Travis, Brand New, Modest Mouse, stellastarr*, The Beastie Boys, The Strokes, Blue States, Morrissey, Hot Hot Heat, Billy Talent, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, Green Day, Bjork, Sneaker Pimps, Cibo Matto, Garbage, Massive Attack, BT, Roni Size, Sublime, Franz Ferdinand, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Jimi Hendrix, AFI, Joydrop, Abandoned Pools, Imani Coppola, Cake, The Secret Machines, The Stills, Bloc Party, Death From Above 1979, The Faint, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Spandeu Ballet, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Avenged Sevenfold, She Wants Revenge, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Unearth, David Bowie, Bear vs Shark, Bauhaus, Balzac, Noisettes, Joy Division, Kill Hannah, Loudermilk, Marilyn Manson, Nekromantics, Orgy, Peaches, Pinkly Smooth, Radiohead, A Perfect Circle, My Chemical Romance, Gravy Train, CSS, The Long Blondes, The National, Fratellis, The Shins

Star Wars, The Matrix, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Ju-on, The Ring, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, The Lost Boys, The Crow, Princess Blade, Shaun of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Underworld, White Oleander, Donnie Darko, Blade, Jawbreaker, The Goonies, Blade Runner, Kung Fu Hustle, Lost in Translation, The Hole, Ghost World, Tank Girl, V for Vendetta, Earthquake, Them, The Movie Hero

Anything Joss Whedon has ever had a hand in, true crime, The Shield, Dexter, SG-A

Anything by Neil Gaiman. Anything by Greg Bear or William Gibson, Blood Music by Greg Bear, I am Legend by Richard Matheson, Star Wars and Star Trek novels, especially the ones with crappy storylines (like the X-Men crossover with Star Trek TNG). The Ring, Battle Royale and the Myst series. Fake, Liar, Cheat and Dogrun. Comics and mangas, I'm not gonna lie.