Music:
wilco, pulp, bright eyes, sleepy jackson, neutral milk hotel, talking heads, blur, inxs, verve, the stone roses, air, u2, smiths, echo and the bunnymen, interpol, doves, stars, my bloody valentine, stills, pavement, arcade fire, yo la tengo, cat power, van morrison, duran duran, really old jazz guitar, johnny cash, sleepy jackson, wolf parade, nada surf, old 97's, broken social scene, m ward, clash, postal service/death cab, pixies, spoon, elliot smith, shins, jeff buckley, stereolab, suede, elbow, coldplay, mew, tv on the radio, the rapture, radiohead (but of course), nick drake, pinback, m83, joy divison/new order, daniel lanois, dandy warhols, band of horses, decemberists, dear god someone please make it stop...
Movies:
rear window, nightmare before christmas, last tango in paris, garden state, lawrence of arabia, donnie darko, early woody allen, lost in translation, rushmore, godfather 1+2, ghost world, momento, amelie, cool hand luke, magnolia, rocky balboa , bitch.
Television:
not on my better days.
Books:
jonathan lethem, bukowski, confederacy of dunces, wally lamb, tropic of cancer, white teeth, john irving, hunter thompson, breakfast of champions, eggers, the perks of being a wallflower, brautigan, white noise/ cosmopolis/basically anything by d.d, gabriel garcia marquez, count of monte cristo, catch-22, sedaris, gaiman, harry potter, PRAGUE!