Music:
We Are Scientists, Be Your Own Pet, Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes, Sons & Daughters, The Killers, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, Jeff Buckley, The Zutons, Interpol, The View, T.Rex, The Beatles, Biffy Clyro, Editors, Futureheads, Blur, Pavement, Maximo Park, Nirvana, Sigur Ros, The Beach Boys, Graham Coxon, Supergrass, The Spinto Band, Hot Chip, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Forward,Russia!, Bloc Party, The Automatic, Muse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, The Flaming Lips, Jamie T, Roland Shanks.....and loads more
Movies:
Dazed & Confused, Moulin Rouge, ET, Romeo & Juliet, Trainspotting, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Suburbia, Stand by Me, The Goonies, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Good Will Hunting, American Beauty, Grease, Ed Wood...
Books:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thomson, some Stephen King novels, stuff by Jennifer Weiner or Amy Sohn when looking for something less challenging to read