Music:
Radiohead, The Shins, Vast, Wire, Magazine, The Buzzcocks, The Doves, South, The Soft Machine, Soul Coughing, King Crimson, Brian Eno, Godley & Creme, Faust, Colin Newman, The Church, Hot Hot Heat, R.E.M., XTC.
Movies:
Memento, Any Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes, To Live and Die in LA, Donny Darko, Off the Map, Pay It Forward, The Straight Story, Saw