Music:
Industrial and Psytrance... ie: koxbox, yahel, quirk, semsis, shpongle, parasense, eat static, skinny puppy, haujobb,
Movies:
Joe vs the Volcano, Hudsucker Proxy, Fisher King, Fearless, Shawshank Redemption, Bringing out the Dead, Dreams, Jacob's Ladder
Television:
The Daily Show, Love Complex
Books:
Illusions, Far Journeys, Alice in Wonderland, The Stranger, Snowcrash, anything Neil Gaiman, anything Camus...