Music:
The Talking Heads, Radiohead, Rilo Kiley, Hot Hot Heat, G.N.R., Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon, Lali Puna, Bloc Party,Toots and the Maytals, Outkast, Bright Eyes, Mazzy Star, AC/DC, The Like, Cat Power, The Rolling Stones, Camera Obscura, Portishead, The Meters, The Faint, Fischerspooner, Franz Ferdinand, Notorious BIG, Pinback, Al Green, Metric, Air, Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, Hieroglyphics, DEL tha Funkee Homosapien, Ben Folds, Weezer, Death Cab, Bjork, The Flaming Lips, Blonde Redhead, Black Keys, Dire Straights, Bravery, Bob Dylan, Delgados, Elefant, Ima Robot, Jeff Buckly, Kaiser Chiefs, Journey, Styx, Ladytron, Velvet Underground, Louis XIV, Maceo Parker, The Rapture, Kansas, The Shins, De La Soul
Movies:
Death To Smoochy, Waiting For Guffman, Godfathter II, Things to do in Denver When Your Dead, Boondock Saints, American Beauty, Big Lebowski, Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony, Devils Playground, True Stories, City of lost Children, Amilie, Sex and Lucia, Kill Bill I/II
Television:
Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development... try not to watch it too much!
Books:
For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Fountainhead, Kite Runner, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Devine Comedy, Guns Germs Steal, The Old Man and the Sea, Breakfast of Champions, The Alchemist, Life of Pi, The Winds of War
Heroes:
David Byrne