Books - Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
TV - NFL, Anything HD like Discover, HDNet, etc. Wow HD is beautiful.
Games - Grand Theft Auto, San Andreas. After you get stuck on a mission, nothing satisfies like cruising around and beating people senseless. Or not.
Music - Pink Martini, Killers, Bright Eyes, My Chemical Romance, Fear Before the March of Flames, Johhny Cash, Cafe Tacuba.
Podcasts - Daily Source Code, Dawn and Drew, Evil Genius Chronicles.