art, history, helping people
some people
French '40's, Buckcherry, Nina Simone, Ali Farka Toure, the Killers, System of a Down, Matisyahu, Bob Dylan
Indiana Jones (doesn't matter which one, they are all good), Under the Tuscan Sun, Sunshine, "bonnet" movies
Lost, King of the Hill, Simpsons, The Office (I prefer the British version but, in it's absence, the American version is an acceptable substitute), My Name is Earl
The Periodic Table, Crime & Punishment, Les Miserables, Persepolis, Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Series