Music:
I like anything I've never heard before. Also: dead prez, ditc, diplo, m.i.a., dj shadow, nick cave, stevie wonder, donny hathaway, david axelrod, ryan adams, jeff buckley, biggie, gil scott heron, disposable heroes of hiphoprisy, sergio mendes, studio one, stones throw, timbaland, cat power, mizell bros., bjork, massive attack, mccoy tyner, art blakey, horace silver, donald byrd, ramsey lewis, et al.
Movies:
Time of the Gypsies, City of God, Russian Ark, Rushmore.
Television:
Arrested Development, The Office, The Sopranos, YouTube (RIP). I don't watch much TV.
Books:
Siddhartha, One Hundred Years of Solitude, a couple things by Carlos Castaneda.
Heroes:
Basically my whole family, plus Jesus. I am old fashioned and contemporary at the same time.