Music
Lots of punk, garage, Oblivians, Dirtbombs, Gories, Reigning Sound, Ponys, The Hunches, Coachwhips, Andre Williams, Sleater-Kinney, Soledad Brothers, White Stripes (first three albums only), The Damned, Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman, THE CORAL, Velvet Underground, Art Brut, Cramps, Roky Erickson, Hold Steady, Okkervil River, Drive-By Truckers, alt.country, Jayhawks, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Split Enz, power pop, Big Star, The Auteurs, Romantics, Teenage Fanclub, Crowded House, Sun Records, Deadly Snakes, Andre Ethier, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Nick Cave, Joy Division, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tim Easton, The Germs, The Clash, Wire, Ed Harcourt, The Gits, Sonic Youth, Byrds, Led Zep, Beach Boys, Zombies, Supergrass, Pulp, Blur, Manic Street Preachers
Movies
Coen Brothers, Dr. Strangelove, The American President, A Few Good Men, The Insider, All the President's Men, other stuff too!