Music:
loretta lynn, talking heads, my morning jacket, velvet underground, ben folds, marley, the books, animal collective, stooges, cat stevens, yo la tengo, johnny cash, smashing pumpkins, m83, beck, neutral milk hotel, toots and maytals, smog, black keys, arcade fire, rilo kiley, queen, patsy cline, sleater-kinney, old crow medicine show, kinks, tom waits, dylan, new pornographers, magnetic fields, modest mouse, moldy peaches, zz top, bowie, hold steady, kings of leon, robyn hitchcock, joanna newsom, XTC, secret machines, richard thompson, decemberists, otis redding, beastie boys, blur, pink floyd, outkast, basement jaxx, spoon, hank williams I and III, george clinton, elliott smith, four tet, beta band, merle haggard, run dmc, beatles, wilco, NWA, cursive, drive-by truckers, radiohead, ted leo, white stripes, the cure, devendra banhart, beulah, fiery furnaces
Movies:
harold and maude, clockwork orange, 2001, dr. strangelove, shining, full metal jacket, grizzly man, fitzcarraldo, adaptation, being john malkovich, eternal sunshine, brazil, fear and loathing, magnolia, boogie nights, royal tenenbaums, life aquatic, american movie, fubar, oldboy, raising arizona, big lebowski, fargo, barton fink, miller's crossing, man bites dog, microcosmos, diabolique, sideways, american beauty, sunset boulevard, igby goes down, rear window, vertigo, requiem for a dream, cuckoo's nest, reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, kill bills, word wars, willow, labyrinth, princess bride, office space, coming to america, night at the roxbury, dangerous lives of altar boys, mallrats, clerks I and II, best in show, for your consideration, spinal tap, last picture show, gods must be crazy, good morning vietnam, in the name of the father, down by law, stop making sense, harder they come, I heart huckabee's, slacker, decade under the influence, joe, raging bull, after hours, goodfellas, happiness, storytelling, bowling for columbine, 21 grams, bonnie and clyde, seven, stop making sense, koyaanisqatsi, baraka, galaxy quest, city of lost children, amelie, stay tuned, bug's life, incredibles, toy story, mulan, robin hood, sword in the stone, lion king, gratefule dawg, network, wild parrots of telegraph hill, rosemary's baby, coming home, three burials of melquiadas estrada, history of violence, videodrome, constant gardener, the squid and the whale, drugstore cowboy, wicker man ('73), three amigos, modern times, pink flamingos, propisition, simple plan, blazing saddles, young frankenstein, wonder boys, surf ninjas!!!
Television:
office (both), family guy, late night with conan, strangers with candy, daily show, cheaters, roseanne, curb your enthusiasm, aqua teen hunger force, south park, mr. show, fraggle rock, MXC, action, reno 911, cops, larry sanders show, alfred hitchcock presents, ren and stimpy, pinky and the brain, arrested development, freaks and geeks, lost, munsters, mystery science theater, that 70's show, upright citizens brigade, dr. quinn, surreal life
Books:
brave new world, green mile, invisibile monsters, clockwork orange, love in the time of cholera, cat's cradle, america: the book, othello, me talk pretty one day, in cold blood, huckleberry finn
Heroes:
Stanley Kubrick, God, Nicolas Cage, Elvis Costello, Wes and P.T. Anderson, Lou Reed, Grandpa, David Bowie, Conan