Music:
Iron and Wine, Richard Buckner, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Van Morrision, The Shins, Aimee Mann, Lyle Lovett, Ani Difranco, Azure Ray, The Beatles, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Wilco, Buddy Rich, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Old pre-stupid Counting Crows, Damien Jurado, Deathcab for Cutie, The Decemberists, The Elected, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple, George Clinton, Gillian Welch, Guster, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Jay Farrar, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Old Liz Phair, Magnetic Fields, Massive Attack, Otis Redding, Pearl Jam, Pete Yorn, REM, Radiohead, Rilo Kiley, Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, Townes Van Zandt, The Weakerthans, The Who, Jerry Douglas, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Neutral Milk Hotel
Movies:
High Fidelity, Garden State, Farhenheit 9/11, Sideways, Lost in Translation, The Princess Bride, Can't Hardly Wait, The Goonies, Keeping the Faith, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Big Lebowski, The Last Samurai, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cabin Boy, Joe Vs. The Volcano
Television:
The Simpsons, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Family Guy, American Dad, Grey's Anatomy (although I recently saw the star of it on Punk'd... a horribly dissapointing moment that may have tainted the experience of watching the show forever), Scrubs, Buffy/other Joss Whedon Shows (yeah that's right I said it biatches).
Books:
Nick Hornby, Al Franken, Kurt Vonnegut, Sylvia Plath, Herman Hesse, Kahlil Gibran