Noam Chomsky and Mario Lemieux [Why? Why not!]
Michael's Type, The Decemberists, Rufus Wainwright, The Libertines, The Constantines, Spoon, Ben Folds, Guided By Voices, Ben Harper, Blind Boys of Alabama, Ray Charles, Smothered In Hugs, The Smiths, Wolf Parade.
I (Heart) Huckabees, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Old School, Wedding Crashers, The 40-year Old Virgin [there, I admitted it. It was excellent], Old Boy, Cut, Shaun of the Dead.