Music:
AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Blue Öyster Cult, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, KISS, Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Blind Guardian
Movies:
Original Star Wars Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones (any of them)
Television:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, American Dad!, The Venture Brothers, The Brak Show, Home Movies, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, King of the Hill
Books:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, Principia Discordia, The Illuminatus! trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, Dune
Heroes:
Lando Calrissian and Mace Windu, the only black characters in the Star Wars saga (Panaka and Typho don't count), Malcolm X, MLK, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Aung San Suu Kyi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Malaclypse the Younger, Lord Omar Khayyam Ravernhurst, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"