the offical stranded on a dessert island entertainment package

[AmoebaD]

here is the scenario. you are banished from your homeland and sent to a desolate micronesian island where there will always be enough food, water etc to survive. you will be alone for the rest of your life. forever. for-ev-errrrr.

however, because god is great, he tells you that he will allow to bring a number of things with you to occupy your time. you are given a big TV with DVD/Audio all that and a nice old school boombox. no computer, no connection to the outside world.

then he tells you... my son, you have been banished, but i love you. i will allow you to choose what entertainment you may have for the rest of your life. there will be no porn. no video games. no magazines.

however, you may choose from your favorite films, books and cds as is. you can not create mixes and matches. another however, you may get 10 of one type of media, 7 of another, and 3 of another. so you may choose 10 books, 7 cds and 3 films. or switch up the categories. this is your destiny.

do this in memory of me, amen.



that is the setup. i think what people choose will show alot about them. i am interested to see what certain posters will say. i will work on mine in a little bit. after i walk my dog.


edit: big books, double cds, long ass movies are ok. just not like the beatles box set or something.

[IlliniFan]

Damn on a dessert island huh? Beaches of graham crust and cream cheese?

[pete's montreux]

I'll do 10 books, 7 CD's and 3 films.

10 books because if I could read one paragraph a day. It would take me several years to read a book and would occupy my time. I would take the Led Zeppelin catalog, of course. The three films would be hard, though.

Unforgiven
Taxi Driver
the Hustler

Hmmm, yep. I'm satisfied.

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Mods, merge this thread into the one I'm about to bump.

[LevisJeans]

I'd bring 10 books that I wouldn't mind rereading, such as Lord of the Flies, Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons. (I can't think of all 10 right now.)

I'd bring Kickin' it Oldschool, You Don't Mess With The Zohan, and Billy Madison, and a few more that I'll edit in sooner or later.

I'd bring Encore, Relapse, The Warm Up.

[AmoebaD]

I'll do 10 books, 7 CD's and 3 films.

10 books because if I could read one paragraph a day. It would take me several years to read a book and would occupy my time. I would take the Led Zeppelin catalog, of course. The three films would be hard, though.

Unforgiven
Taxi Driver
the Hustler

Hmmm, yep. I'm satisfied.

so you want god to just give you 10 random books? dont leave it in his hands, he will give you lil bo peepp or some trash. you won't get to read your beloved anton la vey. just name 3 books and i will accept that. taxi driver is definitely in mine.

[AmoebaD]

I'd bring 10 books that I wouldn't mind rereading, such as Lord of the Flies, Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons. (I can't think of all 10 right now.)

I'd bring Kickin' it Oldschool, You Don't Mess With The Zohan, and Billy Madison, and a few more that I'll edit in sooner or later.

I'd bring Encore, Relapse, and Carter 3.

by the time you turn 16 you will hate your selections.

[pete's montreux]

Dark Tower series definitely, that's 7. The other three can be random. I don't care.

[AmoebaD]

Dark Tower series definitely, that's 7. The other three can be random. I don't care.

i was hoping you were one of the people who would put in a lot of effort. i guess you kind of already had it figured out. good for you.. simpleton!!!!!!

[LevisJeans]

by the time you turn 16 you will hate your selections.


I've considered that, and I'll probably stop watching the movies when I grow tired of them. However, I've had to reread LOTF twice for school and I wouldn't mind reading it again. The same goes for the rest of the books that I picked. I'd probably spend more time reading than watching the movies or listening to music.

[AmoebaD]

you need to take everything into account.

these aren't necessarily a your favorite list. this is more replay value. REPLAY as in the rest of your life. sandlot type foorrr eeevv eerrrrr.

think that through.

[AmoebaD]

whoever gets the most head nods from everyone should get massive rep. that will make these lil kids want to actually show and prove.

[LevisJeans]

you need to take everything into account.

these aren't necessarily a your favorite list. this is more replay value. REPLAY as in the rest of your life. sandlot type foorrr eeevv eerrrrr.

think that through.

Eminem and Lil wayne aren't my favorites. However, I can have them on reply on my iPod all day and I wouldn't get tired of them. Well, Wayne might start to annoy me, but I can listen to Em all day.

Edit: I'll add J.Cole to that list and I'll take Wayne off. I don't mind replaying him.

[pete's montreux]

i was hoping you were one of the people who would put in a lot of effort. i guess you kind of already had it figured out. good for you.. simpleton!!!!!!

How is that not to your liking? Letting someone pick books for you is actually a harder task then picking your own. I'm putting faith in God [this will be the only time I do that], to pick three books that I will enjoy.

[AmoebaD]

Eminem and Lil wayne aren't my favorites. However, I can have them on reply on my iPod all day and I wouldn't get tired of them. Well, Wayne might start to annoy me, but I can listen to Em all day.

Edit: I'll add J.Cole to that list and I'll take Wayne off. I don't mind replaying him.

ok, i guess. but you have to pick 1 album at a time. you can not make a playlist of your crappy hip hop taste. im not dissing, but that is true.

[AmoebaD]

How is that not to your liking? Letting someone pick books for you is actually a harder task then picking your own. I'm putting faith in God [this will be the only time I do that], to pick three books that I will enjoy.

hes gonna give you some bullshti. you know he will. he'll cut the bible in 3 pieces and throw it at you.

[pete's montreux]

hes gonna give you some bullshti. you know he will. he'll cut the bible in 3 pieces and throw it at you.

Bible be some good fiction. Lots of great fantastical stories to keep me entertained for years to come.

[AmoebaD]

Bible be some good fiction. Lots of great fantastical stories to keep me entertained for years to come.

tehheheheh. :oldlol: really, tell me a book you really like. just throw it out there.

i bet you are a Death in Venice type guy. maybe a bradbury fan, get a short story collection. i dunno man, it is on you. gimme one of your favorite books so i can use it to base my opinion of you off of what you choose.

[pete's montreux]

Give me anything from Poe and I'd be happy.

[AmoebaD]

Give me anything from Poe and I'd be happy.

I, being pseudogod, rate Pete's junx B+ because i know he could be more specific and true to his own style and taste. well done.



ima go do fantasy chat with the ladies of the minors, so ... please respond to this.

i want to see what zen does, marlo, doom, AlThor, koolkat, J$, whtie chocalate, momo, god shamgod, jumpaz, phoenix... EVERY BODY JESUS, levi's revision, hippos, catz, anyone who i have seen post.

anyone who wants to play, i respect all of your opinions and what you think. let this thread be something cool where we can all look into each others souls and see if we accept what we find.

[vapid]

Is it one book, or one book series? (same with movies and such.)

[shlver]

here is the scenario. you are banished from your homeland and sent to a desolate micronesian island where there will always be enough food, water etc to survive. you will be alone for the rest of your life. forever. for-ev-errrrr.

however, because god is great, he tells you that he will allow to bring a number of things with you to occupy your time. you are given a big TV with DVD/Audio all that and a nice old school boombox. no computer, no connection to the outside world.

then he tells you... my son, you have been banished, but i love you. i will allow you to choose what entertainment you may have for the rest of your life. there will be no porn. no video games. no magazines.

however, you may choose from your favorite films, books and cds as is. you can not create mixes and matches. another however, you may get 10 of one type of media, 7 of another, and 3 of another. so you may choose 10 books, 7 cds and 3 films. or switch up the categories. this is your destiny.

do this in memory of me, amen.



that is the setup. i think what people choose will show alot about them. i am interested to see what certain posters will say. i will work on mine in a little bit. after i walk my dog.


edit: big books, double cds, long ass movies are ok. just not like the beatles box set or something.
10 Books.
The Bible
Don Quixote
The Chocolate War
As I lay Dying
Autobiography of a Face
The Iliad
The Odyssey
LOTR Trilogy

3 Films
The Shawshank Redemption
Once Upon a Time in High School(Spirit of Jeet Kune Do)
Hero

7 cd's
1945 Liberation
Sky is the Limit
Map of the Human Soul
Remapping the Human soul
Enlightened
Chapter 1/Music Dok2

[AmoebaD]

Is it one book, or one book series? (same with movies and such.)

ummm one book. but you could get like collection works of whoever. not one book series... unless you want 7 books from one series.

same with movies.

everything is independent of everything else.

i know you will wooooo me vapid.

[pete's montreux]

Don Quixote, really?

[shlver]

Don Quixote, really?
It will keep me busy.:pimp:

[pete's montreux]

Have you read it?

[AmoebaD]

10 Books.
The Bible
Don Quixote
The Chocolate War
As I lay Dying
Autobiography of a Face
The Iliad
The Odyssey
LOTR Trilogy

3 Films
The Shawshank Redemption
Once Upon a Time in High School(Spirit of Jeet Kune Do)
Hero

7 cd's
1945 Liberation
Sky is the Limit
Map of the Human Soul
Remapping the Human soul
Enlightened
Chapter 1/Music Dok2

I ain't mad atcha. good stuff, if you really want to read the Iliad and the Odyssey a bunch of times you got my respect. don quixote is one of my favorites, i love it when he is swinging on the windmills. swinging meaning sword swinging if i remember correctly.

i love me some shawshank.. i think it has good replay value. when i see brooks dangling i always tense up.

im not familiar with the music but it looks to be motivational or christian as your posting persona indicates.

good job man, thanks for putting in the effort.

[shlver]

Have you read it?
Parts of it for English homework. I've always wanted to try to read the whole thing but got scared away with the 75 or so chapters.

[shlver]

I ain't mad atcha. good stuff, if you really want to read the Iliad and the Odyssey a bunch of times you got my respect. don quixote is one of my favorites, i love it when he is swinging on the windmills. swinging meaning sword swinging if i remember correctly.

i love me some shawshank.. i think it has good replay value. when i see brooks dangling i always tense up.

im not familiar with the music but it looks to be motivational or christian as your posting persona indicates.

good job man, thanks for putting in the effort.
It's all korean rap.
Iliad and Odyssey was interesting for me in HS.

[AmoebaD]

WOW, a breakthrough.

look at the barriers, breaking down. schlver and pete BFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank the don for that one.

[pete's montreux]

Nah, just gonna say Don Quixote put me to sleep. Incredibly boring, IMO.

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Okay first and foremost hit me up with a silly album that just throws you back to good times. I'm talkin' about some Mark Morrison Return of the Mack, Mystikal - Been soo long or a Limp Bizkit - Nookie type album-piece. Prime for remindin us of the foolz that we r. I'd do pullups on the trees, and chuck spears and swim to this.

Alongside comes a serious quality for artistic purposii. I'd rock either an MJ, Pink Floyd, Weezer, Metallica or Radiohead Greatest Hits. Something with strong variety and redeemable value.

A classical album too... Mozart or Aaron Copland. Would love to hear this while preparing the daily activities for survival.

Books-wize def gotta go with an epic fantasy. Count of Monte Cristo all day err'day. Dude is in a damn deserted island for phucks sake, how'm i supposed to deny him a chance if he'z been thru what I've been thru? Umm I REALLY enjoy Shakespeare and I'd prob go with Othello or Hamlet and try to imitate the iambic pentameter in the fingers w/ sand. Go with a nice dark novel cuz I love monsters and feeling scared kinda dismisses boredom a bit. Some Stephen King sheeyat, either It or The Stand. A Walter Dean Myers inspirational story like Fallen Angels. Some cute collection of limericks or satires. And last but not least the Ramayana, TorahQur'an, and Bible.

[AmoebaD]

Nah, just gonna say Don Quixote put me to sleep. Incredibly boring, IMO.

damnit. i tried.

[RidonKs]

i'm pretty sure the thinking amongst everybody in this thread will be: take the highest number of that with which you will be able to spend the most time, and take the lowest number of that with which you will be able to spend the least time.

i'm jumping on the bandwagon with everybody else and prioritizing books first, music second, and movies third.

now lets see.

books:

rand - atlas shrugged (no question there - possibly the most explosive book i've ever read)
plato - the republic (in case i miraculously spawn kids, i'll need to construct a just society - also to put ayn in her place)
rousseau - the discourses (love his writing)
tolstoy - war and peace (haven't read it, but a safe bet methinks)
dostoevsky - the brothers karamazov (same as above)
bram stoker - dracula
rowling - hp and the deathly hallows (shut up)
o henry - collected short stories
jon stewart - america: a citizens guide to democracy inaction (for yucks)
some stephen king type mystery thriller - maybe the stand or it or something along those lines

edit: actually, i just saw the bible. that might be a fun one, just for kicks. more humour in there than stewart has to offer, that's for sure. ;)




albums (all vinyl, assuming i can have them replaced if they get scratched)

cannibal ox - the cold vein
nas - illmatic
pink floyd - wish you were here
herbie hancock - head hunters
girl talk - feed the animals (for one man dance parties)
zeppelin - mothership (only because i don't want to choose one album, and it's a double)
a classical piece that i haven't decided on, and likely won't decide on for another 10-15 years

yeah, i have yet to get into classical, but i'd take one just on the assumption that my music tastes would continue to evolve. probably a safe bet.




movies

once upon a time in america (original version, for all, what, 6 hours?)
the big lebowski
the dark knight / the matrix (can't decide)






yeah, that would probably suffice. i'd still get bored though. can i bring some juggling balls?

[AmoebaD]

Okay first and foremost hit me up with a silly album that just throws you back to good times. I'm talkin' about some Mark Morrison Return of the Mack, Mystikal - Been soo long or a Limp Bizkit - Nookie type album-piece. Prime for remindin us of the foolz that we r. I'd do pullups on the trees, and chuck spears and swim to this.

Alongside comes a serious quality for artistic purposii. I'd rock either an MJ, Pink Floyd, Weezer, Metallica or Radiohead Greatest Hits. Something with strong variety and redeemable value.

A classical album too... Mozart or Aaron Copland. Would love to hear this while preparing the daily activities for survival.

Books-wize def gotta go with an epic fantasy. Count of Monte Cristo all day err'day. Dude is in a damn deserted island for phucks sake, how'm i supposed to deny him a chance if he'z been thru what I've been thru? Umm I REALLY enjoy Shakespeare and I'd prob go with Othello or Hamlet and try to imitate the iambic pentameter in the fingers w/ sand. Go with a nice dark novel cuz I love monsters and feeling scared kinda dismisses boredom a bit. Some Stephen King sheeyat, either It or The Stand. And last but not least the Ramayana, Qur'an, and Bible.

good, good stuff. i have a strategy that i am still adapting to my plight. but your choices make great sense. the holy books surprise me, you are a complex young man.

gotta get some classical music. calms you down when you are digging for some kind of protein. it would either calm you down or make you crazy on some clockwork orange type shti.

shakespeare eh. good stuff i guess. i would look at like short story compilations personally some kurt von or something. short, classic type stuff.

ain't no shamez in ya gamez on the low tho.

[AmoebaD]

i'm pretty sure the thinking amongst everybody in this thread will be: take the highest number of that with which you will be able to spend the most time, and take the lowest number of that with which you will be able to spend the least time.

i'm jumping on the bandwagon with everybody else and prioritizing books first, music second, and movies third.

now lets see.

books:

rand - atlas shrugged (no question there - possibly the most explosive book i've ever read)
plato - the republic (in case i miraculously spawn kids, i'll need to construct a just society - also to put ayn in her place)
rousseau - the discourses (love his writing)
tolstoy - war and peace (haven't read it, but a safe bet methinks)
dostoevsky - the brothers karamazov (same as above)
bram stoker - dracula
rowling - hp and the deathly hallows (shut up)
o henry - collected short stories
jon stewart - america: a citizens guide to democracy inaction (for yucks)
some stephen king type mystery thriller - maybe the stand or it or something along those lines

edit: actually, i just saw the bible. that might be a fun one, just for kicks. more humour in there than stewart has to offer, that's for sure. ;)


albums (all vinyl, assuming i can have them replaced if they get scratched)

cannibal ox - the cold vein
nas - illmatic
pink floyd - wish you were here
herbie hancock - head hunters
radiohead - ok computer
zeppelin - mothership (only because i don't want to choose one album, and it's a double)
a classical piece that i haven't decided on, and likely won't decide on for another 10-15 years

i'm iffy on that radiohead selection, or even a radiohead selection in general. and yeah, i have yet to get into classical, but i'd take one just on the assumption that my music tastes would continue to evolve. probably a safe bet.


movies

once upon a time in america (original version, for all, what, 6 hours?)
the big lebowski
the dark knight / the matrix (can't decide)






yeah, that would probably suffice. i'd still get bored though. can i bring some juggling balls?

i repped until i wept no more. that is some good pickin right there. i'll give a rant later.

[shlver]

i'm pretty sure the thinking amongst everybody in this thread will be: take the highest number of that with which you will be able to spend the most time, and take the lowest number of that with which you will be able to spend the least time.

i'm jumping on the bandwagon with everybody else and prioritizing books first, music second, and movies third.

now lets see.

books:

rand - atlas shrugged (no question there - possibly the most explosive book i've ever read)
plato - the republic (in case i miraculously spawn kids, i'll need to construct a just society - also to put ayn in her place)
rousseau - the discourses (love his writing)
tolstoy - war and peace (haven't read it, but a safe bet methinks)
dostoevsky - the brothers karamazov (same as above)
bram stoker - dracula
rowling - hp and the deathly hallows (shut up)
o henry - collected short stories
jon stewart - america: a citizens guide to democracy inaction (for yucks)
some stephen king type mystery thriller - maybe the stand or it or something along those lines

edit: actually, i just saw the bible. that might be a fun one, just for kicks. more humour in there than stewart has to offer, that's for sure. ;)


albums (all vinyl, assuming i can have them replaced if they get scratched)

cannibal ox - the cold vein
nas - illmatic
pink floyd - wish you were here
herbie hancock - head hunters
radiohead - ok computer
zeppelin - mothership (only because i don't want to choose one album, and it's a double)
a classical piece that i haven't decided on, and likely won't decide on for another 10-15 years

i'm iffy on that radiohead selection, or even a radiohead selection in general. and yeah, i have yet to get into classical, but i'd take one just on the assumption that my music tastes would continue to evolve. probably a safe bet.


movies

once upon a time in america (original version, for all, what, 6 hours?)
the big lebowski
the dark knight / the matrix (can't decide)






yeah, that would probably suffice. i'd still get bored though. can i bring some juggling balls?
Studying Rousseau and his writings was fun in AP Gov in HS. Had to write reports on Locke, Hobbes, Montesqiue, and Rousseau.
The HP books have good rereading value in my opinion. I've read each at least 4 times.

[vapid]

10 Books:
Extensive Cookbook, dealing with island cuisine I suppose.
Paradise Lost
Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō (Taishō Tripiṭaka, 大正新脩大藏經), or any other recommended collection of Buddhist teachings.
The Confucian Canon in Chinese and English
This Side of Paradise
Universe in a nutshell
Atlas Shrugged
Kingdom Come
Norwegian Wood
Great Expectations

7 Films:
Godfather I
The Matrix
Planet Earth
Kill Bill
In the Mood for Love
Infernal Affairs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (although this and ItMfL could make me depressed about my situation)

3 Albums
Jay Chou: November's Chopin
Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions
Beatles: 1

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Ridonks, you went Deathly Hallows? Surely the epilogue would slaughter your spirit seeing az how you'll be lonely for the rest of your life in a vacant island?

I see myself going PoA or GoF, but I gotcha. I'm surprised that you didn't chooze any techno/electro/trance type thing. That could come in handy. One's mind is quite susceptible to hypnosis isn't it.

[RidonKs]

man, i can't even imagine bringing along the beatles. i like them as much as the next guy, it's super fun music. but i'm pretty sure they'd be off the seven-album rotation within about two weeks. they'd drive me nuts.

damn vap, universe in a nutshell or brief history of time (or briefer history of time) or anything along those lines is tempting. i might replace rousseau or stewart or stoker with a hawking book.




Ridonks, you went Deathly Hallows? Surely the epilogue would slaughter your spirit seeing az how you'll be lonely for the rest of your life in a vacant island?
i'd tear those pages out, write some 'save me' notes on them, and send them off to sea in a bottle. then god would punish me for disobeying him and take my girl talk. and i'd cry.

i suppose i could see myself going with goblet or half blood. the first three are two short though - you'd finish each of them in a single day without a second thought. at least you could put a few more hours into her later (and longer) efforts.

the one thing i would make sure of is to stay the **** away from order of the phoenix. nobody wants to read about harry whining for 700 pages.


edit: i'm not going to edit the mistake out, but i will admit that i feel like a ****ing idiot for making it. feel free to look for it yourself - shouldn't be too hard.

