We Want a Rock: 09/08

9/22/08

You knew it was coming

Top Five Desert Island Records

1. The Blue Album by =w=.

My nostalgic trip.

2. The White Album by the Beatles.

My classic trip.

3. The Soft Bulletin
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My uplifting trip.

4. Lincoln by They Might Be Giants.
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My nerdy trip.

5. Happy Songs for Happy People by Mogwai.
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My majestic trip.

Some that didn't quite make the cut were Blonde on Blonde, The Pink Album by SDRE, and Scream Dracula Scream! by RFTC.

9/21/08

Desert Island Novels

While I'm at it, allow me to post my top five desert island novels. Feel free to do the same on your blog! Let's start a dialog.

1. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.
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If you mix a post-apocalyptic storyline with Vonnegut's humanist compassion and humor, the result is a literary goldmine that bears re-reading.

2. The Watchmen by Alan Moore.
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This graphic novel is the be-all, end-all of the superhero genre.

3. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1
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Well, it contains Beowulf, Shakespearean Sonnets, Milton, Sidney's Astrophil and Stella sonnets, and Jonathan Swift, plus a lot of boring stuff that I would probably get around to reading if I had nothing else to do besides spear fish and crack coconuts. Or else, I could use it for kindling.

4. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
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Ignatius Reilly is arguably the most comical character of American literature. His consistent application of medieval philosophy (Fortuna's wheel) would probably help me cope with the bad luck of being stranded.

5. Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Steven King.
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My favorite book of the Dark Tower series...enough said.

9/20/08

Desert Island Movies

Crisi and I have been watching The Office season 2. Inspired by their conversation of desert island movies while the office was burning down, I thought I would post images from my desert island movies too.

1. The Big Lebowski
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