A - "Magic Mountain"/Thomas Mann, "The Master and
Margarita"/Mikhail Bulgakov, "Lolita"/Vladimir Nabokov, "The
Trial"/Franz Kafka, "1984"/George Orwell, "The Tin Drum"/Gunther
Grass, "Everything Is Illuminated"/Jonathan Safran Foer. many
more.
B - anything by fellini, hitchcock, roman polanski, stanley
kubrick. also like romatic films now and then, like "Amelie" and
"Love Actually". oh, and fight club was kickass yet still maintaned
so many homoerotic undertones... gotta love that. important update
- brokeback mountain sucked. the bad way.
C - gonna be a long list there... basically anything
indie/alternative and electronic. I'll spare you the long loooooong
list. on second thoughts, why should I make your lives easy? in no
particular order (other than alphabetical) - Aimee Mann, Aislers
set, All night radio, Animal Collective, Antonio Carlos Jobim,
April March, The Arcade Fire, The Arctic Monkeys, Architecture in
Helsinki, Astrud Gilberto, Azure Ray, Bach, Bearsuit, Beethoven,
Belle and Sebastian, Beth Gibbons, Beulah, Bjork, Bloc Party,
Blonde Redhead, Blondie (the 70s-80s stuff, not the utterly
uncalled-for comeback), Blossom Dearie, The Breeders, Broadcast,
Camera Obscura, Carla Bruni, The Chemical Brothers, Claudine
Longet, Cocorosie, CSS, The Cure, DFA, David Bowie, The Dead 60's,
Death in Vegas, The Delgados, The Dresden Dolls, Edith Piaf, The
Electronic Tomato, Elgar, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliott Smith, Feist,
Felix The Housecat, Fiona Apple, Fischerspooner, The Flying
Lizards, Four Tet, Francoise Hardy, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand,
The Fratellis, Fujiya and Miyagi, Gangpol Und Mit, Gogol Bordello,
Goldfrapp, Grandaddy, The Gravy Train, Gutevolk, Hadouken, Herb
Alpert, Hooverphonic, Hot Chip, I Am Kloot, Iggi Pop, Imogen Heap,
Janice Joplin, Joanna Newsom, Juliette Greco, Kaiser Chiefs,
Kasabian, Kate Bush, Kelly De Martino, Kings of Convenience, The
Killers, The Knife, The Klaxons, Koop, Krzystzof Komeda, Lady And
Bird, Ladytron, Lali Puna, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, The
Libertines, The Long Blondes, Lou Reed, Lovage, M83, The Mamas and
The Papas, Marianne Faithfull, Mark Ronson, Marlen Dietrich, Mazzy
Star, Metric, Miss Kitten, Moloko, Morrissey, Mozart, Múm, My
Bloody Valentine, Nada Surf, Nancy Sinatra, Nick Drake, Nico, Nina
Simone, Of Montreal, Outkast, The Organ, Parov Stellar, Peaches,
Pepe Deluxe, Persephone's Bees, Peter Bjorn and John, Petula Clark,
Pizzicato Five, PJ Harvey, Plastic Bertrand, Pop Levi, Portishead,
The Postal Service, Prodigy, Pulp, Radiohead, Rasputina, Regina
Spektor, Revl9n, Richard Cheese, Riot in Belgium, Roisin Murphy,
Royksopp, Rufus Wainwright, Sarah Harmer, Schubert, Scriabin, Serge
Gainsbourg, Serge Gainsbourg, Serge Gainsbourg :-), The Shins,
Shirley Bassey, Shonen Knife, Si*Se, Sigur Rós, Simian Mobile
Disco, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smiths, Sol Seppy, Sonic
Youth, Soulwax, Stars, Stereo Total, Stereolab, The Streets, The
Strokes, The Sugarcubes, Super Furry Animals, Supreme Beings Of
Leisure, Telepopmusik, Thievery Corporation, Tracy Bonham, Tricky,
The Velvet Underground, UNKLE, Veruca Salt, Voxtrot, Warren Zevon,
We Are Scientists, Weezer, Whale, The Wire, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Zoot Woman. Well, it's not a complete list, but that's enough
namedropping for a while...
D - Sushi, my mom's chicken soup, kibble.