Music:
Steve Earle, Gram Parsons, Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Kelly Willis, Lori McKenna, Dave Alvin, The Clash, John Prine, Gillian Welch, REM, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Bee's Knees, Townes VanZandt, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, The Band, The Byrds, The Kennedys, T-Rex, Courtney Jaye, Huck, Lucky Parker, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark, Neil Young, John Hiatt, The Ramones, John Coltrane, Lucinda Williams, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Patty Griffin, Mindy Smith, Lucy Kaplansky, Rodney Crowell, The Band, The Charms, Warren Zevon, Lucky 57, LImbeck, Lusting Kay, Keith Richards, Sheryl Crow, The Little Willies, Matthew Sweet, Johnny Cash, The Blasters, Ryan Adams, Rodney Crowell, Roseanne Cash, Uncle Tuepelo, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, The Replacements, Del Fuegos
Movies:
Anything from Quentin Tarrantino or Tim Burton, Heathers, Field of Dreams, A League of their Own, Memento, Dr. Strangelove, Ravenous, Van Helsing, The Manchurian Candidate, Casablanca, The Abyss, Shrek, Empire Records, Good Night & Good Luck,High Fidelity, Spinal Tap, Wag the Dog, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Serendipity, Bend it Liked Beckham, Walk the Line, Shrek, For Love of the Game, Seven, Silence of the Lambs, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Frailty
Television:
CSI, CSI:NY, Jericho, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Dexter, Weeds, Californication, Gilmore Girls, 24, Crossing Jordan, Lost, Nowhere Man, Red Sox baseball, IFC
Books:
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, 1984, The Alienist, To Kill A Mockingbird, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Daniel Silva