Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
Wilco, The Smashing Pumpkins, Elvis Costello, Mason Jennings, Simian, The Jeremy Rusinak Five String Special, Explosions in the Sky, NOFX, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Calvin Marty, Richard Buckner, Bruce Springsteen, The White Stripes, Charlie Parker, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, James Iha, Beck, Alkaline Trio, John Coltrane, Opaque Lighting, Jets to Brazil, MxPx, Whiskeytown, Bob Dylan, Adam Pascal, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliot Smith.
Good Will Hunting, Say Anything, Untamed Heart, Can't Hardly Wait, Hook, Uncle Buck, Forty Year Old Virgin, Rocky I and Rocky Balboa, Sugar and Spice, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Shaun of the Dead, Capote, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Superman III, The Bourne Identity, Braveheart, Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine, Wet Hot American Summer, The Departed, and Anchorman.
Deadwood, The Sopranos, Top Chef, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Entourage, The Office (BBC version), Extras, Stella.
Another Country by James Baldwin, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Soul of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman, All the Harry Potter novels, though most especially Order of the Phoenix, Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
Sean Ben-you wonderful brother.