Music:
Clapton, Wilco, Radiohead, Ryan Adams, The National, The Pernice Brothers, Sonic Youth, Zappa, Blonde Redhead, My Morning Jacket, Pela, The Beatles, Serge Gainsbourg, Jeff Buckley, Rainer Maria, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Springsteen...shit, I have over 24,000 songs in my iTunes library--where do I begin...The National-Mr. NovemberThe National-Murder Me Rachael
Movies:
Anything with Jenna J...and of course lots of foreign films, The Godfather I and II, Goodfellas, High Fidelity, Diner, Requiem for A Dream, Boogie Nights, Kill Bill and THE BIG LEBOWSKI!
Television:
The Sopranos, Mr. Show, Ben Stiller Show, Fawlty Towers, Get A Life
Books:
Bonfire of the Vanities, The Alienist, American Psycho, Catcher In The Rye
Heroes:
Clapton is God. Still. And George Martin--probably one of the most brilliant guys in music history.