things I like:
1. Every New Discovery
Corollary One: Discoveries of how the past and present wag each other's tails (see: Fermat's Last Theorem, Spain by Chick Corea)
Corollary Two: Being Introduced to something ridiculously brilliant (see: Langston Hughes, BBC's The Office, Baja Burrito of Nashville, Isaac Newton).
2. People redefining the world solely motivated by the passion to do something (see The Rural Studio of Alabama, Ben Folds Five circa 1996, Gomez recording Bring it On, Weezer creating Pinkerton and The Goon Show)
3. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (the orator before Lincoln spoke for 2 hours, A. Lincoln spoke for seven minutes).

Lambchop, Johnny Cash, Wilco, This American Life, Bill Hicks, Paul Burch, Lifeboy, Beulah, 5ive Style, Ben Folds Five, The Features, Rilo Kiley, Tom Waits, Flaming Lips, Bruce Springsteen, KCRW, Bloody Lovelies, Randy Newman, The Magnetic Fields, Weezer, BR5-49, David Mead, Cake, Wes Cunningham, Chet Baker, Gomez, Beta Band, Antibalas, Miles Davis, Lyle Lovett, Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Denzil, Gus Van Sant, Mason Jennings, The Goon Show

When We Were Kings, Run Lola Run, Annie Hall, Big Lebowski, Night on Earth, Goundhog Day, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Band of Brothers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kung Fu Hustle, Almost Famous, Clerks, Monster In A Box, Airplane, Shaun of the Dead, The Last Waltz, Dumb and Dumber, Rick Reynolds:Only the Truth is Funny and other comedies

Young Ones, Kids In the Hall, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Office, Newsradio, Spaced, Freaks and Geeks, SportsNight, The Wire, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Seinfeld, Mr. Show, Its Gary Shandling's Show, Simpsons, Fawlty Towers, Daily Show, Police Squad, Get a Life, West Wing, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The State, Arrested Development, Larry Sanders Show, UCB, Lookwell

Fever Pitch, Razor's Edge, Road to Mars, The Tipping Point, 9 Innings, Speed The Plow, Cometbus, Partly Cloudy Patriot, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman, David Sedaris, Valvano, Positively Fifth Street, High Fidelity, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Chicago Days/Hoboken Nights