Books: The Importance of Being Earnest, Ender's Game (though fuck
Orson Scott Card,) Tales of an Economic Hitman, As You Like It,
Catcher in the Rye, The Mating Mind, The Sun also Rises and too
many to write out.
Movies: Pulp Fiction, Wristcutter's a Love Story, Kill Bill
1&2, Amelie, Leon the Professional, X-Men, Goodfellas,
Shawshank Redemption, Tron and Tron Legacy, Se7en, Clockwork
Orange, Avatar, @001, Youth of the Beast, Battle of Algiers, Heist,
The Usual Suspects, MASH, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke
(really anything by studio Ghibli,) The Lion King, The Departed,
Boondock Saints, Coffee and Cigarettes, Fahrenheit 451, Requiem for
a Dream, 28 Days, The Matrix (first only,) Clearly the Star Wars
saga (don't talk to me about I, II, III.)
TV: The game of Thrones, Futurama, The Walking Deadm Scrubs, House,
Top Gear U.K., Touch (its better than I thought it would be,) The
Universe, How it's Made, Mythbuster's (early seasons before they
hot the lab assistants,) NPR, Nova, Thirty Rock, Modern Marvels,
The Boondocks, Bleach, Naruto Shippuuden, Blue Exorcist, Cheers,
The West Wing...
Video Games: Final Fantasy, Okami, Ratchet and Clank, Fallout 3,
Elder Scrolls Skyrim, Catherine, Spyro the Dragon, Kingdom Hearts
(and damnit they will make 3 someday,) Jak and Daxter, Borderlands,
Resident Evil (I thought 5 was surprisingly good, though my
favorite was 4,) TF2, Minecraft (though not as much lately,) Ninja
Gaiden, The DEvil May Cry...
Music: Metric, Anya Marina, Wes Montgomery, Boston, Architecture in
Helsinki, Eagles, Imperial Teen, Michael Jackson, Michael Crawford,
Amici Forever, Lisa Kelly, The Phantom of the Opera, Elaine Paige,
Hed PE, Daft Punk, Wiz Khalifa, RJD2, , The Roots, Chiddy Bang,
Justice, Girl Talk, The Kooks, Vampire Weekend, Libertines, The
Whitest Boy Alive, Cake, Hot Hot Heat, White Rabbits, The Rifles,
The Weakerthans, The Sounds, Chris Walla, We Are Scientists,
Sublime, Simon & Garfunkel, The Bravery, The Thermals, The Von
Bondies, Glenn Miller, Ray Noble, Frankie Lane, Roy Brown, Al
Bowlly, The Raconteurs, Kate Nash, The Fratellis, The Fiery
Furnaces, Stephen Malkmus, Artichoke, Wolf Parade, PIXIES, Islands,
The Shins, Gregory Alan Isakov, Delta Rae, Dr. Dog, Willie Nelson,
Yo La Tengo, Imogen Heap, The Breaktone, Dub Fx, Cat Stevens,
Lambchop is a Band, The Smashing Pumpkins, Beirut, Everclear,
Bonobo Official, Ra Ra Riot, Gipsy Kings, Etta James, RATATAT, The
Avalanches, Aerosmith, Matt and Kim, Scott Matthews, Led Zeppelin,
The Pillows, Bing Crosby, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ace of Bass,
Toshio Masuda, Yoko Kanno, Asian, Kung-Fu Generation, Amos Lee,
AIR, Jay Brannan, Lenka, The Blow, Solomon Burke, Adele, Damien
Rice, Regina Spektor, Immortal Technique, Joss Stone, Caro Emerald,
Fred Astaire, Nat King Cole, Ben E. King, The Prisonaires, Bob
Dylan, Gene Kelly, Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald,
Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, DISPATCH, Alice DJ, Tracy Chapman,
Ani DiFranco, Patti Griffin, Lynard Skynard, Alison Krauss, Waylon
Jennings, Harry Chapin, Peter Bjorn and John, Coconut Records,
Wilco, Dr Dre, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Andrew Bird, THE EELS,
Pinback, Iron & Wine, Violent Femmes, Noah And The Whale,
Emancipator, Bitman & Roban, Plastic Little, Mike Snow, Stevie
Nicks, Natalie Merchant, Genesis, Boston, Eric Clapton, Foreigner,
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Journey, James Taylor, Elton John,
Eminem, George Harrison, Jim Croce, Pink Floyd, John Lennon,
Buffalo Springfield, Simon & Garfunkel, The Mammas and the
Pappas, Queen, The Who, Don McLean, John Fogerty, America, Boom
Bip, Eliot Lipp, Kitaro, Moondog, Kraddy, Edit, Neil Young, Mos
Def, Goodie Mob, Mystikal, Master P, Juvenile, Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Oasis, LCD
Soundsystem, The Futureheads, Phoenix, Spoon, The Libertines,
Thievery Corporation, Mocheda, Marcelinho da Lua, Manu Chao, Johny
Cash, Semisonic, Beck, The Rolling Stones, ZOX, Arctic Monkeys,
Modest Mouse, Mad Caddies, Gogol Bordello, Matisyahu, Luke Bloom,
Streetlight Manifesto, Jay Ungar, DeVotchKa, Nirvana, The
Decemberists, Dub War, Emanuel, MGMT, Cage The Elephant, Wes
Montgomery, Hiromi Uehara, Galactic, Avishai Cohen, Charlie Haden,
John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Cold
War Kids, Sound Garden, Weezer, Gorillaz, Gackt, L'Arc-en-Ciel, The
Vines, Anais Mitchell, Soweto Gospel Choir, Dean Martindeadmau5Rage
Against the Machine, The MaccabeesThe Frames (Official), OK Go,
Anya Marina, Yann Tiersen (official) Lifesavas, Jens Lekman, The
Dodos, The Doors, Jay-Z, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The
Yoshida Brothers, Sufjan Stevens, Greetings From Michigan: The
Great Lake The Streets, Radiohead, The Polyphonic Spree, Panty
Raid, O Jos de Brujo, Nina Simone, Michael Franti, Good Shoes,
Fink, Animal Collective, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, The XX, The
Seatbelts, Fleetwood Mac, Gotan Project, Flogging Molly, Rancid
,Alaska in Winter, Goldfinger, Goran Bregovic, Isaac Hayes, Jay Z,
John Legend, Noir Desir, Save Ferris, S.O.L.Illaquists of Sound,
EVE 6, Goldfrapp, Garth Brooks, Lee and Leblanc, Sagisu Shirou,
Hiroshima, Pavement and many more.