"trashy genre fiction", literate comic books, concerts in cramped venues, compulsive theatregoing, dark-comedic cinema. Plus, a few I should be ashamed of, like cooking and clothing.
People awesome enough to justify spending time with them instead of the awesome people I already know.
Tori Amos, Arcade Fire, Devendra Banhart, Bjork, Kimya Dawson, Deftones, Devotchka, the Divine Comedy, Double Deuce, Dufus, P.J. Harvey, L7, Jeff Lewis, Magnetic Fields / Stephin Merritt, Mirah, Moldy Peaches, Monster Magnet, Joanna Newsome, Liz Phair (pre-evil), Poe, Proclaimers, Queen, Schwervon!, Sexpod, Patti Smith, Regina Spektor, the Tiger Lillies, the Toadies, the Unicorns, Violent Femmes, Weezer, the White Stripes, World/Inferno Friendship Society, and (cringe) showtunes.
Amelie, Battle Royale, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Fight Club, Galaxy Quest, Gormenghast, Happiness, Heathers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lock, Stock..., Neverwhere, Paradise Lost, Pixar films, Tromeo and Juliet, Welcome to the Dollhouse
I don't really watch "live" TV anymore, but Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm are taped for me. Historically: Daria, Dr. Katz, Futurama, I Love Lucy, Invader Zim, Malcolm in the Middle, Millennium, MST3K, The Office, Sex in the City, Simpsons, X-Files
Douglas Adams, Edward Albee, Berke Breathed, Jeffrey Brown, A. S. Byatt, Lewis Carroll, Caryl Churchill, Roald Dahl, Mark Danielewski, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Rebecca Gilman, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Joe Hill, Kelly Link, Patrick Marber, Frank Miller, Martin McDonagh, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Cherie Priest, Yasmina Reza, George Saunders, Peter Shaffer, Will Shakespeare, G. B. Shaw, Brian Slattery, Tom Stoppard, Jeff VanderMeer, Bill Watterson