Music:
Lately...hmmm. The Bronx, The Weakerthans, The Pink Spiders, The Highwaymen, Chris Walla, The Lemonheads, The Boss Martians, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dinosaur Jr, and Screeching Weasel.
Movies:
Anything with Jack Nicholson...well, almost any movie with him in it.
Television:
Weeds, Sopranos, Arrested Development, Lost, Matlock (yes, matlock), Six Feet Under.
Books:
Anything by Paul Feig, Augusten Burroughs, james frey, Chuck Klosterman...etc...any kind of fucked up life memoir.