Music:
stuff that doesn't suck...oasis, radiohead, ryan adams, coldplay, longpigs, old 97's, howie day, collin herring, augustana, the streets, calhoun, the verve, travis, david gray, bright eyes, arctic monkeys, turin brakes, snow patrol, U2, the redwalls, stereophonics, nada surf, coma rally, flickerstick, pernice brothers, radiant, kasabian, matt nathanson, the chemistry set, death cab for cutie, keane, muse, wilco, beck, a tribe called quest, flaming lips, sorta, beatles, squeeze, john price, mos def, jet, the killers, the kooks, and things of this nature...
Movies:
the natural, victory, shawshank redemption, lord of the rings, major league, top gun, groundhog day, monty python and the holy grail, all the star wars, and all of these things...
Television:
the office, extras, scrubs, it's always sunny in philadelphia, seinfeld, heroes, battlestar galactica, big bang theory
Books:
mostly books about home recording, with the guitars and the microphones and the singing and playing and all of these things...
Heroes:
noel gallagher, denzel washington, ricky gervais, ronald reagan, pele, tim locke, phil simms, steve nash, steve duncan, john cleese, georgiou kinkladze