Music:
Per Nørgård, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Olivier Messiaen, John Adams, Vagn Holmboe, Pierre Boulez, Jean Sibelius, Béla Bartók, Claude Debussy, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Genesis, King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, Hatfield and the North, Mike Oldfield, Rush, Magma, Brian Eno, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Rós, Godspeed You Black Emperor, A Silver Mt Zion, Do Make Say Think, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Venetian Snares, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Radiohead, The Smiths
Movies:
Real Genius, Memento, Office Space, The Life of Brian, Animal House, A Fish Called Wanda, Lost in Translation, Minority Report, Schizopolis, House of Games, Quick Change, Fargo, Traffic, Glengarry Glen Ross, Donnie Darko, Anchorman, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Royal Tenenbaums, Adaptation, Jackie Brown, Magnolia, Ghost World, Superman, Bull Durham, The Big Lebowski, Best in Show, Vanilla Sky, The Truman Show, Super Troopers, Primer, Napoleon Dynamite, Driving Miss Daisy, Ordinary People, The Incredibles, High Fidelity, Garden State, GoodFellas, Eyes Wide Shut, A Beautiful Mind, Love Actually
Television:
Arrested Development, Penn and Teller Bullshit, South Park, Da Ali G Show, Greg the Bunny, The Office, Firefly, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, American Dad, Seinfeld, Crank Yankers
Books:
The Selfish Gene, Economics in One Lesson, The Fabric of Reality, Gödel Escher Bach, Anarchy State and Utopia, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Parliament of Whores, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Moneyball, The Catcher in the Rye, Wisden, Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman