Music:
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Oasis, The Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews, Jane's Addiction, Audioslave, Wilco, Muse and Travis.
Movies:
Godfather 1 & 2, The Usual Suspects, Goodfellas, Escape From NY, A Princess Bride.
Television:
24, Prison Break, Lost, The Shield, Pardon the Interruption.
Books:
Anything by Nelson Demille and James Patterson.