| Music | Tom Waits, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Bruce Springsteen, U2, The Police, The Clash, Dropkick Murphys, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Carlos Santana, Pink Martini, Bitter:Sweet, The Gotan Project, Federico Aubele, Mono | | Movies | Contact, Signs, Smoke, Eyes Wide Shut, Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, He Got Game, Jaws, Sin City, Kill Bill Vols. I&II, Ronin, the Bourne trilogy
| | Television | The Shield, The Wire, Rescue Me, The Kids in the Hall, SCTV, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Daily Show
| | Books | Authors: Ed McBain, Laura Lippman, Kate Atkinson, Dennis Lehane, P.D. James, Madeleine L'Engle, Max Brooks, Stephen King, Sebastian Junger, C.S. Lewis
Books: The Talisman, World War Z, Neverwhere, The Lovely Bones, Rebecca, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Road, The Tin Roof Blowdown | | Heroes | People who do the right thing even at great personal cost |
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