Music:
the books, m. ward, pauline croze, dido, radiohead, the unicorns, beck, ani difranco, minus the bear, rjd2, the dismemberment plan, from monuments to masses, q and not u, arab strap, rufus wainwright, the magnetic fields, wilco, the eels, the pixies, sufjan stevens, broken social scene, me without you, beulah, neutral milk hotel, the pogues, tom waits, interpol, jeff buckley, olivia tremor control, arcade fire, ted leo and the pharmacists, miles davis, jaco pastorius, david bowie, jump little children, the moving units, the microphones, oasis, mogwai, nick drake, cat stevens, the talking heads, tv on the radio, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, godspeed you black emperor, the shins, the beatles.
Movies:
waking life, city of god, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, breakfast at tiffanys, igby goes down, american history x, fear and loathing in las vegas, thank you for smoking, a clockwork orange, coffee and cigarettes, se7en, the weather underground, full metal jacket, platoon, run lola run, high fidelity, welcome to the dollhouse,
Books:
most anything by kurt vonnegut, flannery oconnor, kafka, camus, lawrence ferlinghetti, brian andreas, charles bukowski, and samuel beckett. siddhartha. fear and loathing in las vegas. there are others...