Writing, movies, music, drawing, painting, photography, politics, golf, stand-up comedy.
Lewis Black, Dave Attell, Dave Grohl, David Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn, Neal Boortz, Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Terry Rossio, Johnny Depp, Eddie Izzard, Dave Chappelle, Kate Beckinsale, Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Miniter, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Steve Carrell, Will Farrell...and the list will continue to grow as I get my brain out of neutral.
The Beatles, The Who, The Violent Femmes, Johnny Cash, Cream, The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, ELO, The Foo Fighters, The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Weezer, Run-DMC, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Beastie Boys, Muse, British Sea Power, The White Stripes, The Charlie Daniels Band, Al Green, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, A Tribe Called Quest, Black Sabbath, R.E.M., Cake, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Band, The Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Hank Williams (daddy...not son), Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, L.L Cool J (late '80s...before he fell the fuck off), Cypress Hill, James Brown, Adam Ant, House of Pain, Simon & Garfunkel, Aerosmith (old), Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, Bobby Darin, Jim Croce, Elvis, Stephen Lynch, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Harry Connick Jr. and a whole bunch more I can't think of right now.
Pulp Fiction, Reservior Dogs, Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Blues Brothers, 1941, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers (I know it's a mini-series...sue me), Love Actually, Bend it Like Beckham, Domino, Pride & Prejudice, Dr. Zhivago (original and remake), Pure, The Jacket (yeah, I'm a big Keira Knightley fan...but I hated The Hole), The Godfather, Garden State, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (and I'm a big Kevin Smith fan, too), American Pie, American Pie 2, American Wedding, Tombstone (I'll be your huckleberry), Swingers, Made, Gods and Generals, The Graduate, Easy Rider, Bullitt, The Magnificent Seven, Gone With the Wind, Forrest Gump, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Breakfast Club, School of Rock, Animal House, Vacation, Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Office Space, Anchorman and a whole bunch more that are slipping my mind.
My Name is Earl and The Office. That's pretty much it. I'll watch documentaries on history and stuff, but I have no interest in "reality" television, poker or building motorcycles/cars.
Catch Me If You Can...Frank Abagnale. There are others, but I enjoyed reading his memoirs immensely.
Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks.