(this layout is from whateverlife.com 8)
bright eyes, the dresden dolls, the cure, built to spill, modest mouse, franz ferdinand, metric, postal service, death cab for cutie, desaparecidos, iron and wine, mates of state, prince, spoon, the unicorns, rilo kiley, sun kil moon, kind of like spitting, neutral milk hotel, damien rice, le tigre, kings of convenience, wilco, elliott smith, queen, the shins, smashing pumpkins, the killers, dance hall crashers, sufjan stevens, matt hopper, mirah, tegan and sara, enon, the jealous sound, athlete, 80's music in general, songs from musicals like rent and chicago, ambulancer ltd, cat power, david bowie, fiona apple, journey, moving units, nada surf, nirvana, oasis, of montreal, pavement, the rentals, tilly and the wall, and more that i cant think of.
RENT (i totally have an unhealthy obsession with it) fight club, memento, sin city, kill bill 1 and 2, pulp fiction, the virgin suicides, resi-dogs, napoleon dynamite, garden state, eternal sunshine, lost in translation, the believer, the united states of leland, 13 conversations about one thing, the dreamers, amelie, donnie darko, mulholland dr., welcome to the dollhouse, but im a cheerleader, rocky horror picture show, breakfast club, dirty dancing, ghost world, dirty pretty things, american beauty, a clockwork orange, empire records, pretty in pink, kiss kiss bang bang, drop dead fred, snatch, 40 year old virgin, mallrats, chasing amy, clerks, y tu mama tambien, etc.
anything dave sedaris has written but my favorite being 'me talk pretty one day', 'running with scissors', 'magical thinking', 'sellivison' by agusten burroughs, 'the perks of being a wallflower' by i forgot who, 'wigfield' by steven colbert and amy sedaris, 'a seris of unfortunate events' books by lemony snicket, 'the world of richard stine' by richard stine of course, 'encyclopedia of an ordinary life' by amy krause rosenthral, 'disco bloodbath' by james st. james, 'a million little pieces' by james frey