Music (writing, recording, and producing), boxing, mythology, history, aphorisms, peace and quiet.
Teddy Atlas, Herbie Hancock
Mates of State, Oh My God, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Blind Boys of Alabama, Piebald, and Mars Volta
Once
Arrested Development, Heroes, Flight of the Conchords, and Mythbusters
Confederacy of Dunces