Books: anything by Margaret Atwood or Anne Lamott, Amazing
Adventures of Cavalier & Clay, The Poisonwood Bible, What is
the What, White Oleander, Anna Karenina, Catcher in the Rye
Music: classical-Beethoven, Ravel, Sibelius, Dvorak, Copland; NIN,
Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Sheryl Crow, Portishead, Ani Difranco,
The Smiths & morrisey, jay-z, siouxsie and the banshees, tool,
joni mitchell, neil young and crosby stills nash & young, tori
amos, the cure, david bowie, korn, outcast, metallica, tribe called
quest, queen/freddie mercury, janes addiction & porno for
pyros
Movies: all about eve, 12 angry men, casablanca, eternal sunshine
of the spotless mind, kramer versus kramer, juno, thirteen,
stranger than fiction, shawshank redemption, revolutionary road,
the princess bride, the departed, goodfellas, pretty persuasion,
the runaways, rosemary's baby, 3 days of the condor, butch cassidy
& the sundance kid, black swan, splash, the big sleep, the big
chill, the quiet, to kill a mockingbird, ordinary people, this
could go on forever...