Music:
the strokes, radiohead, ratatat, arcade fire, mates of state, the anniversary, the cure, thom yorke, broken social scene, the pixies, aphex twin, tom waits, chromelodeon, white flight, weezer, elliott smith, the raveonettes, mogwai, trans am, fiona apple, bjork, neutral milk hotel, regina spektor..
Movies:
the departed, american beauty, the fountain.
Television:
meerkat manor, curb your enthusiasm, golden girls. unsolved mysteries.
Books:
the stranger, the heart is a lonely hunter, johnny got his gun, eleanor rigby, enduring love, into the wild, frankenstein, the sun also rises.
Heroes:
lil` p. dingo. aja/sadie.