Aside from the things below, my interests are probably those of your average, lazy, white, male 20 something
people, probably not you though
The Beatles, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Sufjan Stevens, Ryan Adams, Wolf Parade, Spoon, Mos Def, The Roots, MF Doom, Danger Mouse, DJ Shadow, Ghostface, A Tribe Called Quest, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Missy Elliott, Beastie Boys, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith....too many to name, but I highly recommend last.fm and pitchforkmedia.com
American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, High Fidelity, Kill Bill, Twelve Monkeys, Garden State, Syriana, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, The Usual Suspects, Rushmore, & Fight Club
24, Lost, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Conan O'Brien, Simpsons, & Adult Swim
McSweeney's stuff, Dave Eggers, Nick Hornby, David Sedaris, Eric Schlosser, Chuck Klosterman, & Hunter Thompson. Also John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces, and Barry Glassner - Culture of Fear