Glass half full types.
The Pixies, Silversun Pickups, Ray LaMontagne, Rufus Wainwright, Brett Dennen, Hysterics, Tom Waits, Chuck Berry, Iron and Wine, Boo Radleys, Jonathan Coulton, Miles Davis, Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash, The Jayhawks, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Tribe Called Quest, Freedy Johnston, Thirteen Senses, Al Green, Velvet Underground, Jack's Mannequin, Patty Griffin
Anything by Jim Jarmusch, Krzysztof Kieslowski's Bleu/Bialy/Rouge trilogy, To Kill A Mockingbird, Shawshank Redemption, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Third Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Office Space, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Silence of the Lambs, This is Spinal Tap
The 4400, Veronica Mars, Freaks and Geeks, Deadwood, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Rescue Me, House, The Wire, Arrested Development, Weeds, World Poker Tour, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report