movies, music, books, foreign and domestic politics, world affairs, herpetology (the study of reptiles), concerts/shows, etc, etc.....
Music:
neurosis, tribes of neurot, meshuggah, rage against the machine, nile, nasum, in flames, isis, cult of luna, mouth of the architect, intronaut, roanoke, beaten back to pure, red sparowes, radiohead, opeth, at the gates, anata, corrosion of conformity, arsis, napalm death, cephalic carnage, burnt by the sun, municipal waste, today is the day, yakuza, soundgarden, devin townsend, coldworker, byzantine, nine inch nails, tool, mastodon, cattle decap, gojira, decapitated, dead to fall, dying fetus, (old) behemoth, strapping young lad, soilwork, blood red throne, immolation, entombed, death, testament, krisiun, the mars volta, martyr AD, neuraxis, unearth, vader, temple of the dog, down, slayer, neil young, bob dylan, pink floyd, stone temple pilots, pantera, superjoint ritual, rebaelliun, skinless, cryptopsy, dew-scented, fear factory, necrophagist,
just a lot of music in general...
i like a lot of experimental, jazz, progressive and jazz influenced music. chances are if its mathy, technical, and/or ambient i listen to it...
Movies:
Das Leben der Anderen(the lives of others)
taxi driver
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, der untergang (the downfall), apocalypse now, the royal tenenbaums, sophie scholl-die letzten tage (the final days of sophie scholl), letters from iwo jima, reservoir dogs, schindlers list, munich, das boot, clerks, clerks 2, gangs of new york, the departed, the bourne movies, stanley kubricks the shining, the italian, tideland, monty python and the holy grail, 40 year old virgin, pulp fiction, little miss sunshine, apocalypto.... a ton here, too...
Television:
history channel, adult swim, comedy central, discovery channel, fox, espn
Books:
a wide assortment...