see above
The Arctic Monkeys, Giant Drag, Neil Young, Portishead, Tiesto, Pink Floyd, Bloc Party, Pearl Jam, The Spinto Band, The Kooks, Flaming Lips, Zero 7, Jose Gonzalez, Davendra Banhart, Snow Patrol, The Libertines, Nick Drake, Elbow, The Editors, Iron & Wine, Antony and the Johnsons, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Doves...
Gregorys' Girl, Alien, Jean de Florette, The Secretary, Spun, Descent, The Cube, Snatch
Lost, 24, The Green Wing, Tittybangbang, My Name is Earl.
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons, The entire Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series, anything by Nick Nornby, anything by Robert A Heinlein.
Neil Young.