Music:
Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, My Morning Jacket, The Shins, Band Of Horses, Death Cab For Cutie, Postal Service, Uncle Tupelo, Bob Dylan, The Clientele, Camera Obscura, Laura Veirs, Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins, Tom Waits, Vic Chesnutt, Radiohead, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Sleepy Jackson, The Wrens, The Innocence Mission, Neil Young, Amy Winehouse, Morphine, My Bloody Valentine...
Movies:
Thank You For Smoking; O Brother, Where Art Thou; Songcatcher; I Am Trying To Break Your Heart; High Fidelity; The Last Waltz...
Television:
Deadwood, Absolute Power, West Wing, Family Guy, The Iron Chef, World Sport...
Books:
John Steinbeck, Cormac McCarthy, Richard Ford, William Kennedy, Norman Mailor...