Music:
Pixies,Bowie, Brian Eno, The Clash, Kinks, Buzzcocks,Roxy Music, Cheap Trick, Libertines, Minutemen, Pretenders, The Chilling Details, Low Flying Jets, The Jam, Parlor Mob, Sex Pistols, T-Rex, Stones, Blondie, The Jam, Babyshambles, Joy Division, Captain Beefheart, Voidoids, most Motown, 60's 70's Soul, reggae, rock-steady....
Movies:
Starman, The 'Burbs, Innerspace, Police Academy 1-4, Caddyshack, Raw, Vacation1-3, Trading Places, Goonies, Scrooged, Joe Versus the Volcano, Twin town....
Television:
Food Network
Books:
anything by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Philip Caputo, Tim O'Brian....