Watch the video! The pay off starts at 01:53.
Friends and collaborators.
Radiohead, Death From Above 1979, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, the Clash, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Blur, Ted Leo, PJ Harvey, the Hives, Leslie Feist, the Decemberists, Cat Power, Aimee Mann, Belle and Sebastian, TV on the Radio, Pulp, Bjork, Elliott Smith, the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, the Arcade Fire, the [old] Rapture...
Wes Anderson is a genius.
The Daily Show, the Colbert Report
Brave New World. If you haven't already read it you should. And if you read it in high school you should read it again.
My rocket scientist dad.