Music:
Alphabetically, selected from what's currently on my iPod (there are many more I'd list):
Rock/Pop - Alternate Routes, Beck, Big Wreck, Bjork, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Cake, Chris Cornell, Coldplay, Crowded House (& Neil Finn), David Garza, David Mead, Incubus, Jason Falkner, Jeff Buckley, Jellyfish, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Martin Sexton, Modest Mouse, Nil Lara, Owsley, Paloalto, Pete Yorn, The Police, Queens of the Stone Age, Ryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Sting, Toad the Wet Sprocket (& Glen Phillips), TV On The Radio, U2, The White Stripes
Jazz - Bill Evans, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Weather Report
Bluegrass/Acoustic - Alison Krauss & Union Station, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Nickel Creek
Rap/Hip-Hop - A Tribe Called Quest, Jay-Z
Movies:
In no particular order:
Rushmore, Anchorman, Swingers, The Royal Tenenbaums, Raising Arizona, Snatch (and most everything Guy Ritchie does), Kill Bill (both), Chasing Amy, The Boondock Saints, The Matrix, The Family Man, The Game, Before Sunrise, Serendipity, Ocean's Eleven, Sin City, and a bunch of Japanese Anime.
Television:
The Office, Da Ali G Show, Heroes, 24, Food TV, HGTV
Books:
Almost any cookbook, Hermann Hesse, Dan Millman, Gregg Braden, Eckhart Tolle, Neale Donald Walsch