Music:
Mahala Rai Banda - Fanfara Tirana - Boban Markovic - Goran Bregovic - Misto Band - Ferus Mustafov - Slonovski Bal - Kal - Shantel - Fanfare Ciocarlia - Kocani Orkestar - Saban Bajramovic (RIP) - Romica Puceanu (RIP)- Zdob Si Zdub - Sandy Lopicic Orkestar - Esma Redzepova - Taraf de Haidouks - Besh O Drom - Orchestra Lautarii - Parno Graszt - Gabi Lunca - Kalman Balogh - Mostar Sevdah Reunion - and a little Klezmer too
Movies:
Anything with subtitles, especially Time of the gypsies - Underground - No Man's Land - When Father Was Away on Business - Take Care of Your Scarf Tatyana - Drifting Clouds - Man without a Past - Good Bye Lenin - Kitchen Stories - Junk Mail - Powder Keg - Who's Singing Over There - Reykjavik 101 - Sexy Beast - Monsieur Hire - Man on a Train - Lives of Others - Head On - Kontroll - Europa, Europa
Television:
What's that?
Books:
Zoschenko; Ilf & Petrov; Averchenko; Bulgakov; Bill Bryson; Yann Martel; Michael Chabon; Paul William Roberts; Nabokov; Howard Jacobson; Roald Dahl; Rohinton Mistry; John Irving.