Music:
The Decemberists, Slapshot, Pogues, No For An Answer, Toasters, Beautiful South, Dj Caz10, Achilles, ebtg, Smiths, Morrissey, Johnny Cash, Billy Bragg, Morphine, Robert Fripp, Steely Dan, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Joe Jackson, Bad Brains, Dianna Krall, Anti-Heroes, Motorhead, Miles Davis, Iron Maiden, Clancy Brothers, Wolfsheim and pretty much anything else.
Movies:
Leon, Hudson Hawk, Kieslowski's Colors trilogy, Bodies Rest & Motion, Killing Zoe, Subway, Swimming with Sharks, Tombstone, Goodfellas, anything by Wenders, Big Trouble in Little China, Raising Arizona
Books:
Irvine Welsh, Philip Kerr, James Ellroy, Gregory Maguire, anything by Vonnegut