Music:
at the drive in, refused, the arcade fire, broken social scene (and other related groups), interpol, modest mouse, bright eyes, the smashing pumpkins, the matthew good band, Neutral Milk Hotel, xiu xiu, the weakerthans, the constantines, converge, unearth, the blood brothers, sonic youth, the pixies, the cure, built to spill, q and not u, fugazi, black eyes, joy division, the clash, circle takes the square, television, cursive, lcd soundsystem , morrissey, etc etc
Movies:
the royal tenenbaums, almost famous, napoleon dynamite, rushmore, TOP GUN, lost in translation, wayne's world, Ronin
Television:
the daily show, simpsons, seinfeld
Books:
Catch 22, slaughterhouse 5, mother night, welcome to the monkey house
Heroes:
patrick roy