*sigh*

[Rojogaqu11]

books:

bible
cien a

[dab0yech0]

will god be kind enough to give me 3 hot girls of my choice, a basketball court, and a bench press and weights as well?

[AmoebaD]

will god be kind enough to give me 3 hot girls of my choice, a basketball court, and a bench press and weights as well?

yeah, but he'll cut off your weiner and chop off your hands.

[RidonKs]

yeah, but he'll cut off your weiner and chop off your hands.
don't worry though, you can always grow your little member back, assuming you're provided with the appropriate equipment (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147888)

[AmoebaD]

don't worry though, you can always grow your little member back, assuming you're provided with the appropriate equipment (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147888)

man, you totally jacked the republic from me. i am keeping it there anyway. i will be my own philosopher/king.

JELQ THAT ISH. (like woop that trick, woop that trick)

[RidonKs]

man, you totally jacked the republic from me. i am keeping it there anyway. i will be my own philosopher/king.
i'd learn to talk myself into contradicting myself using circular questioning, and then talk myself into contradicting myself again in the same fashion so that i agreed with myself, and then do that again and again endlessly until i had agreed and disagreed with myself so many times that i forget what the original question was. then i'd start again.

i only read it for the first time last year, but it was the most exciting philosophy i've ever had the pleasure of diving into. obviously primarily because of the format, but its a wild exploration that they undertake. i'd take socrates as my all-powerful king over stephen harper as my (somewhat) restricted prime minister.

i read that hemmingway you posted in the reading thread, and i hadn't come across it before. am i honestly supposed to connect that to abortion without being told to? really? i'm honestly curious as to whether hemmingway told people what it was about, or whether they just made a leap of faith / great guess. because that's some incredibly abstract ****.

[AmoebaD]

i'd learn to talk myself into contradicting myself using circular questioning, and then talk myself into contradicting myself again in the same fashion so that i agreed with myself, and then do that again and again endlessly until i had agreed and disagreed with myself so many times that i forget what the original question was. then i'd start again.

i only read it for the first time last year, but it was the most exciting philosophy i've ever had the pleasure of diving into. obviously primarily because of the format, but its a wild exploration that they undertake. i'd take socrates as my all-powerful king over stephen harper as my (somewhat) restricted prime minister.

i read that hemmingway you posted in the reading thread, and i hadn't come across it before. am i honestly supposed to connect that to abortion without being told to? really? i'm honestly curious as to whether hemmingway told people what it was about, or whether they just made a leap of faith / great guess. because that's some incredibly abstract ****.

reading and reenacting the republic on an island would be tough.. socrates needed plato and plato needed socrates, you would be lost in your own personal see of confusion, not knowing or remembering what your point was. you could always guzzle some hemlock.

the white elephants is also got some real deep classical metaphorical meaning.. like they are rare and when you see it you kinda look at yourself and stock in what you are doing... like an abortion. i want people to read stuff like that, not dan brown. who gives a **** what he is babbling about. there is much better stuff out there to read but i digress.

but..... abstract then becomes the reality, alcoholics like to call it a moment of clarity.......

(al thornton will come in and finish the line)

[RidonKs]

the white elephants is also got some real deep classical metaphorical meaning.. like they are rare and when you see it you kinda look at yourself and stock in what you are doing... like an abortion. i want people to read stuff like that, not dan brown. who gives a **** what he is babbling about. there is much better stuff out there to read but i digress.
i've never been a part of the dan brown (and those like him) dissing campaign. i think there's a place for his work. blatant and in your face and, err, 'sh!tty' writer though he may be, he writes some pretty good page turners. mind you, i'm basing this off reading da vinci code and angels/demons when i was 15-16, so maybe i'm remembering wrong. but i do recall churning through that book like no tomorrow. it didn't give me anything to ponder about afterward, but it kept me entertained throughout. sometimes art, as i'm sure you heard, can act as a nice escape.

what would be cooler is if you could fit a whole plethora of themes into that story. that would be neat. this... i'm sure i'd appreciate it more if i studied it in depth with a professor, but what strikes me is that he took a story that *could* have been blatant (perhaps not as much as brown, and likely more poetic, but still) and just stripped it entirely of everything that might give the reader an idea of what the **** is happening - EXCEPT for a bare bare minimum. but then, i haven't exactly thought a ton about the imagery of the white elephant - considering its the title of the story it has to have some significance (perhaps the unborn child?) - so i'm using hyperbole to get my point across. it's neat, but at the same time doesn't strike me as anything genius.

[AmoebaD]

here we go, this is me pouring myself into a thread.


When I choose my books I want a mix of excruciating, difficult dense reading and shorter more crisp flowing writing.

