Music:
Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey, Eizabeth Phair, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley, Prince, the Cure, the Beatles, Radiohead, Tears for Fears, BeeGees, Bruce Springsteen, Cat Power, Cyndi Lauper, Dusty Springfield, Leonard Cohen, and sometimes a little Nelly Furtado, I'll be honest.
Movies:
Heavenly Creatures, Best In Show, The Ice Storm, Aliens, Kill Bill, Sixteen Candles, Mulholland Drive, Short Cuts, The Contender, Terms of Endearment, KNOCKED UP!
Television:
Strangers with Candy, Freaks and Geeks, Weeds, Project Runway, Arrested Development, The Golden Girls, Twin Peaks, Maude, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, Will and Grace, St. Elsewhere.
Books:
Raymond Carver, Bernard Malamud, Michael Chabon, Rick Moody, Jamaica Kincaid, Chuck Wachtel, David Sedaris, Jean Rhys, Ian McEwan, Andre Dubus.