Music:
Wilco (obviously), Little Feat, Gillian Welch, Velvet Underground, Steve Earle, Randy Newman, Meters, Monk, Mingus, Davis, Coltrane, Shorter, Radiohead, just about everything but Nashville Country.
Movies:
Full Metal Jacket Caddyshack Slapshot Usual Suspects Fargo Animal House Blazing Saddles Die Hard
Television:
CBS Sunday Morning, Scrubs, House, South Park, CSI, Law & Order CI, Colbert Report
Books:
Far too many to mention...