Music:
Bonnie Raitt, Ben Folds, Modest Mouse, Rosanne Cash, Hank Jr., Smashing Pumpkins, Shannon McNally, Willie Nelson, Peaches, Pretedners, Lyle Lovett, Pixies, Liz Phair, Billy Joel, Scissor Sisters, Social Distortion, Ella Fitzgerald
Movies:
Spellbound, and other feel good documentarys about kids. Or spelling. Wet Hot American Summer. Y tu mama tambien, The Little Princess and others directed by Curaon. Most Tim Burton movies (I don't count Big Fish). Better Off Dead and John Cusack before he started sucking. Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Television:
The Amazing Race, America's Next Top Model, Made.
Books:
Middlesex, Salvation on Sand Mountain, Time Travler's Wife, Dogs of Babel, Geek Love, Harry Potter.