Music:
Elvis Costello, Todd Rundgren/Utopia, The Beatles, Butch Walker/Marvelous 3, The Cars, Doug Powell, Cheap Trick, Ben Folds, Power Pop, Joe Jackson, The Sounds, The Replacements, Bleu, The Who, Punk/New Wave, Material Issue, Green Day, The Lashes, Fountains Of Wayne, Boomtown Rats, The Kinks , The Tories, Psychedelic Furs, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Garbage, Gigolo Aunts, Brian Setzer/Stray Cats, The Alarm, The Clash, Johnny Monaco, Jason Falkner, early Marillion, Ramones, Social Distortion, Chris von Sneidern, The Daybirds, XTC, Marshall Crenshaw, Madness, R.E.M., Damone, Pretenders, Weezer, Peter Gabriel, Enuff Z'nuff, Springsteen, Dylan, The Millions, The Argument...too many to mention.
Movies:
"Goodfellas", "About A Boy", "The Shawshank Redemption", "This Is Spinal Tap", "Pulp Fiction", "Rushmore", "Say Anything", "High Fidelity", "Sixteen Candles", "Godfather 1 & 2", "Valley Girl", "The Royal Tenenbaums", "Lucas", "Lost In Translation", "Annie Hall", "Caddyshack", "Boogie Nights", "Fast Times At Ridgemont High", "East Of Eden", "Almost Famous", "West Side Story", "The Kids Are Alright", "Modern Romance", "Fargo", "Vacation", "A Mighty Wind", "Jaws", "Back To The Future", "Ed Wood", "Heaven Help Us", "The Princess Bride", "My Bodyguard", "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory", "Planes, Trains, And Automobiles", "Reservoir Dogs", "The Sure Thing", "48 hours", "Grosse Pointe Blank", "Breaking Away", "Stripes", "The Natural", "Heat Included", "White Line Fever"...
Television:
"Freaks & Geeks", "The Daily Show", VH1 Classic, "The Office", Food Network, TLC...
Books:
"Kick Me", "High Fidelity", "Me Talk Pretty One Day".
Heroes:
The guy who invented Jelly Bellys.