Music:
Leonard Cohen, Interpol, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation, Wilco, Coldplay, Steely Dan, Mark Farina, Timewriter, Kevin Yost, Mr Projectile, Adam Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, Tosca, Brubeck, Desmond, Coltrane, Boards of Canada, U.N.C.L.E., Neil Young, P.U.T.S.
Movies:
Blade Runner, Apocalypse Now, Office Space,(Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring), House of Flying Daggers
Television:
Six Feet Under, Battlestar Galactica, No Reservations
Books:
Possible Side Effects- Augusten Burroughs, Garlic and Saphires- Ruth Reich, The Nasty Bits- Anthony Bourdain, The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told- Various