disinterested
... Akira Kurosawa
the shins, pixies, beck, cold ward kids, black keys, primus, blur, modest mouse, bob dylan, david bowie, nirvana, the vines, gorillaz, decemberists, rilo kiley, keiko matsui, dntel, death cab for cutie, regina spektor, queens of the stone age, two-pack shaker... lots of others.
Perfect Blue, Forest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Trainspotting, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Snatch, Sanjuro, Yojimbo, What Dreams May Come, The Family Stone, The Life Aquatic, most bruce lee /jet li / jackie chan movies, more.
Man Vs. Wild, Scrubs, Dirty Jobs.... uhm...
JD Salinger, David Gemmell, George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Chuck Palahniuk, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, etc...
thats a toughy