Music:
the boss. that's right, bruce springsteen. in the afternoon. and the radio. i really like the radio. and NPR, especially this american life. otherwise: Dolly, Guided By Voices, Willie Nelson, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds, Elliott Smith, Neil Diamond, Blur, lately Sebadoh, the Mamas and the Papas, etc. And 80s movie soundtracks: Holiday Road, Good Enough, Looking Though the Eyes of Love...
Movies:
Brewster's Millions, Just One of the Guys, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles, Say Anything, Ice Castles, Goonies, Vacation.
Television:
FOOTBALLERS WIVES is the best! 60 Minutes - The Amazing Race - Gordon Ramsay - Oprah - Heroes - commercials - anything I made
Books:
newspapers, magazines, Invention & Technology, Brunelleschi's Dome, Blink, David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff, travel guides, anything about espionage, The Virgin Suicides, Valley of the Dolls, Zagat guides, The World According to Garp, Truman Capote, Bill Bryson, design books, Al Franken, I Am Charlotte Simmons, grammar books, Freakonomics