These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

My 10 Favorite 90s Songs

2011-09-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

Warren G - Regulate
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang
Spacehog - In the Meantime
Belle & Sebastian - Judy and the Dream of Horses
Notorious BIG - Juicy
Pearl Jam - Black
Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash
Daniel Johnston - Rock n Roll EGA
Yo La Tengo - Double Dare

My 100 Favorite Bob Dylan Songs

2011-06-11T12:49:00.000-07:00

For the sake of simplicity I'm only including individual songs once (i.e. Visions of Johanna is listed, so you won't find the acoustic version of the song, Freeze Out, elsewhere on the list). The same goes for basically-the-same-songs, like New Danville Girl and Brownsville Girl.

100. Ring Them Bells
99. Jokerman
98. Only a Pawn in Their Game
97. Too Much Of Nothin'
96. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
95. To Be Alone With You
94. Precious Angel
93. Workingman's Blues #2
92. Meet Me In the Morning
91. On A Night Like This
90. Absolutely Sweet Marie
89. Tiny Montgomery
88. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
87. Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
86. Million Dollar Bash
85. The Times They Are A Changin'
84. Hurricane
83. On the Road Again
82. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
81. I and I
80. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
79. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre
78. It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
77. New Morning
76. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
75. Forever Young
74. Mississippi
73. Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
72. John Wesley Harding
71. Highlands
70. Thief on the Cross
69. Mr. Tambourine Man
68. I Shall Be Released
67. You Ain't Going Nowhere
66. Sign on the Cross
65. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
64. Not Dark Yet
63. Thunder on the Mountain
62. All Along the Watchtower
61. Caribbean Wind
60. Ballad of a Thin Man
59. Day of the Locusts
58. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
57. Isis
56. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
55. Po' Boy
54. New Pony
53. To Ramona
52. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
51. Subterranean Homesick Blues
50. Desolation Row
49. Goin' to Acapulco
48. Maggie's Farm
47. I'm Not There
46. Simple Twist of Fate
45. If Not For You
44. Everything Is Broken
43. Blind Willie McTell
42. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
41. Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
40. Blowin' In The Wind
39. Gates Of Eden
38. Series Of Dreams
37. Masters Of War
36. She's Your Lover Now
35. With God On Our Side
34. Romance In Durango
33. It Ain't Me Babe
32. Buckets of Rain
31. The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar
30. Most Of The Time
29. One More Cup Of Coffee
28. Make You Feel My Love
27. Shelter From The Storm
26. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
25. She Belongs To Me
24. Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
23. Queen Jane Approximately
22. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
21. Sign On The Window
20. Every Grain Of Sand
19. Girl From The North Country
18. New Danville Girl
17. Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
16. All I Really Want To Do
15. Positively Fourth Street
14. As I Went Out One Morning
13. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
12. Talking World War III Blues
11. One Of Us Most Know (Sooner Or Later)
10. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
9. I Want You
8. Visions of Johanna
7. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
6. Lay Lady Lay
5. Idiot Wind
4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
3. 4th Time Around
2. Tangled Up In Blue
1. Like A Rolling Stone

Best Of: 20 Overlooked Bob Dylan Songs

2011-05-28T17:21:00.000-07:00

20. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie
19. Every Grain of Sand
18. Most of the Time
17. Brownsville Girl (alternate: New Danville Girl)
16. Precious Angel
15. Who Killed Davey Moore?
14. Caribbean Wind
13. As I Went Out One Morning
12. Series of Dreams
11. Mississippi
10. Jokerman
9. Sign on the Cross
8. I'm Not There
7. She's Your Lover Now
6. I Wanna Be Your Lover
5. Every Grain of Sand
4. New Pony
3. To Ramona
2. The Mighty Quinn
1. I Shall Be Released

My 100 favorite movie moments

2011-03-27T17:50:00.000-07:00

In no particular order.

Warning: I tried to keep them to a minimum, but there are spoilers below. Can't help it.

