Music:
Faridas Cafe, NIN, Mad Capsule Markets, Radiohead, DJ Krush, Tool, Massive Attack, John Frusciante, James Brown, David Bowie, Aphex Twins, Korn, etc. etc. you get the picture.
Movies:
anything with Kitano Takeshi. Swallowtail, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Books:
1984, Catcher in the Rye