the shins, the brunettes, the archies, the beatles, postal service, death cab for cutie, sunny day real estate, new radicals, the smashing pumpkins, boldstar, ciudad, outerhope, itchyworms, stars, sufjan stevens, lemonheads, architecture in helsinki, apollo sunshine, annemarie, beulah, ben lee, ben kweller, postal service, rachael yamagata
jules et jim, the graduate, american beauty, almost famous, i am sam, virgin suicides, kevin smith films, wong kar-wai films, francois truffaut films, big fish, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, wag the dog
francesca lia block books, jeanette winterson books, perks of being a wallflower, stargirl, murakami books