1) So the first book is the political philosophy book I have revisited countless times. It is like a big phonebook with the original text and minor discussion on Plato,Marx, Machiavelli, Kant, Hume, Mill all those guys. That would keep me busy for years.
2) Next I would get the collection of short stories from my favorite boozer and the complete works of ernest hemingway. Top 3 writer to me, his works truly are a movable feast.
3) Next book is the last gift my brother gave me, Great Short Stories of the Masters, featuring some of my favorites like Kafka, Twain, Joyce and even that peachy ***** Virginia Woolf.
4) James Joyce stream of consciousness is some ill shti. If I could only choose one joyce, it would be Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man

[RidonKs]

i've got 'death in venice' sitting on my bookshelf, recommended to me by my sister. she took a lit class on the dark side of hollywood, and that, along with movies like sunset boulevard and mulholland drive, was part of the list. i'll have to crack it open soon.

and man... the graduate was very very close for me. and now that i think about it, mrs robinson parading around in... yeah, i'd be very close to switching out my action choice (matrix/tdk) for that one. absolute classic. pulp fiction and goodfellas also have a ****-ton of replay value, so good calls there.

american politics? on an island by yourself? booo.

[AmoebaD]

i've got 'death in venice' sitting on my bookshelf, recommended to me by my sister. she took a lit class on the dark side of hollywood, and that, along with movies like sunset boulevard and mulholland drive, was part of the list. i'll have to crack it open soon.

and man... the graduate was very very close for me. and now that i think about it, mrs robinson parading around in... yeah, i'd be very close to switching out my action choice (matrix/tdk) for that one. absolute classic. pulp fiction and goodfellas also have a ****-ton of replay value, so good calls there.

american politics? on an island by yourself? booo.

i just like politics, i know. i thought i put that in there how stupid it would be. i liked it though.

you can sub that out and put death of a salesman.

it is just too short.

[Lamar Doom]

10 albums:

Otis Redding Anthology
Marvin Gaye Anthology
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde
De la Soul - Stakes is High
Desmond Dekker Greatest Hits
Jack Johnson - On and On
Beatles - 62-66
Beatles - 67-70
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks


7 movies:

Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars A New Hope
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Big Lebowski
Baraka
Withnail and I
Ghostbusters

3 books:

Great Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Slaughterhouse 5*
Ender's Game*

***(definitely take Kav and Clay, in hindsight i might take two books, preferably long, that i haven't read yet, I hear Gravity's Rainbow is f*cking crazy)

[AmoebaD]

10 albums:

Otis Redding Anthology
Marvin Gaye Anthology
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde
De la Soul - Stakes is High
Desmond Dekker Greatest Hits
Jack Johnson - On and On
Beatles - 62-66
Beatles - 67-70
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks


7 movies:

Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars A New Hope
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Big Lebowski
Baraka
Withnail and I
Ghostbusters

3 books:

Great Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Slaughterhouse 5*
Ender's Game*

***(definitely take Kav and Clay, in hindsight i might take two books, preferably long, that i haven't read yet, I hear Gravity's Rainbow is f*cking crazy)

mad unique lamar doom. the only one so far to hit up that format. its not like any choice of how to structure your package is wrong, it is just that you are the first to break it down like that.

any kurt von is the ****. i remember little about breakfast of champions or welcome to monkey house. definitely stuff to catch up on .

BARAKAAKAKKAKAKAKKAAAAAAAAAA!

you are the man. no doubt about it, mad props for hitting up that cd format. i don't know if it works under the stringent rule, but who cares, all that stuff is amazing that you listed. the funny thing is, i love your movies, but i took a completely diametrically opposed view of how to do it. good stuff. no bill murray on an island.. i would go insane. more so.

i really appreciate you doing this. thanks.

the most unique list i would say.

people who have already posted like vapid who i am looking forward to seeing what he puts, i will have a little commentary at some point. thanks guys.

[vapid]

Oh man, 3 books. I couldn't live like that.

[AmoebaD]

Oh man, 3 books. I couldn't live like that.

yeah, some people are like that. but his list works in my opinion. you would just be watching the movies alot.

in mine, i tried to make sure the movies had good soundtracks. i could stop and start if i really wanted to hear stuff. look at this scene in the graduate thogh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbu6Qp_5Uw&feature=PlayList&p=A6222EE2E7F595A2&index=30

einstein would be proud of that montage. it is still mad stylish and got a fresh flair. the songs were written for the movie so it really works well. that is my favorite 5 minute scene of all time. it shows the passage of so much time, so much building and falling of a relationship.. he jumps into the water, jumpcut to him on top of milf.. it is just well done. really well done. if you really look at the film, and that clip, it is so huge to setting the tone of the rest of the film.

