Music:
anything as long as it isn't super cheesy top 40 crap.
Movies:
amadeus (salieri's tragedy of being a mediocre artist), strictly ballroom, wing chun, the 5th element (despite bruce willis), frankenhooker ('hey jersey boy, wanna date? wanna party?'), freeway, harold and kumar, internal affairs, walk the line, scanner darkly.
Television:
south park, reality shows (esp those having to do with makeovers + home improvement).
Books:
kavalier + clay, the corrections, still life with woodpecker, anything by pk dick, blood sucking fiends, how the universe got its spots.
Heroes:
michelle yeoh