Music:
the pixies, clap your hands say yeah, brian jonestown massacre, neutral milk hotel, the beatles, elliot smith, elton john, the kinks, talking heads, tegan and sara, detroit cobras, billy holiday, nick drake, frank sinatra.
Movies:
Annie Hall, Sunset Blvd., Adaptation, Me Without You, Metropolis, The Big Lebowski, The Fisher King, Punch Drunk Love, Bottle Rocket, Trainspotting, The 400 Blows, Best in Show, You Can Count on Me, The Station Agent, The Weatherman, Waiting for Guffman, Little Miss Sunshine, Jaws, Vertigo, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, so so many.
Television:
arrested developement, the wire, lost, the office, dexter, and of course -- THE GOLDEN GIRLS. seriously.
Books:
the world according to garp, the other boleyn girl, confederacy of dunces, the dogs of babel, joy luck club, the illustrated man.
Heroes:
the united 93 passengers.