Wizards, Skulls, Dragons, Unicorns, The Sphinx, Leather, Chaps, Cowboys, Underwater Panthers, Fishing and Hunting, Stickers, Colouring Books,Metal Haikus,Gnomes, Air Brushed Full Sized Vans, Scooters, Shag Carpets, Velvet Elvis's, Bandanas, Mullets, VHS and Cassette tapes and exotic fruit.
Roger Rabbit or Lloyd Dobler.
So in no particular order, here is my list: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Beulah, The Rolling Stones(pre-Tattoo You), The Minders, The Velvet Underground, Dusty Springfield, Bruce Springsteen, Belle & Sebastian, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Wilco, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Old 97's, Ryan Adams, Spoon, Carole King, The Kinks, The Zombies, Blur, The Cars, Blondie, The Police, The Cure, Joy Division, The Stone Roses, The Smiths, Buddy Holly, Doves, Donovan, Ed Harcourt, Elliott Smith, Emmit Rhodes, The Everly Brothers, The Faint, The Walkmen, The Jam, Pulp, Suede, The Jayhawks, Kings of Leon, Lucksmiths, T-Rex, My Morning Jacket, Van Morrison... There's more, but I think I'll stop now.
I have to start with the big two. The most profoundly important movies of my life - Dirty Dancing and Grease. Trainspotting, Wes Anderson's movies, Sophia Coppola's movies, THE trilogy (Look Who's Talking, Look Who's Talking Too, and Look Who's Talking Now), Almost Famous, Say Anything, Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me, Clockwork Orange, Johnny Dangerously, Stand By Me, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Cry Baby, Hairspray, The Big Chill, Annie Hall, Drop Dead Fred, Four Weddings and a Funeral, When Harry Met Sally, Spinal Tap, Rosemary's Baby so on and so forth.
Arrested Development, Absolutely Fabulous, Freaks and Geeks, Dead Like Me, Family Guy, Scrubs, House, Gilmore Girls, Undeclared, MXC, The Simpsons, Clone High, Mission Hill, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, Kid Video, Buffy, Daily Show and apparently I don't get out much anymore
I prefer hard cover, they're harder to ruin and they look so pretty when not in use. Oscar Wilde, Roald Dahl, Irvine Welsh, Thomas Merton, T.S. Elliott, Robertson Davies, John Irving, A.S. Byatt, Alexander McCall Smith, S.E. Hinton, Alexandre Dumas, J.D. Salinger, ee cummings, William Carlos Williams, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut...
Wonder Woman, Yoda, Jughead, Jennifer Grey, Joan Collins and Astrid.