Music:
beatles, weakerthans, the format, paul simon, get up kids, steely dan, pre-green album weezer, queen, taking back sunday, belle & sabastian, cake, ben folds, reggie & tfe, they might be giants, random ska bands from the late 90s, jimmy eat world, death cab, etc.
Movies:
reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, the goonies, big lebowski, o brother where art thou?, fargo (that was three coen bros. movies listed in a row :), amelie, city of god, snatch, royal tenenbaums, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, braveheart, the goonies, short circuit
Television:
arrested development, the office, mr. show, faulty towers, monty python, x-files, oz, da ali g show, curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld, simpsons, monk, saved by the bell, mythbusters, MXC
Books:
catcher in the rye, the godfather, the da vinci code, silence of the lambs, about a boy, high fidelity, the pleasure of my company, the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy