Music:
Built to Spill, Treepeople, Pixies, Silver Scooter, Elliott Smith, Sicko, Neil Young, Heatmiser, Lush, Nick Cave, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Lou Ford, Operation Ivy, Bad Brains, Lagwagon, Pavement, Superchunk, Modest Mouse, The Shins...
Movies:
Delicatessen, Amelie, City of Lost Children, La Femme Nikita, Fight Club, Smokey and the Bandit, Aliens 1-3 (ugh, 4 sucked). The Nightmare on Elm Street series, The Shining, The Godfather, Dead Man, Ghost Dog, Fist of Legend, Tai Chi Master
Books:
The Secret Family, The Coming Plague, Italo Calvino's, Frank Herbert's, Larry Niven's, Bloodsucking Fiends, Barthelme's Snow White, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage