Music:
regina spektor, mazzy star, thievery corporation, daft punk, fort knox five, stars, the sounds, the knife, sleater-kinney, imogen heap, ani difranco, dar williams, tegan and sara, aimee mann, tracy chapman, melissa etheridge, melissa ferrick, joni mitchell, bonnie raitt lauryn hill, jill scott, erykah badu, floetry, anthony hamilton, john mayer, snow patrol, afi, killswitch engage, breaking benjamin, coldplay, david bowie, dave matthews, the cars, common, mos def, talib kweli, kanye west, wyclef jean, atmosphere, aesop rock, eyedea and abilities, the beatnuts, sage francis, the roots, slick rick, krs-one, grandmaster flash, mc lyte, a tribe called quest, matisyahu, the seed, damian marley, nina simone, etta james, billie holiday, frank sinatra
Movies:
proof, hotel rwanda, the breakfast club, brokeback mountain, crash, spanglish, sixteen candles, st. elmo's fire, pretty in pink, but i'm a cheerleader, dirty dancing, transamerica, texas chainsaw massacre (the original), saw, saw 2,
Television:
Sex and the City, the L word, House, CSI
Books:
memoirs of a geisha, portrait of a lady, catcher in the rye, the autobiography of malcom x, the calling of katie makanya, stone butch blues, stonewall, the kite runner
Heroes:
my parents