Music:
Andrew Bird, Antony and the Johnsons, The Arcade Fire, Architecture in Helsinki, The Avalanches, Azure Ray, Badly Drawn Boy, Band of Horses, The Beatles, Bebo Norman, Beck, Beirut, Belle & Sebastien, Ben Folds, Ben Gibbard, Ben Harper, Ben Jelen, Ben Kweller, Ben Rector, Beulah, Bishop Allen, Bjork, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Bob Dylan, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Bradley Hathaway, Bright Eyes, Britt Daniel, Broken Social Scene, Buddy Holly, Built to Spill, Calexico, Califone, Camera Obscura, Caribou, Carole King, Cat Power, Chase Pagan, Citizen Cope, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, The Concretes, Counting Crows, The Cure, Damien Rice, Danielson, Dashboard Confesssional, David Gray, Death Cab For Cutie, DecembeRadio, The Decemberists, Denison Witmer, Derek Webb, Desaparecidos, Destroyer, Devendra Banhart, DeVotchka, Dispatch, Don McClean, Donovan, Doveman, Dustin Kensrue, Eisley, The Elected, Elliott Smith, Emily Haines, Explosions in the Sky, Feist, The Fiery Furnaces, The Flaming Lips, Flyleak, Foo Fighters, The Format, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand, The Fray, Frou Frou, Gavin Degraw, Girl Talk, Grandaddy, Griffin House, Grizzly Bear, Guillemots, Howie Day, Imogen Heap, Incubus, Interpol, Iron & Wine, Islands, Jack Johnson, James Taylor, Jens Lekman, Jeremy Enigk, Jets to Brazil, Joanna Newsom, John Coltrane, John Denver, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Taylor Rose, Josh Groban, Josh Rouse, Kings of Convience, Kings of Leon, KT Tunstall, LCD Soundsystem, Louie Armstrong, M. Ward, M83, The Magnetic Fields, Malajube, Manitoba, Mat Kearney, Mates of State, Matt Sweeney, Melee, Menomena, Michael Buble, Midlake, Miles Davis, Mindy Smith, Mirah, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, The Mountain Goats, Mungo Jerry, My Brightest Diamond, My Morning Jacket, Neutral Milk Hotel, The New Pornographers, Nick Drake, Norah Jones, Of Montreal, Okkervil River, Patrick Wolf, Pearl Jam, Pedro the Lion, Pete Yorn, Phoenix, The Pixies, The Polyphonic Spree, Portishead, The Postal Service, The Promise Ring, R.E.M., Radiohead, Ratatat, Ray Charles, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spektor, Rhett Miller, Rich Mullins, Rilo Kiley, The Roots, Rosie Thomas, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, The Sea and Cake, Shane & Shane, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, Simon and Garfunkel, Sister Hazel, Sixpence None The Richer, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Son, Ambulance, Sondre Lerche, Songs: Ohia, Spoon, The Starlight Mints, Stars, Stephen Malkmus, The Stills, Stonebridge, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Streets, The Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, Switchfoot, Tahiti 80, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Tegan and Sara, Tel Aviv, Third Eye Blind, Tilly And The Wall, Toil and Trouble, Trading Yesterday, Tyler James, U2, Uncle Tupelo, The Unicorns, Vashti Bunyan, Voxtrot, The Walkmen, The Wallflowers, Weezer, Wilco, Will Oldham, Wolf Parade, Yo La Tengo.
Movies:
donnie darko, dr. stranglove, the stalker, requiem for a dream, that thing you do, rushmore, moonlight mile, the royal tenebaums, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, 21 grams, rope, office space, pulp fiction, rainman, i am sam, the green mile, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, narnia, walk the line, what about bob, its a wonderful life, catch me if you can, the aviator, what's eating gilbert grape, casablanca, crash, cruel intentions, raging bull, thumbsucker, the chumscrubber, brick, the graduate, the phantom of the opera, fight club, american history x, lost in translation, citizen kane, birth of a nation, man on fire, vanilla sky, reservoir dogs, kill bill volumes 1 and 2... and the like.
Television:
I really only watch shows pertaining to football or the news.
Books:
the bible, crime and punishment, the trial, the stranger, the chosen, a seperate peace, catcher in the rye, the plague, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, catch 22, quo vadis, the fountainhead, harry potter, the sound and the fury, to kill a mockingbird, night, lord of the flies, the ragamuffin gospel, fight club, a happy death, fear and trembling, the abolition of man, and extremely loud incredibly close.
Heroes:
Jesus.