reading, technology, music, language.
individuals?
bad religion, Flogging Molly, dropkick murphys, nofx, propagandhi, MC5, pennywise, led zeppelin, Iggy and the stooges, suicidal tendencies, black label society, thrice, t.s.o.l., bad brains, the clash, fugazi, agent orange, jedi mind tricks, black flag, stevie ray vaughn, muddy waters, dead kennedys, X, misfits, wu-tang, jethro tull, skynyrd, coheed, the stones, apc, tool, kmfdm, the casualties, op. ivy, beastie boys, big L, nas, atmosphere, MF doom, *marley, norma jean, pantera, floyd, sex pistols, against me, slugg&murs, aesop rock, tons of other essential/classic punk, blues, rock and roll and hiphop
Entirely too lazy to list the vast amount of quality movies/documentaries that I enjoy. Just keep an eye out for those fatal flying guillotines.
Adult Swim, History Channel, COPS, Discovery Channel, National Geo, That '70s show, TLC, A&E, other random fillers
LotR series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Scotland: The Story of a Nation, Following Hadiran, World History of Warfare, Caesar Against the Celts, Dante's Divine Comedy, Plato's 'The Republic', Machiavelli's 'The Prince', and lots of other 'boring' history/scifi/literature type stuff.
Dave King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Machiavelli, Otto von Bismark..all I can think of right now