Anything that will teach me more about myself and the world around me.....
Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket, The Strokes, Pinback, Modest Mouse, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Beck, Sleater-Kinney, Beastie Boys, Weezer, old-school hip-hop and classic r&b.
Into the Wild, Big Lebowski, The Departed, Boondock Saints,Crash, Traffic, Hustle and Flow, Anniversary Party, Dead Man Walking, Walk the Line, Sideways. Generally interested in anything by the Cohen Bros, Robert Altman, David Mamet, Sofia Coppola, and Wes Anderson.
Entourage, Arrested Development, Weeds, The Office, The Sopranos and Sex and the City
Hard to answer without sounding pretentious. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, She's Come Undone, The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Anna Karenina, Lady Sings the Blues, Pride & Prejudice, Lakota Woman, Shopgirl, A Moveable Feast, Catcher in the Rye, On The Road, anything by Edith Wharton, James Ellroy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Hemingway. Really into the ex-Patriot movement of the 1920s.And yeah, The Worst Case Scenario handbook.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Selfless people.Those that can maintain faith and hope, inspite of seemingly insurmountable odds.