1. Rushmore "These are my O.R. scrubs." "Oh are they?"
2. Unforgiven Delilah recites William Munny's criminal biography to him. Munny begins to drink.
3. Blowup David Hemmings rolls a quarter between his fingers while listening to two girls.
4. Rocky III Clubber Lang interrupts Rocky's statue's unveiling.
5. Jackie Brown Sam Jackson menacingly enters Max's office at night.
6. Patton George C. Scott's opening speech.
7. The Third Man Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles talk on the Ferris wheel.
8. Five Easy Pieces Jack Nicholson gets mad while ordering at a diner.
9. Don't Look Back "I don't read Time, I don't read Newsweek, I don't read any of those magazines. They just got too much to lose by printing the truth. You know that."
10. Glengarry Glen Ross Alec Baldwin's performance.
11. Black Swan Natalie Portman brags to her mother about what she was up to last night.
12. Deep Blue Sea Sam Jackson is eaten by a shark.
13. Anchorman The brawl.
14. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World "Bread makes you fat?"
15. The Odd Couple Jack Lemmon makes two British lushes feel sorry for him as Walter Matthau prepares drinks. (fun fact: I originally included the scene in Swingers in which Jon Favreau tries to call his ex-girlfriend while in the girl's trailer, until I realized it was just this season redone)
16. Vanilla Sky Good Vibrations plays as Tom Cruise runs around.
17. Jurassic Park The first shot of a brontosaurus.
18. Toy Story 3 The toys approach the incinerator.
19. Clockwork Orange Alex's droogs fight Billyboy's gang.
20. Full Metal Jacket Private Pyle shoots his drill sergeant.
21. The Godfather Sonny's death.
22. The Godfather II Fredo's death.
23. On the Waterfront Marlon Brando tries to fit his hands into a pair of gloves while talking to Eva Marie Saint.
24. Jerry Maguire "You had me at hello."
25. The Shining Danny sees the two girls in the hall.
26. The Last Kiss Zach Braff waits outside the front door.
27. The Virgin Suicides Peach schnapps at Homecoming.
28. Bonnie and Clyde Warren Beatty tries to charm Faye Dunaway's mother as he eats an ice cream sandwich.
29. Inglourious Basterds The stand-off in the bar.
30. True Romance The stand-off/John Woo homage.
31. Predator Billy challenges the Predator on the bridge.
32. The Wizard "He touched my breasts!"
33. Reservoir Dogs Mr. Orange kills Mr. Blonde.
34. The Departed Mark Wahlberg kills Matt Damon.
35. The Warriors The montage of all the gangs coming out to look for the Warriors.
36. Once Upon a Time in the West "Did you bring a horse for me?" "Well... looks like we're... looks like we're one horse shy." "You brought two too many."
37. I <3 Huckabees Mark Wahlberg argues with his wife as she leaves him.
38. The Good the Bad and the Ugly Tuco runs through the graveyard to Ennio Morricone's The Ecstasy of Gold.
39. A Gunfight "You stay the hell away from me, you hear?"
40. Return of the Jedi Wedge blows up the Death Star.
41. Bullitt The car chase.
42. Fast Times at Ridgemont High "You know Damone, I always stick up for you. They say 'oh, Damone that loud mouth' - and they say that a lot. I say 'oh, no you just don't know Damone.' I mean when they call you an idiot, I say 'Damone's not an idiot.' Well, you know something maybe they know you pretty good."
43. Goodfellas Joe Pesci gets whacked.
44. Star Wars: A New Hope Red Leader's attack run.
45. Clerks "He's right... I love her." "So that's it; he doesn't love you."
46. Igby Goes Down Jeff Goldblum beats up Kieran Culkin.
47. Night of the Hunter The children see their uncle dead in the river.
48. Almost Famous The bus ride after William and Russell's long night before.
49. Seven Brad Pitt opens the box.
50. The Other Guys The Rock and Sam Jackson aim for the bushes.
51. Death Proof The girls kick the hell out of Kurt Russell.
52. Annie Hall Christopher Walken drives Woodie Allen and Diane Keaton to the airport.
53. Manhattan "You have to have a little faith in people."
54. Rear Window Grace Kelly climbs the wall.
55. Rosemary's Baby The baby shower.
56. The Life Aquatic Bill Murray fights back against the pirates.
57. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas "Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. A normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop heart. Make the bastard chase you. He will follow. But he won't know what to make of your blinker signal that says you are about to turn right. This is to let him know you're pulling off for a proper place to talk. It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it."
58. Cool Hand Luke Luke eats 50 eggs.
59. The Royal Tenenbaums "Here I come!" moments before Owen Wilson crashes his car in the side of the house.
60. Paths of Glory "You can go to Hell before I apologize to you now or ever again!"
61. Oldboy The reveal.
62. Ocean's Eleven Sammy Davis Jr. sings Ee O Eleven.
63. X2: X-Men United The shape of a phoenix appears in the lake.
64. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "Guns or knives?" "Neither?" "Pick!" "I don't want to shoot with you, Harvey."
65. Planet of the Apes Charlton Heston sees that his friend has been lobotomized.
66. The Devil's Rejects Diamond Dallas Page beats up the Firefly family.
67. Brian's Song "I love Brian Piccolo."
68. Good Will Hunting Matt Damon argues with a Harvard student at a bar.
69. The Social Network "I'm 6'5", 220, and there's two of me."
70. They Live Roddy Piper sees Reagan-alien on television.
71. Pulp Fiction The dance contest.
72. The Bridge on the River Kwai Alec Guinness realizes what he has done.
73. The Seventh Seal Max von Sydow accidentally reveals his strategy to Death while in the confessional.
74. Heathers "Football season is over, Veronica. Kurt and Ram had nothing left to offer the school except date rapes and AIDS jokes."
75. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back "I love you!" "I know."
76. Wonderboys "People don't think, James."
77. Johnny Got His Gun Joe is unable to communicate while in his hospital bed.
78. Rocky Rocky first starts to train, and gets his ass kicked.
79. Knife in the Water The young man plays a game of quickly stabbing a knife between his fingers.
80. The Graduate The opening scene as Dustin Hoffman makes his way through the airport.
81. Aguirre: The Wrath of God Monkeys begin to overtake the boat.
82. Let the Right One In Cats attack the vampire.
83. Unbreakable The flashback montage of Sam Jackson learning the weaknesses to different buildings and trains.
84. Goldfinger "That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!"
85. The Darjeeling Limited The slow spanning shot of different passengers in their rooms.
86. North by Northwest Cary Grant is forced to drink bourbon and then drive.
87. 2001: A Space Odyssey Apes start to use weapons.
88. Dr. Strangelove The president explains the situation over the phone to the Soviet premier.
89. Lost in Translation Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Airsoft.
90. Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leatherface waves his chainsaw around in frustration at the end of the movie.
91. The Last Temptation of Christ Jesus begins to become more confident as a public speaker.
92. Spinal Tap The limo driver rants about Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra. The window is rolled up on him.
93. Munich One of the Jewish Olympians has an opportunity to escape through his room but turns around, takes out a terrorist, grabs his gun, but then gets shot to death.
94. Fantastic Mr. Fox Every scene involving the animals eating food.
95. Dogma "Raining down sulphur is like an endurance trial man. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, outside of soccer."
96. Help! The Beatles go to bed in their home.
97. Saw The ending.
98. Cruel Intentions Every time Ryan Phillippe drives his Roadster.
99. The Great Escape Steve McQueen tries to get away on motorcycle.
100. Mean Streets Harvey Keitel walks through the bar, greeting everyone he sees to the Rolling Stones' Tell Me.

