Music:
anything but ragga and most forms of house.
Movies:
My Darling Clementine, 2001, Andrei Rublev, Close Encounters, Heat, American Graffiti, An Angel at my Table, Beau Travail.
Television:
The Office, League of Gentlemen, Fox News
Books:
Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills and that's about it for the moment.
Heroes:
John Cassavetes, Jimmy White, Randy "Macho Man" Savage.