Music:
new order, justice, radiohead, talking heads, the kinks, the faint, velvet underground, the unicorns, islands, chinese stars, nico, dragonforce, creedence, the new year/bedhead...blah blah blah.
Movies:
wes anderson, pt anderson, charlie kauffman, woody allen
Television:
sex and the city, food network, the office, pro tennis
Books:
catcher in the rye, cat's cradle, great gatsby, in cold blood, lord of the flies, etc.