Movies, music, sports (especially Detroit sports), comic books, XBOX360, wrestling/mma, politics (I am a political junkie), Teddy Roosevelt, filmmakers, writers, etc.
Cool people that have no use for trendy L.A. bullshit.
Too many to list here. I'll never remember everyone... Foo Fighters, Pink Floyd, The Killers, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, U2, Ben Lee, LedZep, Jay-Z, The Who, The Doors, Linkin Park, Santana, Oasis, Dr. Dre, Stereophonics, OLP, Annie Lennox, Elvis, Ian Brown, Jimmy Eat World, Kraftwerk, Bright Eyes, Hornsby, Pearl Jam, Sting/Police, Springsteen, Pete Yorn, Beck, Queen, Lyle Lovett, Prince, Frank Sinatra, Talking Heads, AC/DC, Keane, Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, Metallica, Rolling Stones, REM, Peter Gabriel, Josh Ritter, Collective Soul, Say Anything, TV on the Radio, Tom Petty, Malbec, Athlete, David Bowie, Van Morrison, Xzibit, Paul Simon, Matchbox Twenty (guilty pleasure), Arcade Fire, The Beatles, The Blue Beetles ;), Kid Rock, Billy Joel, Bob Seger, Eddie Money, Chris Isaak, Crash Test Dummies, Daft Punk, Marc Cohn, Nine Inch Nails, Travis, Moby, Genesis/Phil Collins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tortoise, Smashing Pumpkins, love any Motown, love film scores (Morricone, Horner, Williams, Zimmer, Goldsmith, etc.)....etc...etc...etc....
This will be a work in progress. Movies are my life so I'll get back to starting an epic list later. Off the top of my head...Jaws. Fletch. Star Wars (all six). Nightmare on Elm Street series. Friday the 13th series. Evil Dead series. The Producers (original). History of the World Pt. 1. Blazing Saddles. Airplane. Caddyshack. L.A. Confidential. Wonder Boys. Stalag 17. Manchurian Candidate (original). The Hidden. The Running Man. Spies Like Us. The Rock. Con Air. Bubba Ho-Tep. This is Spinal Tap. Best in Show. Halloween. Dawn of the Dead (original). Trading Places.
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Twin Peaks, The Shield, Pardon the Interruption, Larry Sanders, Arrested Development, Cheers (second half of the series especially), Justice League Unlimited, TNA Impact, TNT's Inside the NBA, UFC, any Detroit sports, The Office (UK version), Rome is Burning, Around the Horn, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, Colbert Report & Daily Show, Forensic Files, History's Mysteries, classic SNL, Kids in the Hall, Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, etc.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt & Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris, Freakonomics, The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, Team of Rivals by Dorris Kearns Goodwin, Black Dahlia Avenger by Steve Hodel, The Century by Tom Brokaw, most classic Stephen King (The Stand, It, Salems Lot, etc), The Bachman Books, etc. Comic book wise I'm a fan of the work of Geoff Johns, Brian Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Brian Reed and many more. I also like kicking their asses (really mostly vice-versa) in XBOX Live.
Theodore Roosevelt, Ted Turner, John McCain, Joe Dumars, Bob Shaye, Kenta Kobashi, Richard Branson, Dave Thomas (the Wendy's founder), Howard Stern, Tim Russert and several more.