Music:
THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, css, cold war kids, espers, field music, beirut, peggy sue and the pirates, new young pony club, joan as a police woman, regina spektor, jenny lewis, rilo kiley, animal collective, fiona apple, iron and wine, smog, sufjan stevens, giant drag, isobel cambell, vetiver, josephine foster, azure ray, peter bjorn and john, wolf parade, jimmy eat world, tunngn, ben folds five, four tett, joanna newsom, the shins, ambulance ltd, yeah yeah yeah's, be your own pet, leonard coheen, clap your hands and say yeah!, the get up kids, devendra banhart, braid, the beta band, mogwai, juliana theory, fiona apple, ethel meserve, further seems forever, joy zipper, beach boys, beastie boys, nick drake, help she cant swim, belle and sebastian, royal trux, mamas and papas, kills, death cab for cutie, johnny cash, slint, go team, kate nash, fiery furnaces, mates of state, ben kweller, bright eyes, coco rosie, taking back sunday, brandstone, blondie, planes mistaken for stars, straylight run, da la soul, hidden cameras, dj yoda, new ansterdams, ben folds, thursday, patti smith, the anniversary, clash, modest mouse, bright eyes, far, dashboard confessional, roxy music, smiths, grandaddy, benton falls, mineral, the knife, hotchip, peaches, le tigre, chicks on speed, reggie and the full effect, the promise ring, onelinedrawing, pedro the lion, elliot smith, bob dylan, beatles, mckluskey, rape man, postal service, massive attack, motion city soundtrack, mineral, the desert city soundtrack, neil young, stereolab, love, lily alan,new young pony club, bjork, lcd soundsystem, athlete, the checks, the blood arm, brett anderson, pleasure, roisin murphy, groove amarda, mark ronson, sancity, the magic numbers, plan b, jaime t, lightning seeds, mescaltas, the holloways
Movies:
the life aquatic with steve zissou, citizen kane, dog day afternoon, dr strangelove, dig!, rushmore, bottleRocket, lost in translation, happiness, garden state, sideways, me and you and everyone we know, storytelling, the third man, pi, rasin arizona, godfather, rumble fish, spritied away, princess mononoke
Television:
the simpsons, futurama, family guy, invader zim, frasier, curb your enthusiasm, seinfield, doug, recess, hey arnold
Books:
life in hell, the avengers, beautiful losers, campaign trail 72, the killer inside me, catch 22, kingdom of fear, the outsiders, fear and loathing, across the nightingale floor, last exit brooklyn, long way down, vernon god little, 1602