Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Holly Golightly, Blackalicious, RJD2, The Roots, Elliott Smith, Jamie Lidell, DJ Shadow, Underworld, Nina Simone, New Order, Bikini Kill, AC/DC, B-52's, Versus, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Bjork, Radiohead, Talking Heads, The Gossip, Imperial Teen, Frank Sinatra, Cass McCombs, rhodeislandmusic, all of us/none of us, Tom Waits, Oscar Brown Jr., LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Enon, Built to Spill, Basement Jaxx, Scissor Sisters, Harry Nilsson, New Pornographers, Neko Case, The Ramones, +/-, Sonic Youth, Deerhoof, Kathleen Hanna, Blonde Redhead, Portishead, Autolux, Tribe Called Quest, Cat Power, Le Tigre, Etta James, Voxtrot, Hard-Fi, Linnzi Zaorski, Calexico, Gnarls Barkley, Viva Voce

Battle Royale, The Aristocrats, The Commitments, Clue, Kill Bill, Carrie, Nightmare on Elm Street (pts. 1 & 3), Blue/White/Red trilogy, Night on Earth, Henry Fool, Trainspotting, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dancer in the Dark, Heathers, Me You and Everyone We Know, Thumbsucker, Mysterious Skin, Streetcar Named Desire, Totoro, All About My Mother, Betty Blue, Wild Palms, Save the Green Planet, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Murder by Death, Office Space, Pygmalion, Breakfast Club, Waiting For Guffman, The Three Burial of Melquidades Estrada, any Hayao Miyazaki.

Family Guy, Mr. Show, Absolutely Fabulous, Home Movies, Kids in the Hall, Farscape, OZ, Strangers With Candy, League of Gentlemen, Little Britain, Peep Show, Comedians of Comedy, Significant Others, Sopranos, Big Love, Drawn Together, Deadwood, French & Saunders, Six Feet Under, Xena (that's right, Xena), The Upright Citizens Brigade, 24, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Wonderfalls, Project Runway, Dead Like Me, FLCL, Travel Sick, Huff, Globe Trekker, Top Chef, One Piece

John Fante, JD Salinger, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Mark Salzman, Neil Gaiman, Ralph Ellison, David Sedaris, Michael Chabon, Flannery O' Conner, Tennessee Williams, Donna Tartt, ee cummings, TS Elliot, Sarah Vowell, Adrian Tomine, Ovid, Homer (Simpson and the greek)