bars are good, shows are good, parties are good, politics are good...sometimes, kickball!
hmmmm....let's see...Radiohead, Bjork, Postal Service, The Cardigans, Bad Religion, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Elliott Smith, Flaming Lips, Ween, Arcade Fire, Juliana Hatfield, Bloc Party, Jamiroquai, The New Pornographers, The Knife, Esthero, DJ Shadow, The Hives, Helium, Muse, The Pixies, The Shins, Some Girls, Sleater-Kinney, Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Annie, The Decemberists, Municipal Waste, The Pipettes, The French Kicks
Office Space, Batman Returns, Harold and Kumar, Serenity, Hellraiser 2, Big Lebowski, Feast, The Thing, 007, Idiocracy, Grindhouse, French Connection, Sideways, Shaun of the Dead, Waiting, Anchorman, Borat
Family Guy, Simpsons, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Daily Show, Sarah Silverman Program, BBC News, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Law and Order, Heroes, Hardball, Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Something political or something scary...though they usually go hand-in-hand.