Music:
Death By Stereo, One Minute Silence, DJ Shadow, SikTh, Tool, The Offspring, System Of A Down, Rage Against The Machine, Ugly Kid Joe, Trapt, and a bunch of others.
Movies:
Any film where Harrison Ford runs, the Alien films, and anything that involves torture in some way.
Television:
(copius amounts of) South Park, Lost, and Malcolm in the Middle.
Books:
Tom Clancy books, Liverpool FC player biographies, Developer books (geeek!)