Stephen Merritt, Steve Malkmus, the guy with the hook from the Barbarians
David Bowie, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Magnetic Fields, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Buzzcocks, Joy Division, Blur, Pavement, The Smiths, Pulp, Pixies, R.E.M., Tom Waits, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, The Stone Roses, Brit pop, Television, Echo & the Bunnymen
Dr. Strangelove, Nosforatu, Rushmore, No Country for Old Men
Arrested Development, The Office, old Simpsons, Yes Minister
Hard Times, For Whom the Bell Tolls, White Nights, Hunter S. Thompson