Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, David Bowie, Einsturzende Neubauten, The Birthday Party, Helmet, MC Chris, Faith No More, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Faint, Fry Cook, Flight of the Conchords, The Gipsy Kings, Fear Factory, Quicksand, PJ Harvey, Primus, Oysterhead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robert Johnson, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles, Bush, The Dirty Three, Elastica, CAN, Richard Wagner, Led Zeppelin, Buju Banton, Skinny Puppy, Queen, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Adrian Belew, Sublime, Tom Waits, Flogging Molly, A Perfect Circle, Concrete Blonde, The Cure, Blixa Bargeld, Bauhaus, Abwärts, Bad Brains, and some others depending on my mood.
I recommend... Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Boondock Saints, The Crow, Full Metal Jacket, Aliens, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and SLC Punk among others.
When it comes to television I don't watch many channels other than the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and Comedy Central.
My favorite authors are Dean Koontz and Stephen King. Dan Brown, Peter Straub, Caleb Carr, and Anne Rice are also pretty good. I've read many other good books but my laziness is kicking in again.