Ska, Dinosaurs, Vernors, sitting, NOT sports, the North Woods, camping, Mythology, the Catholic Church (and it's faults), music, conspiracies, all things German/Norse, etc.
Osama bin Laden or LeVar Burton
Alkaline Trio, Rancid, Weezer, Against Me!, Andrew W.K., Talking Heads, Lawrence Arms, Refused, The Decemberists, Bomb The Music Industry, Dillinger Four, LCD Soundsystem, Leftover Crack, Immortal Technique, Prizzy Prizzy Please, The Avett Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, NOFX, Public Enemy, Death Cab for Cutie, Billy Bragg, Cursive, SHOCKER ZULU, Tony 2000, RX Bandits, Kings of Leon, Daft Punk
Rushmore, Fight Club, The Empire Strikes Back, City of God, American History X, Donnie Darko, Seven Samurai, Falling Down, Stop Making Sense, Hellboy, X2: Mutants United, Hotel Rwanda, The Seventh Seal, Star Trek: First Contact, 28 Days Later, Royal Tennenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Life Aquatic, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Children of Men
Arrested Development, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Colbert Report, Wonder Showzen, Lost (That's about it for TV though, and I only watch Arrested Development and Wonder Showzen on DVD and I can't watch TNG or Colbert because I don't have cable)
The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, The Once and Future King, I Robot, Said the Shotgun to the Head, Out of the Silent Planet, The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Gilgamesh, The Bridge Over the Drina, German Boy, Life the Universe and Everything, The Things They Carried, Hellboy series, Sin City series, Harry Potter 3,4 and 5, Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests
bin Laden, Katrina, Rita, Tim Armstrong, Chris Walla, Glen Danzig, Tom Gabel, Matt Skiba, Hugo Chavez,