Terrorism (definitely getting the NSA on my ass for that one), world domination, beatniks, love.
Top scientists, religious fanatics and over-sexed scientologists.
Pixies, Morphine, Deftones. Frank Black, Johnny Cash, Morcheeba, Lords of Acid, Temple of the Dog, Mother Love Bone, Jesus and Mary Chain, Soundgarden, Metallica, Manu Chao, Pearl Jam, Red Hot CHili Peppers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Flaming Sideburns, the Datsuns, SPoon, Broken Social Scene, Iron Maiden, THe Black Keys, The Cure, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Slayer, Deathcab for Cutie, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Nirvana.
Kill Bill, Danger: Diabolik, Flash Gordon, Force of Evil, Ms. .45, Phenomena, Torso, The Wages of Fear, Searchers, Maltese Falcon, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs,The Big Sleep, Kiss Me Deadly, Master of the Flying Guillotine, 5 Deadly Venoms, The Blade, Fist of Legend, Wild at Heart, Fists of Fury, Secretary, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Full Contact, A Bullet for the General, Django, Mannaja: A Man Called Blade, El Mariachi, Circus of Terrors, Point Blank, The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Samurai Trilogy, ANy Zatoichi movie, Women's Prison Massacre, Thriller: A Cruel Picture, Naked, The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Empire Strikes Back, The Player, Rolling Thunder, The Ladykillers, The Chinese Connection, Street Fighter 2, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, From Dusk til Dawn, Repo Man, Yojimbo, The Descent, The Good, the Bad & the Ugly...
and Team America has to be my new favorite classic of the decade.
24, Fawlty Towers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, Simpsons, South Park... I'm not super into TV shows.
Andrew Vachss, Joe Lansdale, John D. MacDonald, Donald Westlake, Ross Thomas, Michael Connelly, Dashiel Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Luigi Pirandello, JD Salinger, David Goodis, Charles Willeford, Jim Thompson, Robert E. Howard, Cormac McCarthy
Indiana Jones, Ash, Conan the Barbarian, Flash Gordon, James Bond and anyone who saves the Earth from subjugation or certain destruction.