Aaron Copeland, Barenaked Ladies, The Clash, Death Cab for Cutie, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, The Fray, Gackt, Joe Hisaishi, Michael Kamen, Neil Diamond, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Seatbelts, Yoko Kanno... classical, holiday, jazz, rock, soundtracks... pretty much anything but rap
Boondock Saints, Clerks, Idlewild, Kikujiro, Kingdom of Heaven, LA Story, Open Range, The Pink Panther (all of them), To Kill a Mockingbird
Adult Swim, House, Monty Python's Flying Circus, MXC, War of the Worlds (80's), JP cooking shows are good for listening practice :)
Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators, The Catcher in the Rye, Coin Locker Babies, The Divine Comedy, In the Miso Soup, Kafka on the Shore, The Temple of the Golden Pavillion, Watchers... Recently, I highly recommend Ryu Murakami