music
311, the a.k.a's, the academy is..., adema, adika, afi, the all american rejects, ambulance ltd, anberlin, anti-flag, the appleseed cast, the arcade fire, arctic monkeys, army of me, audioslave, autolux, autopilot off, avenged sevenfold, bad religion, baumer, the beatles, beck, blink 182, bloc party, the bloodhound gang, the bravery, breaking benjamin, broken social scene, bush, camera obscura, chevelle, the code, coldplay, the cribs, death cab for cutie, depeche mode, dredg, editors, eighteen visions, elefant, the explosion, finch, franz ferdinand, green day, guns n' roses, gym class heroes, the hives, the honorary title, hoobastank, howling bells, incubus, the (international) noise conspiracy, interpol, jimmy eat world, kaiser chiefs, keane, the killers, killradio, korn, lcd soundsystem, letter kills, the like young, linkin park, longwave, lostprophets, the madison press, melee, metallica, minus the bear, modest mouse, the morning after girls, morningwood, morrisey, mudvayne, muse, my chemical romance, nada surf, new mexican disaster squad, nightmare of you, nine black alps, nine inch nails, nirvana, no doubt, no knife, nouvelle vague, oasis, the offspring, ok go, p.o.d, pearl jam, pennywise, pinback, plain white t's, the postal service, puddle of mudd, queens of the stone age, the raconteurs, radiohead, rage against the machine, the raveonettes, red light school district, refused, reggie and the full effect, the rewinds, ringside, the rosebuds, seether, the sex pistols, the shins, shortie, showbread, the sleeping, slipknot, the smiths, snow patrol, social distortion, the sounds, staind, stars, the static age, stellastarr*, the stills (their old stuff), sting, story of the year, strata, the strokes, submersed, the subways, sugarcult, suicidal tendencies, the suicide machines, sum 41, the sun, system of a down, this allure, three days grace, thrice, tiger army, trapt, unwritten law, the valley arena, velvet revolver, the vines, the von bondies, weezer, the white stripes, wolf parade, yeah yeah yeahs, youth group
books:
the jungle by Upton Sinclair, julius caesar by Shakespeare, what uncle sam really wants by Noam Chomsky, the crucible by Aurthor Miller, animal farm and 1984 by George Orwell, basically anything political; Chomsky is my favourite.
movies:
i like to watch a lot of documentaries, but i do endulge my lazy side with american history x, jfk, pulp fiction, mean creek, money talks, mean girls (don't judge me!), scary movie, jackass, enemy of the state, loose change, bowling for columbine, farenheit 9/11, super size me.