Music:
Aimee Mann, Ani Di Franco, anything A Capella, The Ataris, Avion, The Beach Boys, Belinda Carslisle, Ben Harper, Billy Idol, Blondie, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Raitt, Britney (She rules and I am not afraid to admit it.), Bush, Cesaria Evora, The Clash, Counting Crows, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, The Doors, Dusty Springfield, Eazy E, EPMD, Eric B. and Rakim, Eric Clapton, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, Fugazi, Geto Boys, Gipsy Kings, Guns N' Roses, Jeff Buckley, Jewel, Joan Jett, Joy Division, KRS One, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Manu Chao, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Minor Threat, Morcheeba, Natacha Atlas, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Outkast, Pat Benatar, Pete Yorn, The Pretenders, Public Enemy, The Ramones, RHCP, The Rolling Stones, Sade, Sam Cooke, Sarah Brightman, Sleater-Kinney, Slick Rick, Sublime, Thompson Twins, A Tribe Called Quest, UB40, Velvet Underground, The Zombies. I am a sucker for Buddha Bar trance crap, reggae, arabic pop, oldies, old school hip-hop stuff, disney soundtracks, and ANYTHING eighties. I am pretty sure I also have more classical CDs than any person should ever own. Sad.
Movies:
The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Say Anything, The Hunt for Red October, The Shawshank Redepmtion, Pulp Fiction, Old School, Office Space, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sixteen Candles, Edward Scissorhands, Empire Records, Rudy (shut up), Primary Colors, Dirty Dancing, Clueless, Fight Club, Just Cause, High Fidelity, Bend it Like Beckham, The Godfather, Gladiator, Cruel Intentions, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Quiet American, Dogma, anything Disney....
Books:
Books are infinitely more interesting than people and so I am going to limit my answer to this by listing some favorite authors rather than titles. Jane Austen, Anton Chekhov, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, William Manchester, Mark Twain, Kahlil Gibran, Edward Said, Paul Bowles, Dr. Seuss, Paul Theroux, Jack Kerouac, Herman Hesse, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Ogden Nash, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Camus, Anais Nin, Rumi, and so on, and so on....