Music:
311, Agents of Good Roots, Allman Brothers, AKUS, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Black Crowes, Blind Faith, Both Bobs, Carbon Leaf, Cardigans, Common, Dell the Funky Homosapien, Debussy, Digable Planets, DJ Shadow, Dimitri from Paris, Eagles, Elvis Costello, Marvin Gaye, the Grateful Dead, Grey Boy Allstars, Jamie Cullum, Jamiroquai, Jerry Garcia, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Jurassic 5, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, LTJ Bukem, Mark Farina, Marshall Tucker Band, Miles Davis, Modern Groove Syndicate, Mozart, Pearl Jam, Phish, Radiohead, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, St. Germain, Steely Dan, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Streets, Thievery Corporation, Widespread Panic
Movies:
Most. No chick flicks or artsy, existential, college-film-class dreck. Spare me the coming-of-age crap, too.
Television:
No TV make Matt go crazy
Books:
Thomas Friedman, Tim O'Brien, Jack Kerouac, JD Salinger, Allen Ginsberg, Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, Alex Garland, Voltaire, James Ellroy, Terrance Zepke