Music:
Joanna Newsom, Kate Bush, R.E.M., The Smiths, The Cure, Peter Gabriel, George Jones, The Violent Femmes, Johnny Cash, The Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, Smoky Mountain Drum 'n' Bass, The Magnetic Fields, Neko Case, The Lemonheads, Weezer, Nirvana, Yo La Tengo, The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Rancid, Echo and the Bunnymen, Regina Spektor, The Doors, David Bowie
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Movies:
Hackers, Empire Records, Love Actually, Bend it Like Beckham, Billy Elliot, Donnie Darko, Serenity, Batman Begins, The Neverending Story, The Fifth Element, Stargate
Television:
firefly, star trek: the next generation, law & order ugly betty, ANTM (guilty pleasure)
Books:
the perks of being a wallflower, the chronicles of narnia, catcher in the rye, terry pratchett, daniel quinn, donald harington, david sedaris, douglas coupland