Music:
Guided by Voices,the Kinks, The Ramones, the Shins, Starlight Mints, Elvis Costello, Eagles of Death Metal, The Clash, Buzzcocks, Calexico, Nouvelle Vague, Flaming Lips, " X ", Elliott Smith, The Handsome Family, The Repacements, Centro Matic, Clem Snide, My Morning Jacket, Ben Kweller, Son Volt, Merril Haggard, The Pogues, Jake LaBotz and the Silver Jews
Movies:
Iron Man, The Secret of Roan Inish, Good Fellas, Bullet, Help, the Button War, In Dreams, Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream, A Touch of Evil, Donnie Darko, Cool Hand Luke, Harold and Maude, the Searchers, Red, White, and Blue. Heat, The Big Labowski, and the Conversation
Television:
American Experience, Jeopardy
Books:
Ken Bruin, John Stanford, Michael Connelly, James W. Hall
Heroes:
Joe Strummer. Ed McMahon. Keith Richards