Music:
this band: and kinda a lot of electronic-ish-type/dance music basically. prince, grace jones, the juan and dfa, akufen, jd/new order, kompakt and dial records, efdemin, joris vorn, dixon, aphex twin, joakim, sylvester, kraftwerk, luomo, booka shade, green velvet, man parish, igor stravinsky, mahler, john cage, steve reich, terry riley, can, darren emerson, underworld, adrian sherwood, lcd soundsystem, justin timberlake, j dilla, modeselektor, ellen allien/apparat, felix, linton kwesi johnson, horace andy, scientist, king tubby, max romeo, u roy, old 60's jamaican rocksteady, old cuban son, the gap band, the clash, chris and cosey, daf, cop shoot cop, mitchell froom & tchad blake, latin playboys, tom vek, beta band, roisin murphy, jose gonzales, metro area, daft punk, m. doughty, erlend oye, dj sneak, out hud, hot chip, junior boys, cut copy, zoot woman, esg, mice parade, phoenix, the police, the cars, rufus wainwright, beck, fleetwood mac, prince paul, dan the automator, mos def, nate dog, talib kweli, de la, outkast, mary j blige, jean grae, old freestyle, kate bush, bad brains, moz/the smiths, siouxsie, old goth stuff, bauhaus/tones on tail/love and rockets, hall and oats, dolly parton, porter wagoner, polly jean harvey, gretchen parlato is the jamstress and max berlin's song elle et moi is close to godliness.
Movies:
anything made in the 80's involving new wave teens, love and a goood soundtrack. movies about drugs, zombie movies, movies about music, movies based on brett easton ellis novels, dario argento movies please, and pretty much any movie starring james spader, javier bardem or benicio del toro. oh and that purple rain movie.
Television:
top chef and project runway. no reservations w/ anthony bourdain, iron chef and the food network on saturday mornings. i <3 jaimie oliver.
Books:
mostly the ones with recipes in them. Renaldo Arenas and Sandra Cisnersos. Carlos Fuentes and Octavio Paz. DeWayne Dickerson. bell hooks. Augusten Burroughs. JT Leroy. Jeanette Winterson. Elizabeth Wurtzel and Brett Easton Ellis. Francesca Lia Block. Howard Zinn. Molly Ivins.Music magazines, biographies, autobiographies galore.