[AmoebaD]

i've got 'death in venice' sitting on my bookshelf, recommended to me by my sister. she took a lit class on the dark side of hollywood, and that, along with movies like sunset boulevard and mulholland drive, was part of the list. i'll have to crack it open soon.

and man... the graduate was very very close for me. and now that i think about it, mrs robinson parading around in... yeah, i'd be very close to switching out my action choice (matrix/tdk) for that one. absolute classic. pulp fiction and goodfellas also have a ****-ton of replay value, so good calls there.

american politics? on an island by yourself? booo.

i don't remember the movie, i am more about the book, thomas mann pimps that shti. but i guess this is a good representation of the ending. don't watch if you don't wanna spoil it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4lq8ss7yN4&NR=1

[AmoebaD]

wow, youtube is the shti, they have all types of stuff. love this poem. i don't like the overdone requiem for a dream thingie though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Lzo_EXXOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kqrr0sxAk0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4XXItJYFKA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6RzJFwDE_8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLBm6Hz9tE&feature=related

[Dasher]

10 Albums, 7 Books, and 3 films.

Albums
Prince-Sign O' The Times
Bone Thugs in Harmony-Best Of
OutKast-Atliens
The Pixies-Doolittle
Joy Division-Substance
Cody ChessNuTT-The Headphone Masterpiece
Minnie Ripperton-Perfect Angel
Prince-Dirty Mind
Rage Against the Machine-Rage Against the Machine
Queen-A Night at the Opera

Books
The Essential Batman Encyclopedia
Assatta:An Autobiography
On The Road-Jack Kerouac
Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
48 Laws of Power-Robert Greene
The Joy of Cooking-Julia Child


Films
Booty Talk #69-71

[AmoebaD]

10 Albums, 7 Books, and 3 films.

Albums
Prince-Sign O' The Times
Bone Thugs in Harmony-Best Of
OutKast-Atliens
The Pixies-Doolittle
Joy Division-Substance
Cody ChessNuTT-The Headphone Masterpiece
Minnie Ripperton-Perfect Angel
Prince-Dirty Mind
Rage Against the Machine-Rage Against the Machine
Queen-A Night at the Opera

Books
The Essential Batman Encyclopedia
Assatta:An Autobiography
On The Road-Jack Kerouac
Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
48 Laws of Power-Robert Greene
The Joy of Cooking-Julia Child


Films
Booty Talk #69-71


booty :applause: :applause: :applause:

you better make some coco oil or sea foam froth for the ole wax on, wax off.

yeah your list is nice. i don't know what you are gonna do with a julia child book besides go insane, or use it to supplement booty talk. i need to hear her voice to truly get one off.

things fall apart is more slept on then feather pillow. i guess it is too ethnic for this white mans world.

nice music, i can't see a hole. 3 booty talks would get repetitive. you should get 1 mr. chews or asian, 1 booty talk, 1 8th street latina greatest hits type deal. gotta keep it fresh.

i know this black guy who says he doesn't like booty talk because they all look beat up and fresh off the street. there is better more refined black outlets for booty worship.

[AmoebaD]

10 Books:
Extensive Cookbook, dealing with island cuisine I suppose.
Paradise Lost
Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō (Taishō Tripiṭaka, 大正新脩大藏經), or any other recommended collection of Buddhist teachings.
The Confucian Canon in Chinese and English
This Side of Paradise
Universe in a nutshell
Atlas Shrugged
Kingdom Come
Norwegian Wood
Great Expectations

7 Films:
Godfather I
The Matrix
Planet Earth
Kill Bill
In the Mood for Love
Infernal Affairs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (although this and ItMfL could make me depressed about my situation)

3 Albums
Jay Chou: November's Chopin
Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions
Beatles: 1

albums to me would get stale, except for the chopin. but that is just me. internal affairs, you like the real deal i see. godfather 1, i would go for 2 personally, i like this song so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y84LTsolFX0
i had the video favorited, but youtube offed that shti. but this scene is good anyway.

is Atlas Shurgs considered a politically conservative gospel? alot of conservative people i know always talk about it, i don't know about it.

good list, plays well for a long and sad life on a deserted island.

i guess the cookbooks are ok.... i was kinda implying you gotta lord of the flies it and kill pigs yourself but i didn't clarify.

[MarloStanfield]

10 Albums:

My Bloody Valentine - 'Loveless'
Sonic Youth - 'Daydream Nation'
Silver Jews - 'American Water'
Joy Division - 'Closer'
The Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds'
David Bowie - 'Low'
Talking Heads - 'Remain in Light'
Velvet Underground - 'Velvet Underground & Nico'
Hank Williams Sr - 'The Complete Hank Williams'
Richard Strauss - 'Also sprach Zarathustra'

7 Films:

2001
Paris, Texas
Miller's Crossing
Wings Of Desire
Fitzcarraldo
Talk To Her
Barry Lyndon

3 Books:

Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Collected Works of C. G. Jung by Carl Jung

[AmoebaD]

10 Albums:

My Bloody Valentine - 'Loveless'
Sonic Youth - 'Daydream Nation'
Silver Jews - 'American Water'
Joy Division - 'Closer'
The Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds'
David Bowie - 'Low'
Talking Heads - 'Remain in Light'
Velvet Underground - 'Velvet Underground & Nico'
Hank Williams Sr - 'The Complete Hank Williams'
Richard Strauss - 'Also sprach Zarathustra'

7 Films:

2001
Paris, Texas
Miller's Crossing
Wings Of Desire
Fitzcarraldo
Talk To Her
Barry Lyndon

3 Books:

Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Collected Works of C. G. Jung by Carl Jung

about 4/5 of your list is over my head like a kuffi, or a yamaka perhaps.

i only know barry lyndon, moby dick, 2001, fitzcarraldo, david bowie, beach boys (excellent choice), and velvet.

your style is a big ? for me. so it therefore must be inferior to mine. good day fine sir.

