Music:
ATB. Interpol. Big Head Todd and The Monsters. Blind Willie McTell. The Chemical Brothers. Cocteau Twins. Daft Punk. Dirty Vegas. Dwight Yoakam. Fatboy Slim. Grant Lee Buffalo. Steeley Dan. The Jesus and Mary Chain. The Editors. The Mars Volta. Mazzy Star. The Stone Roses. REM. Res. Royksopp. Tenacious D. This Mortal Coil.
Movies:
The Razor's Edge. Blade Runner. Shawn of the Dead. The Meaning of Life. Hero. Something Wicked this Way Comes. Seven Samurai. Broken Flowers.
Television:
The Venture Brothers. The Simpsons. Futurama. Family Guy. Mr Show. Sealab 2021. Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Harvey Birdman. Arrested Development. The Daily Show. The Colbert Report. The Soup. formally Talk Soup. and then I just switch back and forth between The History Channel, Discovery Channel, and The Travel Channel.
Books:
Kurt Vonnegut. Charles Bukowski. Soren Kierkegaard. Tsunetomo Yamamoto.
Heroes:
Charles Darwin. Rene DeCarte.