Music:
Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Tim Barry, Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Mike Ness, Iron and Wine, Elliot Smith, Grandaddy, Daniel Johnston, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, Andrew WK, Alkaline trio, Bracket, M. Ward, the Rentals, the wrens, billy bragg, the smiths, the queers, the ramones, the sex pistols, Bad Astronaut, Armchair Martian
Movies:
Say Anything, High Fedelity, the good the bad and the ugly, most super hero movies, BigFish, stand by me, Back to the Future I-III, Crispin Hellion Glover, Fast times, Ed Wood, pulp fiction, jackie brown, resevoir dogs, most Hitchcock, Saving Silverman, american phsyco, hot wet american summer, most Horror movies(way funnier than comedies)
Television:
curb your enthusiasm, news radio, lost, family guy, Entourage, Weeds, The Shield, one man show, History channel, Biography channel, National Geographic Channel, the Weather Channel
Books:
Bukowski, Rollins
Heroes:
Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan * and currently, Tim Barry, Matt Skiba, Chuck Ragan