i've already listed my favorite blogs and online magazines, and you've probably already got your faves, but this is for everything else. this is opinionated, and im not claiming expertise. dont get offended when you realize my opinion is not the same as yours. and let me here your opinions too, because im sure there will be some that slip my mind. and if there are any categories that would inspire debate let me know...
desert island records: (that is, not the best ever, but the most enjoyable and long lasting; and yes guilty pleasures are ok)
1 Nirvana "Unlpugged"
2 Notorious BIG "Ready to Die"
3 The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers"
4 Radiohead "Kid A"/"Ok Computer"
5 Michael Jackson "Number Ones" (if i only get one michael, its a greatest hits)
Honorable Mention: Stevie Wonder "Songs in the Key of Life", Mos Def "Black on Both Sides", Lou Reed "Transformer", The Beatles "White Album" disc two, not one, The Strokes "This Is It", and anything else that includes any solo project, side project or collaboration from either Jack White, Dave Grohl, or Mos Def.
movies: which may have to be categorized more specifically and dorkishly later
1 Rushmore
2 The Godfather
3 Inglorious Basterds (barely beating out Pulp Fiction)
4 Pulp Fiction
5 Sin Nombre
6 Adaptation
Honorable Mention: Jurassic Park, Fight Club, The Matrix, Notting Hill, Pans Labyrinth, Snatch, The Royal Tenenbaums, City of God, The Deer Hunter, Back to the Future 1 & 2, 28 Days Later, Closer, American Beauty, and The Prestige
Dishonorable Mention: anything with Eric Roberts (sorry Jake), Couples Retreat, Observe and Report, anything Michael Moore (except Roger and Me), Irreversible, and any Pierce Brosnan Bond after Goldeneye.
Books
1 Heavier Than Heaven: Kurt Cobain's Bio
2 Of Mice and Men
3 Guns, Germs, and Steel
4 Where the Wild Things Are
5 No Country For Old Men
6 American Psycho (in its intended tone of satire, not horror)
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