalicious, Bjork, the Roots, Mobb Deep, Apparat, Alan Braxe, Daft Punk, cLOUDDEAD, Beirut, The Whitest Boy Alive, Shir Khan, White Flight, Some of my friends stuff http://substancespot.blogspot.com for mixes
Television
the wire, entourage, daily show + colbert report, the sopranos, city of men (inspired by city of god)
Books
last night a dj saved my life, fear and loathing on the campaign trail, ecotopia, the hagakure, kingdom of fear, formulary for a new urbanism
The Players Association, May 4, 2007:
We are a group of DJs and designers who are united by our love of music. Upload and share your mixes for free. We have a rapidly growing international community of DJs and music lovers (NY, LA, London, Barcelona, Tokyo). You can now embed mixes on your myspace page, blogs, homepages etc (we are working on Virb).
Peace,
Conscious
http://theplayers.fm
samtaters, Apr 2, 2007:
muuuuuuuucchhhh better!