Music:
Belle and Sebastian, Reindeer Section, Tortiose, The Sea and Cake, Death Cab for Cutie, the Prom, the Dead, Phish, J5, some hip hop, the Avalanches, the Postal Service, GFE
Books:
Still life with Woodpecker, any J.D. Salanger, the Griffen and Sabine books, Vurt, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, all Chuck Palanuik, the rest of the Tom Robbins, Ann Rice