Radiohead is the greatest band in the world, Muse, Interpol, The Strokes, Portishead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Outkast, The Fugees, Tribe called Quest, The Rapture, Smashing Pumpkins, Queens of the stoneage, David Bowie, Tom Petty, Feist, the Faint, The Flaming Lips, The Cure, The Roots, Pixies, etc.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,Southpark,The Chappelle Show,30 Rock, Supernatural, most things on Masterpiece theater, Family guy, How I met your mother
Dune (I am a sci-fi nerd), Invisible Monsters (along with all other Chuck books), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and the Hobbit), Girlfriend in a Coma (by Douglas Coupland), Stardust, American Gods, Middle Sex, Good Omens and many more...