My five favorite characters from LOST

2010-11-28T15:15:00.000-08:00

5. Richard Alpert
4. Martin Keamy
3. Benjamin Linus
2. Mr. Eko
1. John Locke

My five favorite songs by the Smashing Pumpkins

2010-11-28T15:14:00.001-08:00

5. 1979
4. Cherub Rock
3. Behold! The Nightmare
2. Soots and Stars
1. Thru the Eyes of Ruby

My five favorite old-school professional wrestlers

2010-11-28T15:12:00.000-08:00

5. Jake Roberts
4. Dusty Rhodes
3. Ric Flair
2. Roddy Piper
1. Randy Savage

My five favorite films by Ingmar Bergman

2010-11-17T20:16:00.003-08:00

5. Through A Glass Darkly
4. Fanny and Alexander
3. Shame
2. Wild Strawberries
1. The Seventh Seal

My five favorite films by Stanley Kubrick

2010-11-17T20:14:00.000-08:00

5. Lolita
4. Full Metal Jacket
3. Eyes Wide Shut
2. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1. Clockwork Orange

My five favorite Seattle sports seasons

2010-11-17T20:11:00.002-08:00

5. 2009 Seattle Mariners
4. 1995 Seattle Mariners
3. 2005 Seahawks
2. 1995-1996 Sonics
1. 2000 Seattle Mariners

My five favorite films from the 2000s

2010-11-17T20:07:00.000-08:00

5. There Will Be Blood
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Kill Bill
2. I <3 Huckabees
1. Almost Famous

Top five music acts I just don't like

2010-11-17T20:03:00.000-08:00

5. Tupac
4. Grizzly Bear
3. Pavement
2. Girl Talk
1. Lady Gaga

My ten favorite episodes of South Park

2010-11-16T20:15:00.000-08:00

10. Child Abduction Is Not Funny
9. Asspen
8. Cartman Joins NAMBLA
7. The Biggest Douche in the Universe
6. Woodland Critter Christmas
5. Return of Chef
4. The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers
3. Butters' Very Own Episode
2. Trapped in the Closet
1. Scott Tenorman Must Die

