Music:
DISCO, beach boys, roy orbison, blondie, gary numan and the tubeway army, phil spector, cheap trick, annie, elvis costello, wu-tang clan, mountain goats, biggie, scarface, prince, otis redding, abc, new pornographers, grandmaster flash, ray charles, basement jaxx, abba, destroyer, young marble giants, johnny cash, zombies, mates of state, the shangri-las, merle travis, italo disco, girl groups, bubblegum pop, satie, hank williams, george jones, jackson five, the streets, john fahey, pet shop boys, elvis presley, petula clark, country, house, nilsson, m.i.a., big & rich, jerry lee lewis, al green, tall dwarfs, caetano veloso, tom ze, joao gilberto, chic, saint etienne, flatlanders, sam cooke, me
Movies:
nashville, blade runner, manhattan, notorious, paths of glory, crimes and misdemeanors, city lights, tampopo, a bout de souffle, the king of comedy, duck soup, adaptation, five easy pieces
Books:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Stranger, No Exit, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, The Trial, The Butter Battle Book