Long-time favorites along with the newer ones, sans much comment. Sorry if it's long; I'm expecting backlogs from all of you, also.
Books:
- Lorna Doone by Blackmore. The hero reminds me of dad.
- David Copperfield by Dickens. It was 800 (or so) pages, and I was sad to finish it.
- Emma by Jane Austen
Books from our lifetimes:
- I, Claudius
- A Desert in Bohemia by Jill Paton Walsh
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
- The Abyssinian
Movies:
- Delicatessen by Jeunet (Amelie) and Caro. It's not out on DVD in the US, and it's getting difficult to find even on VHS. But it's worth a search.
- City of Lost Children by Jeunet (and maybe Caro). Weirder even than Delicatessen
- Heathers. You know it.
- Old School, for when you're feeling naughty
- Bottle Rocket, the best of the Wilson brothers
- Raising Arizona
- The six-hour BBC (?) version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth. Everyone who likes Bridget Jones should watch this. It's the original.
- Bridget Jones
- Garden State
- the English Patient.
Music:
- Pixies -- these guys are touring again (still!)
- Tom Waits -- Alice, Real Gone, Bone Machine and Mule Variations are my favorites. Even mom and dad liked Alice.
- Elvis Costello -- I love them all. Some people don't like his ballads, but then some people wear mullets and watch Nascar, too.
- the Garden State soundtrack. It's mellow and moving and you can put it on when the kids are home. When they play it in the climbing gym, I climb better. I swear it!
- the Eagles of Death Metal. This is not (!) death metal, I'd call it humorous, big-hair surf.
- Stellastar -- fred introduced me to this when I rode home from Danny's with him and Eileen. It's all the good bits of the 80s in one band: surf guitar, fun pop compositions and Human League vocals. I bought the album the day after our trip.