My four favorite members of the rat pack

2010-11-16T20:14:00.000-08:00

4. Frank Sinatra
3. Peter Lawford
2. Sammy Davis Jr.
1. Dean Martin

My four favorite Beatles

2010-11-11T18:39:00.001-08:00

4. Ringo Starr
3. John Lennon
2. Paul McCartney
1. George Harrison

My ten favorite comic book characters

2010-11-11T18:37:00.000-08:00

10. Sentry
9. Black Bolt
8. Black Panther
7. Hal Jordan
6. Nightwing
5. Captain America
4. Dr. Strange
3. Magneto
2. Cyclops
1. Batman

My six favorite songs by Bob Dylan during his thin wild mercury period

2010-11-10T20:45:00.001-08:00

6. Positively Fourth Street
5. Fourth Time Around
4. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
3. She's Your Lover Now
2. I Want You
1. Visions of Johanna

My ten favorite songs I might have heard on "alternative" radio in the 1990s

2010-11-10T20:33:00.000-08:00

10. Weezer - El Scorcho
9. Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
8. Alice in Chains - Man in a Box
7. Oasis - All Around the World
6. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
5. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
4. Sublime - Santeria
3. Pearl Jam - Black
2. Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
1. Spacehog - In the Meantime

My favorite Rocky movies

2010-11-10T20:25:00.001-08:00

6. Rocky V
5. Rocky IV
4. Rocky II
3. Rocky Balboa
2. Rocky III
1. Rocky

My ten favorite Criterion Collection films

2010-11-10T20:18:00.000-08:00

10. The Earrings of Madame de...
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
8. Dazed and Confused
7. The Battle of Algiers
6. If...
5. Paths of Glory
4. The Third Man
3. Wild Strawberries
2. Seven Samurai
1. The Seventh Seal

My ten favorite Simpsons episodes

2010-11-10T20:04:00.000-08:00

10. Lemon of Troy (the lemon tree)
10. Selma's Choice (Selma takes Bart and Lisa to Itchy and Scratchy Land, Homer gets sick off a sandwich)
8. Homer the Great (the Stonecutters)
7. The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show
6. Cape Feare (the Simpsons move to Cape Feare to escape Sideshow Bob)
5. You Only Move Twice (Hank Scorpio)
4. A Fish Called Selma (Selma dates Troy McClure)
3. 22 short Films About Springfield
2. Marge Versus the Monorail
1. Last Exit to Springfield (the power plant employees go on strike, Lisa needs braces)

My five favorite Wes Anderson movies

2010-11-10T20:02:00.000-08:00

5. The Darjeeling Limited
4. The Life Aquatic
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
1. Rushmore

My 100 favorite albums

2010-11-10T19:38:00.000-08:00

100. The Rentals - Return of the Rentals
99. The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
98. Ron Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
97. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
96. Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis
95. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreaks
94. Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee
93. Ben Folds - Rocking the Suburbs
92. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
91. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
90. Arcade Fire - Funeral
89. She & Him - She & Him Vol. 1
88. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
87. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
86. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
85. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
84. Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
83. Bruce Springsteen - The River
82. Television - Marquee Moon
81. Nirvana - Unplugged in NY
80. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages Of...
79. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
78. Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off
77. Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy
76. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
75. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
74. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
73. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
72. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
71. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
70. Led Zeppelin - IV
69. Neil Young - Harvest
68. Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
67. The Rolling Stones - Their Satantic Majesty's Request
66. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
65. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
64. Pearl Jam - Ten
63. The Pixies - Doolittle
62. Lou Reed - Transformer
61. The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines
60. Radiohead - In Rainbows
59. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
58. Johnny Cash - American Music IV
57. Nirvana - Nevermind
56. Radiohead - OK Computer
55. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
54. Elliott Smith - XO
53. Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory
52. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
51. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Dark Hours
50. Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
49. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
48. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
47. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
46. Nirvana - In Utero
45. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
44. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
43. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
42. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
41. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
40. The Who - Who's Next
39. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
38. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
37. Led Zeppelin - III
36. Paul Simon - Graceland
35. The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
34. Beck - Sea Change
33. Radiohead - The Bends
32. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
31. Kanye West - The College Dropout
30. Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Love Songs
29. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
28. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
27. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
26. The White Stripes - Elephant
25. Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings
24. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
23. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
22. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
21. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
20. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
19. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
18. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
17. Led Zeppelin - II
16. Bob Dylan - New Morning
15. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
14. The Rentals - Seven More Minutes
13. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
12. The Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
11. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
10. Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song
9. Weezer - Pinkerton
8. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
7. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
6. The Beatles - The Beatles (the white album)
5. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
4. The Beatles - Revolver
3. The Strokes - Is This It
2. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde