Music:
Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service, The Killers, Southern Culture on the Skids, rockabilly, synthpop, Sam Cooke, 1950s, Madeleine Peyroux, Weezer, Cake, Garbage, Freezepop, Kirsty MacColl, Helen Love, Damone, The Prodigals.
Movies:
Dick, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fever Pitch, Better Off Dead, Far From Heaven, Tea and Sympathy, Ingmar Bergman films, The Ice Storm, Changing Lanes, Citizen Ruth, The Quiet Man, Viva Las Vegas, Psycho Beach Party.
Television:
Desperate Housewives, Scrubs, The O.C., Family Guy, NOVA, American Experience, Cracker, China Beach, Eastenders, Strangers With Candy, Footballers Wives.
Books:
Germinal (by Zola), Tennessee Williams, Arcadia, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Devil in the White City, Granta, Motor City, Blood: A History (by Starr), Common Ground (by Lukas).