Music:
The High Strung, CSS, Guided by Voices, Mark Mulcahy, The Zombies, Miracle Legion, The La's, Richard Buckner, Pavement, T-Rex, Blur, Swearing at Motorists, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Badly Drawn Boy, Wilco, Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Colin Hay, Amy Miles, Sondre Lerche, Chris McCoy, 84 Nash, The Vitamen, Elliott Smith, Alex Chilton, Jeff Buckley, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, ELO
Movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock, Short Cuts, My Own Private Idaho, Manhattan, The Straight Story, Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, City Lights, The Great Dictator, anything with Chaplin, Stardust Memories, The Elephant Man, Nashville, The Shining, Autumn Sonata, Through a Glass Darkly, Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
Television:
The Riches, The State, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Scrubs, Stella, Arrested Development, Kids in the Hall, Mr. Show, The Vacant Lot, Flight of the Conchords, Varietyshac.com, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Northern Exposure, Quantum Leap, Twin Peaks, The Wonder Years, Big Love, Father Ted
Books:
Atonement, Franny and Zooey, Catch 22, Blue Beard, Farewell to Arms, Spoon River Anthology, Stiff, The Loved One, Being There, Jail Bird, The Time Traveler's Wife