Video Games
The Sims, Sim City, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, ok I will stop because I could make this list go on for days... I love video games (a little too much, perhaps)
Music
A.C. Newman, Aimee Mann, Air, Alanis Morisette, Andrea Bocelli, Andrew Loyd Webber, Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beck, Ben Folds Five, Bjork, Black Eyed Peas, Bloc Party, Breeders, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Cake, Cure, Dandy Warhols, Death Cab for Cutie, Destroyer, Devendra Banhart, Dungen, Elliott Smith :(, Enya, Eva Cassidy, Flaming Lips, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gorillaz, grandaddy, Interpol, Ivy, Jim Croce, K.T. Tunstall, Madonna, Modest Mouse, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake, Oasis, OutKast, Pete Yorn, Pinback, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, Police, Portishead, Postal Service, Prince, Queen, Radiohead, R.E.M., The Rockinghorse Winner, Sarah Brightman, Sarah McLachlan, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Stars, Spiritualized, Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan and Sara, Tenacious D, U2, The White Stripes, Wilco, and Wolf Parade