Music:
why o why did they break up, oh - pizzicato five, and then there is always tanya donelly, the killers, velvet underground, badly drawn boy, the postal service, beastie boys, g.s.y.b.e., i-just-dated-myself madonna, led zeppelin, gorillaz, neil young, tenacious d, pink floyd, the offspring, a tribe called queset, natalie merchant, tori amos, the pixies, the clash, pj harvey...
Movies:
who can leave these out of their library? godfather I+II, amelie, delicatessan, the machinest, the labyrinth, donnie darko, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, thx 1138, spirited away, the cell, the big lebowski, titus, nightmare before christmas, high fidelity, run lola run...
Books:
anything by john irving, and also the classics : the godfather, but not the sequels, the kitchen god's wife, great expectations, king lear, oh heck any tragedy by the man, but most of all hamlet...