Music:
Elvis Costello, Neil Young, David Bowie, Beatles, Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Aimee Mann, Matthew Sweet, Fountains of Wayne, ELO, King Crimson, Game Theory, Nina Gordon, Kay Hanley, Big Star, Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk, Cheap Trick, Mott the Hoople, Parthenon Huxley, XTC, T-Bone Burnett, Sam Phillips, Holly and the Italians, Smiths, Teenage Fanclub, Waterboys, World Party, ABC, The Blue Nile, Steve Earle, Crowded House, Rockpile, TMBG, Warren Zevon, Squeeze, Robert Palmer, Gang of Four, Kate Bush, Curve, Dwight Twilley, Bruce Springsteen, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Who, Pink Floyd, Sparks, Devo, Kraftwerk, Steely Dan, Tom Verlaine, The Jesus and Mary Chain
Movies:
The Graduate, King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Dog Day Afternoon, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Lost In America, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Rutles, Mayor of the Sunset Strip, Anything by Max Baer Jr.
Television:
Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Saturday Night Live, Conan, Kilborn, Lost In Space, The Capital Gang, Colbert Report, Don Lapre
Books:
Kurt Vonnegut, George Orwell, TV Guide
Heroes:
Larry Flynt, Heidi Fleiss, Jack Kevorkian, Dr. David Gunn, Bill Maher, Ron Paul