Music:
the mountain goats, the hold steady, heavens, the notwist, andrew bird, the 6ths, lucero, the extra glenns, the arcade fire, the thermals, the decemberists/tarkio, the magnetic fields, teenage fanclub, jets to brazil, idlewild, alkaline trio, les savy fav, belle and sebastian, the aquabats!, kimya, joy division, stars (don't laugh, its a guilty pleasure heh heh), neil young, the weakerthans, eels, ted leo/rx, le tigre, pinback, the lassie foundation, the long winters, oh yeah . . . and lightning bolt.
Movies:
ladybugs, drop dead fred, ghost world, clerks, amelie, best in show, american beauty, the brave little toaster, edward scissorhands, short circuit 2, honey, sister act, a league of their own, garden state, dancer in the dark, dig!
Television:
the magic hour (r.i.p 1998-1998), arrested development, wonderfalls, da ali g show, curb your enthusiasm, the simpsons, futurama, six feet under, mr. show, small wonder, the golden palace, ANYTHING with rachael ray in it.
Books:
anything in the 33 1/3 series, you shall know our velocity, high fidelity, how soon is never?, the perks of being a wallflower, how to talk minnesotan, the onion, what's eating gilbert grape, dear mr. henshaw, the temple of gold . . . anything by dorothy parker is pretty cool too
Heroes:
john darnielle