[vapid]

i guess the cookbooks are ok.... i was kinda implying you gotta lord of the flies it and kill pigs yourself but i didn't clarify.
Cookbook gives me a little more variety in my meals. I was gussing you would allow us sustenance but not give us lavish dishes. THis gives me something to do and improves my lifestyle.

I would be content just studying Buddhist/Confucian texts for the rest of my days. Thats what I plan to do anyways when I get old.

[AmoebaD]

Cookbook gives me a little more variety in my meals. I was gussing you would allow us sustenance but not give us lavish dishes. THis gives me something to do and improves my lifestyle.

I would be content just studying Buddhist/Confucian texts for the rest of my days. Thats what I plan to do anyways when I get old.

tell me about this atlas character who has the propensity to shrug.

[vapid]

tell me about this atlas character who has the propensity to shrug.
That is one of the 3 books (along with the texts) that I havent read on the list. I know what its about but other people could give you a better gist of it.

[gigantes]

...stranded on a dessert island...
consuming the island until i get sick of dessert, then being rescued by a passing ocean liner just before i expire.

next question.

[RidonKs]

tell me about this atlas character who has the propensity to shrug.
quote from the book:

"Mr. Rearden," said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, "if you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling, but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of this strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders - what would you tell him to do?"

"I... don't know. What... could he do? What would you tell him?"

"To shrug."



it's a pretty radical piece of work, but at the same time, wild concepts are brought into the limelight that i, at the very least, had never regarded closely enough or with enough importance. it's about the modern greats of the world, those who make progress 'go', those who carry everybody else with them no matter the cost - if only (taking "only" lightly here) because they believe in the hero that is man, because they believe that his rational capacity for reason is destined to make the world his bitch, to improve himself and separate himself from all other entities and dominate as is his natural course - its about these greats being subjugated to a corrupt system of government that exploits them for the sake of those who produce nothing and move nowhere. its about self-assurance of the heroes who wield no more power than what their intellects can produce vs doubt of the villains who wield no more power than what they can coerce out of those who produce via their intellects. its about living through and for yourself vs living through and for others. achievements based on self-love and greeds vs avoidance of failures based on self-hate and altruism. the atlas metaphor, a pretty profound one in my eyes, is a hint to the course of action the "minds of the world" decide to take - basically, while trying not to give away too much of the book (but still a major portion), concluding "**** everybody but me". sounds selfish? it is.

she's got some pretty misplaced conceptions that are criticized, and actually laughed at, by most scholars. but its still an incredibly intense read that brings to light a great deal of self-contemplation that is generally ignored regarding the individual. not to mention her writing, while occasionally wordy and (often, and consistently criticized as) extremely repetitive, is absolute gorgeous. in my opinion anyways.

beware of the 60 page speech at the end though. took my three sittings to read through that, although i've since read it a few more times. it gets messy at points, but its more or less a breakdown of rand's philosophy, which again is more or less a laughing stock in the academic world.

[Jailblazers7]

saw this because of that weird "JtotheIzzo is fat" shit and I gotta bump it. great thread.

10 books, 7 albums, 3 movies.

10 books:
East of Eden
Hopscotch
Atlas Shrugged (never read which makes it even more important to bring)
American Pastoral
Complete Unabridged Works of Mark Twain
Complete Unabridged Plays of George Bernard Shaw
Brothers Karamazov (never read but dying to)
On the Road or The Dharma Bums (haven't read Dharma Bums yet so idk)
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Dune (I need a good sci fi book)

7 albums:
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
ATCQ - Midnight Marauders
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Radiohead - OK Computer

3 Movies:
Motorcycle Diaries
On the Waterfront
High Fidelity

Picking the complete unabridged works might be cheating a little but I don't care. Tough list to make.

[RidonKs]

amoebaD aka Lamar Doom stay bizzay

[ArbitraryWater]

amazing thread

[RidonKs]

a classical piece that i haven't decided on, and likely won't decide on for another 10-15 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ZPWiUXYPg&list=PLBB71EDE56C6C7AB7

[Derka]

10 Albums...this is by far the hardest one
Dave Matthews Band - Live at Fenway Park (two full shows)
Metallica - XXX (a set of four shows from their 30th anniversary celebration in SF a few years back)
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Johnny Cash - American IV: When the Man Comes Around
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
BB King - Gold
Injected - Burn it Black
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

7 Films/TV Shows
The Lord of the Rings (I'm counting it as one boxset, shut up)
Up
The Dark Knight
Team America: World Police
Doctor Who, series 7
The West Wing, season 1
South Park, season 8

3 Books
Godspeaker (a trilogy of books rereleased recently as a single volume)
The Count of Monte Cristo
An Orgy of George (an omnibus I recently purchased that contains three of George Carlin's books)

[gigantes]

easy... habeneros every night for dessert! dualmente dulce y pica...!

if that's not available, then fresh ceviche made from the local seafood. :D

but damn... you people who posted above me seem to have some of the weirdest ideas i've ever heard for postres.

shit.. i'm saying it's the treat that comes after supper... it's not some island getaway where everything you ever liked in life magically gets attracted to your wishful arse.

save that improbable shit for your dreams, mofos.

Now, begone!