I'm having a problem: I think I'm slowly becoming a man with no taste. Now what's better than gaining taste than by stealing it?
I want to know what you guys recommend off the top of your heads.
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Books: Anything by Larry Correia. Monster Hunter (urban fantasy, nothing like the video games) is his main series, but I recommend starting with Hard Magic, book 1 of the Grimnoir Chronicles. Complete trilogy, started after Monster Hunter so it's a better indicator of his writing than book 1 of Monster Hunter. It's an alternate history set in the 1930s where a lot of people have magic. Kind of a noir X-men story. His blog (http://monsterhunternation.com/) is pretty good when he updates it.
Jim Butcher is another great author. The Dresden Files started as modern noir with the detective being a wizard, but has evolved into a bigger scope epic urban fantasy. Start with book 3 (Grave Peril) here and go back to the first 2 once you're hooked on the series, as they're kind of rough in places.
An often-overlooked detective series is Nero Wolfe, by Rex Stout. The guy had the brilliant idea to pair up the armchair detective with the noir detective. So you have a Sam Spade working for a Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother who would be a better detective if he ever went out). First book is Fer-de-Lance, but it doesn't much matter where you start. Also made into a great TV series, but you'll probably have to find that on YouTube.
If you haven't already, read the classics. Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn, Robin Hood, A Princess of Mars, Ender's Game, Chronicles of Narnia (do not start with The Magician's Nephew, no matter what the stupid publishers say), Lord of the Rings.
On that topic, the YT/podcast Young Heretics is great for covering the big classics like the Odyssey or Plato and how they can inform us about modern day. (Called Heretics because "Screw you, universities, we're reading Homer anyway")
Games: I can't offer much here beyond what's already well known, but check out Snoman Gaming's YT channel to find indie games that are actually good instead of homogenized corporate gruel.
Music: Piano Guys are bloody amazing. Peter Hollens is great acapella. FamilyJules is a good metal guitarist. Puddles Pity Party is a sad clown with a fantastic voice. Postmodern Jukebox plays new songs in older (better) music styles. I've also been listening to a lot of electro swing, which mixes new and old. Here's some examples: Mr. Sandman The Afterbeat Star Wars Cantina band
Yes!
Or the Pirate Bay. They released it on DVD, looks like the rip still has 5 seeds. (Normally I'd say support the publisher in a case like this but the A&E that made a period detective series ain't the A&E of today.)