Music:
Radiohead, Mark Kozalek, Alexandre Desplat, Ryan Adams, Bjork, Jose Gonzalez, Pinback, The Cure, REM, Four Tet, Blur, Thievery Corp, Mos Def, Zero 7
Movies:
The Year of Living Dangerously, 21 Grams, The Godfather, The Big Labowski, Empire of the Sun, anything by David Lean, Do the Right Thing, The Constant Gardner, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Salaam Bombay, Pather Panchali, In the Mood for Love...
Television:
The Cosby Show, The West Wing, Entourage, Sopranos, CNN...
Books:
The Great Gatsby, Interpreter of Maladies, The New Yorker, Jorge Luis Borges, Conor McPherson, Adrian Tomine, Thomas Friedman, Independence Day