Music:
Radiohead, Pixies, Calexico, Wolf Parade, Sufjan Stevens (courtesy of AP), Bright Eyes, Pulp, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Arcade Fire, Walkmen, New Order, Elliott Smith, Shins, Smashing Pumpkins, Interpol, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Ponys, Steven, Misfits, Eels, Muse, Op Ivy, Desaparcidos, British Sea Power, Badly Drawn Boy, The Cure, Beethoven, Chopin, Band of Horses, My Bloody Valentine, My Morning Jacket
Movies:
The Graduate, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Flirting, Ordinary People, Noah Bambach's Kicking and Screaming, Jesus' Son, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Squid and The Whale, Buffalo '66, Election, Wet Hot American Summer, Waiting For Guffman, MASH, 400 Blows, Short Cuts, Sherman's March, Junebug,
Television:
The Office, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, Stella, Reno 911, Dr. Katz,Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared
Books:
Me Talk Pretty One Day (basically anything and everything written by David Sedaris), The Razor's Edge, Of Human Bondage, Prince of Tides, Andre Dubus' Stories, Concrete, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken by Seth, Richard Russo, David Copperfield, The Onion, I've been reading Richard Yates'short stories lately - sad stuff.
Heroes:
Joseph Campbell