Music:
les savy fav, talking heads, yes, dungen, mew, jethro tull, the kinks, the slits, the pixies, the stooges, david bowie, modest mouse, sean lennon, antonio carlos jobim, frank zappa, flaming lips, the ramones, germs, bobby conn, joy division, andrew bird, the joggers, mah jongg, means, mannequin men, watchers, lying in states, where the moon came from, the 1900s, notes and scratches, blue ribbon glee club, and town babies.
Movies:
Georgy Girl, Happiness of the Katakuris, Harold and Maude, Buffalo 66, Valley Girl, Wet Hot American Summer, Hide and Seek (canadian t.v. movie), Donnie Darko, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Cold Comfort Farm, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Innocents, Prom Night, Sin City, Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Less Than Zero, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Heathers, Igby Goes Down, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Urban Cowboy.
Television:
PBS documentaries, Scientific American, Meet the Press, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, The Office (both british and american versions), Kids in the Hall, Stella, What about Brian?(RIP), Freaks and Geeks, 30 Rock
Books:
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, 1984, Bonfire of the Vanities, The Pump House Gang, The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club.
Heroes:
ron mueck, christopher conte