grateful dead, led zeppelin, lots of old punk, the cars, tiger army, tegan and sara, le tigre, peaches, tori amos, ani difranco, bjork, mazie star, portishead, tool, perfect circle, smashing pumpkins, atmosphere, sage francis, aesop rock, del, living legends, hieroglyphics, the faint, bloc party, The cure, deathcab for cutie, the postal service, dredg
Donnie Darko, The Princess Bride, The Godfather, Lost Boys, Blow, Heathers, Fight Club
The Daily Show, Simpsons, Cold Case Files, Sopranos, documentaries on the History Channel and A&E
The Sun also Rises, Freakonomics, Sex Drugs and Coco Puffs, Giovannis Room, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, anything by Toni Morrisson, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn