Music:
Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Buddy & Julie Miller, Kasey Chambers, The Byrds, NRBQ, Wilco, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, FooFighters, The Byrds, Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, Marc Ribot, Chet Atkins
Movies:
Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Election, Flirting With Disaster, Royal Tennenbaums, In America, Spanglish, The Contender,
Television:
Mr. Show, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Simpsons, Futurama, Deadwood, West Wing
Books:
A Confederacy of Dunces, The Girl With The Curious Hair, Dubliners, Accordion Crimes, Naked, America-John Stewart, Authors: Charles Portis, Annie Proulx, Sarah Vowell, David Foster Wallace, James Joyce, Richard Feynman, Carl Sagan, David Sedaris, Jonathan Lethem