Music:
The Beatles, The Strokes, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Sigur Ros, Bright Eyes, Sufjan Stevens, Devendra Banhart, Rufus Wainwright, Antony and the Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Beck, Radiohead, Interpol, Kings of Leon, Joanna Newsom, The Libertines, Lou Reed, Nirvana, Pixies, Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, Joy Division, Bob Marley, British Sea Power, The Cure, David Bowie, The Decemberists, Patrick Wolf, The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, The Mars Volta, The Ramones, Television, Tom Waits, Two Gallants, Broken Social Scene, Love, The Smiths, Secret Machines, The Sleepy Jackson, Tv on the Radio
Movies:
Anything by Wes Anderson, Clockwork Orange, Lost In Translation, Sideways, Amelie, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Darko, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind, Garden State, Do The Right Thing, Spirited Away, Back To The Future, City Of God, Motorcycle Diaries, Godfather, Edward Scissorhands, Taxi Driver, Fight Club, Trainspotting, American History X, Streetcar Named Desire
Television:
The Office, Alan Partridge, Phoenix Nights, The Simpsons, Only Fools and Horses, Father Ted, The Mighty Boosh, Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Books:
Anything by Don DeLillo, George Orwell, Paul Auster, William Faulkner, Larry Brown, Franz Kafka. Also The Bell Jar, Invisible Man, Great Gatsby