Music:
Against me!, the organ, neil young, clinic, the unicorns, magnetic fields, the new pornographers, neko case, the sadies, beasty boys, mars volta, godspeed you black emperor, do make say think, gorillaz, iron and wine, the hidden cameras, xiu xiu, james brown, the streets,rjd2, people under the stairs, the white stripes, jurassic 5,the shins
Books:
i havn't read a crazy amount of books but here are some i liked: the greenpeace to amchitka, ishmael, frankinstien, no logo, fences and windows, the hitchhikers guide to the galexy. check them out if you havn't already.