Ives, Schubert, Glass, and Mozart, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans, Bop and Blues, 60s-80s pop, and Aphex Twin, Sigur Ros, and Squarepusher.
Movies
Late Spring, Cries and Whispers, Manhattan, au hasard Balthazar, Citizen Kane, Grand Illusion, Brief Encounter, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Fanny and Alexander, My Dinner with Andre, The 400 Blows, George Washington, Annie Hall, The Last Picture Show, Faces, Little Murders, Day for Night, Mulholland Drive, Days of Heaven, Radio Days, M. Hulot's Holiday, Umberto D., McCabe & Mrs. Miller, M*A*S*H, All the Real Girls, After Hours, Barry Lyndon, Stalag 17, The Last Detail, M, Le Cercle Rouge, The Mother and the Whore, Do The Right Thing, Breaking Away, In the Mood for Love, Stranger Than Paradise, Persona, 8 1/2, My Life to Live, 25th Hour, The Squid and the Whale, Atonement, Children of Men and Lost in Translation.
Television
Arrested Development, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, This American Life, Fishing with John, East Bound & Down, Strangers with Candy, and Extras.
Books
The Short Stories of Truman Capote, Franny and Zooey, Take the Cannoli, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Assasination Vacation, Images by Ingmar Bergman, Dress Your Family In Courduroy and Denim, Einstein's Dreams, Death of a Salesman, Hitchcock/Truffaut.
They are legion.
Heroes
Anyone who finds a way to creatively work in an intelligent and productive way.
Filmmakers: Robert Altman, Ingmar Bergman, Jean Renoir, Yasujiro Ozu, Jim Jarmusch.
I don't see it as a loss.A 1 to 1 ratio is much more mathematically friendly ration then 2:1 or as X likes it 3:1 (or 14.7 to 1 as some of us borgs like it )
Sharing is only caring , when there isnt a par of balls in your face.