Music:
John Butler Trio, Zion I, John Kennedy, RJD2, Blockhead, Concord Dawn, Amy Winehouse, Gorillaz, 9th Wonder, Zero 7, Mylo, Postal Service, Dieselboy, Gang Starr, Dubtribe Sound System, KRS-One, Ladytron, Themroc, Danny Breaks, John B. Aesop Rock. Atmosphere. Nas & Jay-Z. Cannibal Ox. The RZA, the GZA, and Ghostface Killah. Mr. Lif & Akrobatik. J-Live. El-P. Talib Kweli. Mos Def. Home Video. Rise Against. Lou Reed.
Movies:
The Collective. ROAM. Sphere. Fear & Loathing. Casino. Memento. Donnie Darko. Bound. Carlito's Way. Angel Heart. Scarface. The Matrix. 300.
Television:
Twin Peaks, Family Guy, South Park, Drawn Together, Scrubs, Numb3rs, The Daily Show, Heroes.
Books:
The Street Lawyer. Cesar's Way. The Innocent Man. Linked. Lincoln's Melancholy. On Intelligience. Cell.
Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics, Procedures, and Forensic Techniques, Third Edition by Vernon J. Geberth
Any of Bill Bryson's books
Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert K. Ressler
The Elegant Universe by Brian Green
Blink & The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
The Cobra Event, Hot Zone, & The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl by Mary Mycio
Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath The Lake Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath The Lake by Linda Butler (Photographer)
One L by Scott Turow
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Mozart's Brain & The Fighter Pilot by Richard Restak, MD
Germs: Biological Weapons & America's Secret War
Cell by Stephen King (Cell phone zombies take over the world!)
Broken Windows, Broken Business by Michael Levine