MUSIC: YEAH YEAH YEAHS - dresden dolls - BEN KWELLER - toadies - NIRVANA - hole - SUBWAYS - horrorpops - REVEREND HORTON HEAT - distillers - CURSIVE - my chemical romance - DUKE ELLINGTON - count basie - JIMMIE DURANTE - willie nelson - SILVERCHAIR - THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - WHITE STRIPES - WEEZER - PJ HARVEY - OLEANDER - PIXIES - NEW RADICALS -GARBAGE - KASEY CHAMBERS - JOHNNY CASH - LUCY KAPLANSKY - FIONA APPLE - JEWEL (1st album]- PORTISHEAD - OUR LADY PEACE -CAKE - ANI DIFRANCO etc. etc. etc.
MOVIES: DOUBLE INDEMNITY, MALTESE FALCON, BIG SLEEP, THIN MAN, AMELIE, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, 12 MONKEYS, THE ROCKETEER, PHILEDELPHIA STORY, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, DONNIE DARKO, THE JACKET, FLCL, SERIAL EXPERIMENTS, LAIN, INVADER ZIM, ETC. ETC. ETC.
BOOKS: CATCHER IN THE RYE, OF MICE AND MEN, FRANY AND ZOOEY, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, TORTILLA FLATS, FIGHT CLUB,LIVES OF THE MONSTER DOGS, EDGER ALLEN POE, SHERLOCK HOLMES, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, THE BEACH, HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALLAXY, LORD OF THE FLIES, CANONE INVERSO, ETC. ETC. ETC.