Music of all kinds (except house and any genre with the word "happy" in it)
Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman and Kristin Scott Thomas. But not simultaneously or I'd explode with excitement
Funk + Jazz mainly, but also a little prone to a bit of Mahler if it's loud enough...
In a clever mood: Camus, Dostoevsky, Conrad, Capote, Fitzgerald Other times: Clancy, Ludlum, Forsyth
Rostropovitch. Alcibiades.