Music:
Air, The Avalanches, Nina Simone, Fela Kuti, Jazzanova, The Pixies, Mark Farina, Röyksopp, Tortured Soul, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Lady D, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Leela James, Thom Yorke, Ben Watt, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Frou Frou, Brazilian Girls, Gorillaz, Death Cab for Cutie, Rohff, Billie Holiday, Jask, Zero 7, Bjork, Rilo Kiley, Bebel Gilberto, Lily Allen, M.I.A., Cat Power, Stevie Wonder, Sterolab, Astrud Gilberto, Simon and Garfunkel, Fila Brazillia, Sleater-Kinney, Charlie Parker, Bjork, Nouvelle Vague and some shamefully bad pop music
Movies:
Amelie, City of God, Millions, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, The Apartment, The Big Lebowski, Amores Perros, The City of Lost Children, Bad Santa, Run Lola Run, Life is Beautiful
Television:
The Colbert Report, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Small Space Big Style, Globe Trekker, America's Test Kitchen
Books:
Bell Hooks, Rani Manicka, Sandra Cisneros, Walt Whitman, Yann Martel, Zoe Trope, Jean Kilbourne