Music:
irish/celtic, folk, hip hop, baroque, bluegrass, oldies, jazz, gospel, good a capella and choral, world music...
Movies:
one flew over the cuckoo's nest, life is beautiful, fight club, american beauty, full metal jacket, dead man walking, the shawshank redemption...
Books:
1984, The Spell of the Sensuous, The God of Small Things, The Prophet, Grania, The Sound and the Fury, Uncommon Ground, Blankets, Exodus, Wild Thorns, For Bread Alone, The Joy of Cooking