Music:
Everything from 60's garage rock to punk to good old school country to jazz to hip hop...really, as long as it's good. Some artists I love: Buddy Holly, The Beatles, Wilco (though I don't like what they've become) , The Cowsills, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Dave Brubeck, Earth, Wind and Fire (my roommate got me into them), CCR, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, The Pixies, Bob Dylan, The Ramones, Guns-N-Roses (during the 80's), Public Enemy, The Fugees, The Sex Pistols, Metallica (before they sold out). Favorite Local Bands: Digibot, The Super Eights, The New Recruits, Optometri, Droids Attack, Electric Automatic, The Motorz and Goat Radio.
Movies:
The Graduate, Dr. Strangelove, Annie Hall, Original Star Wars Trilogy, Any Wes Anderson Movie, North by Northwest, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The 40 Year Old Virgian, Harold and Maude, Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Television:
Simpsons, Seinfeld, The Daily Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Arrested Devolopment, Smallville, Xfiles, Northern Exposure, Battlestar Galactica (the new series), Meet the Press
Books:
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 (or anything by Hunter), On the Road (or almost anything from Jack), If Chins Could Kill, Hitchhikers Guide, The Monster at the End of the Book, Anything by Nick Hornby but I grew to love "How to be Good" quite a bit, The Graduate, Catch 22
Heroes:
Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Jon Stewart, Buddy Holly, Paul McCartney, Russ Feingold, Juan Williams