Music first and foremost!
Me! That way I'm guaranteed an intelligent conversation....well about beer and important stuff like that anyway.Probably Stephen King so he can scare the bejeezes out of me.
Gary Numan, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson, Cradle Of Filth, Vast, The The, Marillion, Goldfrapp, The Smiths, Shockwork, Mesh, Rammstein and pretty much anything you can head bang too as well
Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, James Bond, The Grudge, The Ring, anything with Nicholas Cage, all the Alien films, Blade Runner, Prince of Darkness, Dirty Harry, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, in fact pretty much anything good old Clint has done, Any decent horror will do as well.
Doctor Who, Coronation Street (Yes, I did admit to that), 24, CSI, Deadwood, X Files, Millennium, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Blackadder, Men Behaving Badly, Mr Bean, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Most Haunted, Life On Mars and probably loads of others too.
Currently reading a ton of Stephen King, Lisey's Story at the moment. Must catch up on some recent Terry Pratchett too...where does the time go?
Without a doubt Gary Numan, the main man as far as I'm concerned.Also Stephen King, Tom Baker (mad as a hatter), Trent Reznor, Clint Eastwood and all my mates as well.