Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Some of the most wonderful music ever composed...hip,
radical, street-wise, romantic, playful, dramatic,...it's
all here
The Beatles: Revolver
Finally over the top with two of the best tracks ever, She
Said She Said, and Tomorrow Never Knows...to this day I've
not heard anything to match these tracks
Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros.
Cartoons
an under-rated musical genius from the entertainment of my
childhood
Anne Dudley: Ancients and Moderns
Art Of Noise co-founder strikes a beautiful classically
inspired soundscape. One of the better contemporary
classical records available
The O'Jays: Greatest Hits
BackStabbers, For The Love Of Money, Love Train...the hits
just keep on comin'
Prince: Diamonds and Pearls
He might be a little odd, but man, can this guy lay it
down! I just wish Hendrix were alive to see where Black
music in America would have gone.
Vanessa Daou: Zipless
A vastly under-rated record of cool jazz n groovin. Sexy
and sensual.
Malcolm McLaren: Paris
Love him or hate him, this guy's a genius working it out in
his own way. Another under-rated record. I can listen to
this endlessly.
Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia
The definitive big score from a big movie. It doesn't get
any better than this.
misc: Ivy, Gomez, Eno, Todd Rundgren, Sinatra, Debussy,
King Crimson, Ella, and so many more...
TV
Entourage...last season got off to
a slow start, but the writing improved on each new episode
Huff...now cancelled...ugh...way too smart
i guess, but what a great great show.
Prison Break...so well written its sick...
The Apprentice...guilty pleasure
CNN...pay attention!
The Daily Show...you can't watch CNN and
not watch this.
Letterman...hey, i like stupid pet tricks
Simpsons...my girlfriend hates this...but
she loves Just For Laugh gags..go figure.
any poker show...anytime, anywhere.
FILMS
To Kill A Mockingbird...I read the book
first.,,probably my favorite film ever
Elephant Man...beautifully sad and
human
The Dirty Dozen...perfect popcorn film
The Great Escape...i've seen this like 20
times
Bridge Over The River Kwai...one of my
earliest moviegoing memories
Ben Hur...big big big big big
A Clockwork Orange...and its all come true
hasn't it?
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest...first i
read the book, then i saw the play, then i saw the film. so
should you.
Slaughterhouse Five...I was a Vonnegut
junkie in high-school.
West Side Story..the best musical ever
Moulin Rouge...the second best musical
ever
The Man With The Golden Arm...Sinatra,
Junk, Gambling, Black and White, Jazz, Cool.
The Third Man...Orson Welles, the zither,
the story, the shadows.
Casino...you like Vegas? you like
this.
Goodfellas...guilty pleasure. better to like this
life from afar!
Danny Deckchair...what a beautiful story,
and a vote for the indie filmmaker.
Ferris Buellers Day Off...who doesn't love
this film?!