Music:
Anything on the Sonspot label, delta blues, early John Lee Hooker, Radiohead, Alex Lloyd, Powderfinger, Kanye West, The Formula.
Movies:
Bronx Tale, Old School, Unforgiven, Dumb and Dumber
Television:
Ali G, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, CNN
Books:
Jared Diamond, Dan Brown,..