Music:
Way too many to list 'em all. The first few dozen that spring to mind: Warren Zevon, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, Eagle Eye Cherry, the Cars, Seu Jorge, Sam Cooke, Van Halen, Beck, Everclear, Transplants, Public Enemy, Springsteen, Cake, Mos Def, the Darkness, the Kinks, Mark Knopfler, Leonard Cohen, Colin Hay, Outkast, Tom Petty, U2, Big Daddy Kane, Van Morrison, Nick Cave, the Delfonics, Nat "King" Cole, The Shins, Parliament, Miles Davis, and pretty much all old-school Motown.
Movies:
Heh. The longest list of all.... The first few dozen that spring to mind: La Grande Illusion, RoboCop, Die Hard, Almost Famous, Leon/The Professional, When Harry Met Sally, Amelie, Rififi, Rosemary's Baby, Tucker, Miller's Crossing, Snatch, Ghostbusters, Out of Sight, Good Night & Good Luck, Seconds, Halloween, Trainspotting, Truck Turner, Bob Roberts, The Fly ('86), Two For the Road, Miami Blues, Dazed and Confused, Old School, Back to the Future trilogy, Star Wars trilogies, Indiana Jones trilogy, They Live, Garden State, Deer Hunter, The Spook Who Sat By the Door, Parallax View, Straw Dogs, Harold & Maude, Doctor Strangelove, Rushmore, Heathers, American Movie... And a couple hundred others.
Television:
The Simpsons, Nip/Tuck, The Practice, Eyes, Fastlane, Profit, Taxi, Cheers, The Office (both), Buffy, Angel, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, The Famous Teddy Z, 21 Jump Street, Square Pegs, The Equalizer, Moonlighting, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, It's Gary Shandling's Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Upright Citizens Brigade, Kids in the Hall, Greg the Bunny, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, SCTV, Family Guy, Miami Vice, Profit, Duckman, South Park, 24, the Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Veronica Mars... And, yeah, a couple dozen others.
Books:
I work in LA; I don't read. Well, except coverage. All kidding aside, this is a long list, too. Heart of Darkness is easily first, The Screwtape Letters, Monster, Divided Soul, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Metamorphosis, Loose Balls, James Lileks' stuff, most all of Michael Chabon's short story collections, Carter Beats the Devil, Falling Angel, Watchmen, The Spook Who Sat By the Door, and a metric ton of art books, film history & theory books, and random biographies.