Witty banter, obfuscation, gadgetry
This gal, assuming she wouldn't melt my face off:
Ben Folds, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Röyksopp, Duran Duran, Bran Van 3000, AC/DC, Guns 'N Roses, David Bowie, The Cars, The Cure, Wilco, Medeski Martin & Wood, Morcheeba, Jack Johnson, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, The Eurythmics, Fleetwood Mac, Erasure, The Beta Band, and Clarence Carter (and not just at wedding receptions)
Fletch, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Office Space
House, Lost
Miss Cleo and that infomercial guy with all the punctuation marks on his suit