Design, art, pants, photography, and other nerdy stuff
Anyone
The Anniversary, At the Drive-In, The Beastie Boys, The Bled, Bloc Party, The Blood Brothers, The Blue Meanies, Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, Eisley, Every Time I Die, The Faint, The Format, Further Seems Forever, Glassjaw, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Jimmy Eat World, The Locust, Matt Pond PA, Neon Blonde, Operation Ivy, The Postal Service, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Refused, RX Bandits, Saves the Day, Sparta, The Streets, The Suicide Machines, The Weakerthans, (old) Weezer, etc.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Matrix, Star Wars, LOTR, Breakfast Club, Spider-Man, Akira, any Kevin Smith film, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Donnie Darko, etc.
Anime, Lost, Heroes, Futurama, Family Guy, Seinfeld, etc.