Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, The Devil Makes Three, Goldfrapp, Rilo Kiley, The Magnetic Fields, Spoon, Wilco.
Flash Gordon, Dark Crystal
Dexter
My favorite novel of all time is Wallace Stegner's "Angle of Repose." Right now I'm reading a really good novel called "Birds Without Wings" by Louis De Bernieres.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury