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Lists Inspired by the book and movie High Fidelity, here are a few of my 'lists' and I'm gonna keep adding to it. |
| Movies!! |
| I think it's safe to say that I'm officially in a 'movie' stage. I usually go through different 'stages' when I'm really into U2 music, or other music, or movies or a specific style or art or animation, and well...its pretty safe to say that I'm in a killer movie stage. I guess I really have been for the past few years, but I've seriously kicked it up a notch since I've been in Boston. I've taken to a rather interesting habit of renting 4-6 movies every other week or so, and well since Thanksgiving I've rented about 30 different movies and I've added a few recent favorites. These can't get in the list yet because most of them I haven't seen at least twice (which is the self-inflicted standard for adding them to "The List"). But here are a few of the most recent favo-ritos! |
| Worth owning and watching several times: Lawrence of Arabia, Cinema Paradiso, Spirited Away, Kolya, Fight Club, The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, In the Name of the Father, All the President's Men, Moulin Rouge, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Dark Crystal, The Hudsucker Proxy, Bullit, Tron |
| Worth watching at least once, but maybe not more than that: The French Connection, Farewell My Concubine, The Last of the Mohicans, The Emperor's New Clothes, Minority Report, North by Northwest, Hard Eight, Eyes Wide Shut, |
| Not really worth anything: Dangerous Beauty, Fantasia 2000, Signs, Hurlyburly, Happenstance |
Top
15 U2 songs |
Top
5 U2
albums |
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16.
Ground Beneath Her Feet |
Million
Dollar Hotel Soundtrack |
5. Pop - 1997 | |||
15.
In God's Country |
Joshua
Tree |
4. Unforgettable Fire - 1984 | |||
14.
So Cruel |
Achtung
Baby |
3. Joshua Tree - 1987 | |||
13.
Desire |
Rattle
and Hum |
2. Zooropa - 1993 | |||
12.
Tryin' to Throw Your Arms |
Achtung
Baby |
1. Achtung Baby (Hands down, no questions asked) - 1991 | |||
11.
Lemon |
Zooropa |
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10.
Discotheque |
POP |
Top
10
(take everywhere just in case you get stranded) Albums (this list will change when I remember all of the albums I forgot to put in here!) |
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9.
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses |
Achtung
Baby |
10. Dave Matthews - Under the Table and Dreaming (Can be substituted with Crash) | |||
8.
Beautiful Day |
All
You Can't Leave Behind |
9. Ednaswap - Wonderland Park | |||
7.
Where the Streets Have No Name |
Joshua
Tree |
8. Fantasia Soundtrack - the 2 Disker. A nice mix of good stuff! | |||
6.
Please |
POP |
7. REM - Automatic for the People | |||
5.
All I Want is You |
Rattle
and Hum |
6. Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs (or Graceland) | |||
4.
Dirty Day |
Zooropa |
5. Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey (newest to the list and rising fast) | |||
3.
Bad |
Unforgettable Fire |
4. U2 - Joshua Tree (you always have to be able to listen to Running to Stand Still at any time) | |||
2.
Running to Stand Still |
Joshua
Tree |
3. Radiohead - OK Computer (Amnesiac or Kid A can be substituted at anytime...the point is to ALWAYS have Radiohead available) | |||
| 1. One | Achtung Baby | 2. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (I got my philosopy!) | |||
| 1. U2 - Achtung Baby (you should NEVER leave home without this, even if you're just going down the street!) | |||||
| Books | |||||
| JP Books | KP Books | ||||
I
don't really have a completely formulated Books list yet, but I can tell
you a few of my recent favorites in no particular order. |
Top 5 Novels | ||||
5.
Dakota:
A Spiritual Geography – Kathleen Norris |
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Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever read!
Very cool! Ting-a-ling! |
4.
Age
of Innocence – Edith Wharton |
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Catch
22 was great too, and I finally finished it |
3.
Moonheart
– Charles DeLint |
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Catcher
in the Rye is always a good one, I just re-read that one |
2.
The
Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera |
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I
also just finished the Chronicles
of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and those are all great, I can't figure
out why I didn't get through them as a kid...oh well. |
1.
The
Last Samurai – Helen DeWitt |
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and
I'd have to say that I'm a big fan of Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire, that's a good one (well they all
are) |
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Top
5 Kids Books |
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Plus
Kari has me reading half of her list. |
5.
The
Blue Sword – Robin McKinley |
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I've
pretty much just finished reading her entire Kids Books top 5. |
4.
A
Little Princess – Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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I'm
finishing Neverending Story and they've all been great! Thanks Kari!
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3.
Neverending
Story – Michael Ende |
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Plus
there are the stand bys |
2.
Thief
of Always – Clive Barker |
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I'm
a big fan of Fatherland
by Robert Harris |
1.Dealing
With Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede
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Sphere
by Crichton |
(actually
Searching
for Dragons ranks higher, but I have to go with the original here) |
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and
of course High
Fidelity |
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| If you have any recommendations for me or if you'd like to tell me your top anything and everything lists, just let me know! | |||||
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