music:
blonde redhead,q and not u,elastica, fugazi, the hot snakes, bullet union, ladytron, blondie, momus, the mars volta, pavement, the evens, weezer (blue album and pinkerton), sleater kinney, the 5,6,7,8s, madonna, outhud, silent front, trans am, monkey boy, !!!,pj harvey,graham coxon, magnetic fields, this town needs guns, air, eXgirl, belle &; sebastian, bjork, cornelious, amon tobin, the clash, non phixion,blur, pixies, joy division, new order, john b, stone roses, the cure, dillinger escape plan, some mike patton stuff in his various bands, stray cats, elvis costello, noise for neko, death cab for cutie (more the first 2 albums), reggie and the full effect,beastie boys, aislers set, sunny day real estate, erol alkan, brmc, harold crisman..
books:
perks of being a wallflower, story of my life, youth and revolt, chuck palahniuk books (i've read fight club, survior), jd salinger books
tv:
the office (the uk version), (AH HA!)... alan partridge, futurama, my name is earl (i love jason lee), power puff girls, lost, house, dick van dyke show, sex in the city, heroes, ugly betty, simpsons, etc, etc.
movies:
amelie, science of sleep, donnie darko, rear window, swingers, audrey hepburn films, kevin smith films, john hughes films, hackers,subway,a bout de souffle, diva, sin city, almost famous, trainspotting, reality bites, 24 hour party people, tank girl, high fidelity, american beauty, ma vie en rose, tron, quadrophenia, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, waking life, slacker, before sunrise/sunset and other richard linklater films.