AIM = NemesisInterium.
Metal - black, death and thrash mostly. Bands like Dissection, Deeds of Flesh, Emperor, Burzum, Vital Remains, Dying Fetus, Satyricon, Enslaved, Angel Corpse, Darkthrone, Dark Fortress, Aborted, 1349, Arghoslent, Summoning, Toxic Holocaust, Cryptopsy, Metallica, Slayer, Possessed, Dekapitator, Clandestine Blaze, Destroyer 666, Judas Iscariot, Inquisition, Misery Index, Silencer, Sodom, Iron Maiden, Absu, Darkest Hour, Blood Red Throne, Nargaroth, Pest (Swe and Fin), Deicide, Graveland, Immortal, Ulver, Sargeist, Horn of Valere, Vargsang, Satanic Warmaster, Drudkh, Marduk, Katatonia, Opeth, Immolation, Morbid Angel, etc etc etc. Non-metal includes Rush, Journey, Brand New, Iron and Wine, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Mike Cellemmee (local hero), Taking Back Sunday, Explosions in the Sky, Dredg, Bush, DMB, Pennywise, Dream Theater, The Appleseed Cast, Muse, all kinds of classical, etc.
To name a few of the many... The Usual Suspects, American History X, Memento, Donnie Darko, Braveheart, The Sting, The Boondock Saints, Primal Fear, Anchorman, Sin City, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Tommy Boy, Blow, Requiem for a Dream, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Lucky # Slevin, LOTR series, Big Fish, Rudy, The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum, Rounders, Hero, Liar Liar, Ghostbusters 1 & 2, The Shawshank Redemption, blah blah blah. I also love baseball movies... Major League, A League of Their Own, Field of Dreams, The Natural, etc. And anything with Edward Norton in it. Edward Norton Hollywood.
Family Guy, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, House, South Park, Baseball Tonight, Around the Horn. The rest of tv is garbage, basically, except some of those weird/awesome shows on VH1 like Best Week Ever. I know it's terrible... but it's so good at the same time.
Doyle Brunson's Super System, LOTR series, Pillars of the Earth, Lonesome Dove series, a large assortment of books that teach me how to play Go like less of a noob, The Harry Potter series.