Music, movies, comic books, novels, collecting records(long live vinyl!), podcasting.
Neil Peart. Amber Tamblyn.
Rush, Grateful Dead, U2, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, The Beatles, The Kinks, Ray Davies, The Rolling Stones, Jerry Garcia Band,Pink Floyd,and a whole lot more.
Star Wars (big surprise here), Lord of the Rings, Animal House, Caddyshack, Blues Brothers, Big Lebowski, High Fidelity, Harvey, Donnie Darko, Kingdom of Heaven, Memento, Mulholland Drive, About A Boy, The 40 Year Old Virgin.
Flight of The Conchords, John From Cincinnati, Heroes, Jericho, The Office, Lost, 24, NCIS, My Name is Earl, Entourage, Sopranos, Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica, Arrested Development, Rescue Me,Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Cash Cab, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Joan Of Arcadia, WKRP In Cincinati.
Stephen King's Dark Tower series, everything by Tolkien, Haynes Johnson who is imo one of the most astute contemporary American History writers, Douglas Coupland, Nick Hornby.
Atticus Finch, Dude, the guy who invented the Vaporizer, Cookie Monster.