music (alternative, classical, and choral); Presbyterian Church (USA); Broadway
classical performers: New York Philharmonic, Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Berlin Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
classical composers: Gustav Mahler, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar, Edvard Grieg, AntonÃn Dvorák, Jean Sibelius, John Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, P.D.Q. Bach
choral groups: Chanticleer, St. Olaf Choir, Concordia Choir, Dale Warland Singers, Anonymous 4, Boston Camerata
"alternative": Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, U2, Guster, Wilco, Bright Eyes, Radiohead, Travis, Rufus Wainwright
Shawshank Redemption, Lost in Translation, Far from Heaven, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, A Bug's Life, Kitchen Stories, Gosford Park
John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion; Karl Barth, Dogmatics in Outline, Marilynne Robinson, Gilead; Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies; William Faulkner, Light in August; David Sedaris