Music:
Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation, LTJ Bukem, Coldplay, Frou Frou, Goldfrapp, Tosca, Peace Orchestra, Radiohead, Zero 7, Portishead, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd
Movies:
Rushmore, Old School, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Lost in Translation, Amalie, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Snatch, Kill Bill
Television:
college basketball and The Daily Show are about it these days.
Books:
Middlesex, The Life of Pi, Catcher in the Rye, the Stranger, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Naked, Ender's Game, The Screwtape Letters, Ender's Game, Pedro Paramo. . .