Music:
the beatles, radiohead, charles mingus, tapes n' tapes, miles davis, interpol, duke ellington, spoon, blue mitchell, charlie parker, jimmy blanton, wolf parade, sunset rubdown, modest mouse, neutral milk hotel, cat power, louis armstrong, will oldham, magnetic fields,
Movies:
Harold and Maude, Sunset Boulevard, Little Miss Sunshine, and most musicals
Television:
Lost, DOG
Books:
Naked, Post Office, Everything is Illuminated, A Staggering Work of Heart Breaking Genius, Middlesex