Music:
Turbonegro, Elliott Smith, Hives, Guitar Wolf, Jeff Buckley, The Shins, Iron and Wine, Phantom Planet, The Cars, 5678's, Thug Murder, Tiger Army, Rufus Wainwright, TV on the Radio, The Dandy Warhols, Teengenerate, The Books, D4, Spoon,Yeah yeah yeah's, Murder City Devils, Rocky Votolato, The Faint, The Killers, Glucifer, Libertines, Deer Hoof, John Coltrane, Wayne Hancock, Charlie Parker, Cursive, Mice Parade, Scissor Sisters, Devo
Movies:
Wild Zero, The Squid and the Whale, High Fidelity, Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Kung Fu Hustle, Flash Dance, Space Balls
Television:
the food network, project runway, pimp my ride, oprah
Books:
Bukowski's Ham on Rye, Augusten Burroughs Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking, Running With Scissors, Tom Robbins Skinny Legs and All, Grays Anatomy, Andy Warhol, From A to B and Back Again Janet Fitch, White Olleander
Heroes:
anybody who has a lot of money from a bodily injury lawsuit such as a minor car accident or breaking a tooth at a restuant on a piece of clam shell that they forgot in the chowder