autodidactism, 1930s cartoons, pirate radio, asexuality, film noir, conspiracy theories, ginger ale, taxidermy, cryptozoology, Garbage Pail Kids, silent film, the Cthulhu Mythos, Tetris, Earth mysteries, endangered languages, ghost towns, Fortean Times, postcards, cryptography, mix tapes, radical centrism, Archie comics, numbers stations, cabinets of curiosities, The Onion, NADSAT, secret societies, eugenics, Victorian architecture, Red Meat comics, Jack the Ripper, Florida history, bluegrass, Eastern Europe, civil libertarianism, the Elephant Man, urban legends/myths, rationalism, eschatology, apophenia, early photography, astrobiology, vigilante death squads, feral children, carny culture, parapsychology, steampunk
A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, The Great Dictator, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Shining, Blue Velvet, Brick, Character, The Last Emperor, The Public Enemy, Touch of Evil, The Seventh Seal, The Blue Angel, O Brother Where Art Thou?, 12 Angry Men, Grand Hotel, Good Bye Lenin!, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Pretty in Pink, Freaks, Scarface (1932), American Psycho, Office Space, A Christmas Story, Better Off Dead, Wings of Desire, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Citizen Kane, Network, Three Kings, Candyman, Freeway, Rosemary's Baby, Peeping Tom, M, The Pawnbroker, Donnie Darko, Jacob's Ladder, American Psycho, Dark City, Mulholland Drive, The Third Man, This Is Spinal Tap, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Ghost World, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Falling Down, Carnival of Souls, Night of the Living Dead, Brazil, Angels With Dirty Faces, The Edukators, The City of Lost Children, The Elephant Man, A Day at the Races, A Night at the Opera, Duck Soup, Metropolis (1927), Shadow of a Doubt, City of God, L.A. Confidential, Children of Men, La haine, The 39 Steps, Apocalypse Now, Sunrise, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast
Lost, The Twilight Zone, Flight of the Conchords, Pushing Daisies, Tales From the Crypt, Top Chef, Clean House, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Heroes, The Office (UK and US), The Daily Show, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Ren and Stimpy, Kids in the Hall, Spongebob Squarepants, Sesame Street, Grey's Anatomy, Arrested Development, Antiques Roadshow (US), Monty Python's Flying Circus, Firefly, Doctor Who, Reno 911!
"Neverwhere", by Neil Gaiman; "The Martian Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury; "Innocence", by Jane Mendelsohn; "A Clockwork Orange", by Anthony Burgess; "Brave New Girl", by Louisa Luna; "Come Closer", by Sara Gran
Mark Twain, Orson Welles, Albert Einstein, Katharine Hepburn, Carl Sagan, Harpo Marx, Oscar the Grouch, Fritz Lang