underwater basket weaving
Keane, Travis, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf, Citizen Cope, Clutch, Coldplay, Deep Purple, Fiona Apple, James Brown, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Radiohead, Rush, The Shins, Spoon, Tool, Traffic, Weezer, Wilco, and a lot of other random stuff....
Amelie, The Life of Brian, Edward Scissorhands, The Royal Tennenbaums, American Beauty, Office Space ... there are a lot more i just can't think of names right now...
Six feet under, House, The Simpsons, The Family Guy, The Daily Show, Colbert Report + other stuff (but i don't watch tv too much)
Authors: Kurt Vonnecut, Carl Sagan, Diane Ackerman, Mary Shelley, David Sedaris, George Orwell, Thoreau, Tom Miller+ many others
Warren Demontague