Music:
Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Gorguts, Squarepusher, 80's Metallica, Negativa, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, Tool, Marilyn Manson, Bright Eyes, Nile
Movies:
Requiem for a Dream, Memento, Cabin Fever, Starship Troopers, The Princess Bride, The Fountain, Adaptation, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, The Lost Boys, Undercover Brother, Grandma's Boy, Serenity, Super Bad
Television:
Dexter, The IT Crowd, House, The Office(US), Heroes, Psych, Eureka, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords
Books:
Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan(should be mandatory reading for all high school students), 100 Years of Solitude, and everything I've read by Eric Nylund, Orson Scott Card and Arthur C Clarke. There are others, but these are some of my favorites.