Music:
The Replacements, Lucero, Drag the River, Mother Truckers, Dieslhed, Armchair Martians, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Mr. Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Neil Young / Crazyhorse, Jawbreaker, Zen Guerrilla, The Clash, Husker Du, TurboNegro, Ween, Iggy and the Stooges, BarFeeders, Supersuckers, Minutemen, Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Adolescents, Cheap Trick.
Movies:
Swimming with Sharks, American Beauty, Bob Roberts, Animal House, Down by Law, Monty Python (all), Jacob's Ladder, Shaun of the Dead, Buckaroo Banzai, Dead Zone, Weird Science scenes with Chet, Man Bites Dog..
Books:
Home Bicycle Repair and Maintenance, Catcher in the Rye, American Tragedy, East of Eden, The Unibomber Manifesto, High Fidelity, Cannery Row, How to be an assohole in 21 days, Men who drink too much, refuse to admit they're in their 30's, still think punk rock is cool.... and the women who love them.