The 3 P's: Pugs, Poker and Philly cheesesteaks
You know who you are.
Smog, Air, Al Green, American Music Club, Aphex Twin, Art Brut, Avalanches, The Beach Boys, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Big Star, Bill Evans, Black Box Recorder, Boards Of Canada, Bob Dylan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Brian Eno, Broadcast, Clipse, Daft Punk. David Bowie, De La Soul, Dr. Octagon, ESG, Feelies, Fennesz, Grizzly Bear, Guided by Voices, Guns N' Roses, Iron and Wine, Junior Boys, Kanye West, King Tubby, LCD Soundsystem, Lee Perry, Madvillain, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake, Nirvana, The Notwist, Palace Brothers, Pavement, Pere Ubu, Pet Shop Boys, Pulp, Richard Hell, Richard & Linda Thompson, The Slits, Slowdive, Sonic Youth, Terry Riley, This Heat, Tindersticks, Vic Chesnutt, The Velvet Underground, Wu Tang Clan
"Wild Things", "Little Darlings", "The Long Goodbye", "Get Carter", "Volver", "Perfect Blue", "Millennium Actress", Truffaut, Leone, Hitchcock, Lynch, Peckinpah, Argento, and on and on and on, and not just auteurs
Da Ali G Show, Arrested Development, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, baseball, football, soccer, golf, tennis, etc
Dashielle Hammett, Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, Pynchon, NY Times, etc