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here are some miscellaneous diversions and ramblings . . .

a couple top favorite lists

MY FAVORITE MOVIES (US only, no "Ran", "Das Boot", etc.)

20 "Blade Runner"  
19 John Carpenter's "The Thing"  
18 "Aliens"  
17 "Dr. Strangelove"  
16 "Fargo"  
15 "Raiders of the Lost Ark"  
14 "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"  
13 "Snow Falling On Cedars"  
12 "Fletch"  
11 "Ever After"  
10 "Airplane!"  
9 "The Empire Strikes Back"  
8 Disney's animated "Jungle Book"  
7 "L.A. Confidential"  
6 "Empire of the Sun"  
5 "Bridge On the River Kwai"  
4 "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail"  
3 Terrance Malik's "The Thin Red Line"  
2 "2001: A Space Odyssey"  
1 "Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan"  

 

MY FAVORITE SONGS (With a self-imposed limit of 2 songs per artist!)

50   25 "Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police
49   24 "Call and Answer" - Bare Naked Ladies
48   23 ""Me, Myself and I" - De La Sol
47   22 "Ship of Fools" - World Party
46   21 "Criminal" - Fiona Apple
45   20 "Red Sector A" - Rush
44   19 "Gratitude" - Danny Elfman
43   18 "Candy-O" - The Cars
42   17 "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith
41   16 "Digging In the Dirt" - Peter Gabriel
40 "Desperate But Not Serious" - Adam Ant 15 "Legend of a Mind" - The Moody Blues
39 "Dear God" - XTC 14 "God Shuffled His Feet" - Crash Test Dummies
38 "Private Life" - Oingo Boingo 13 "True Faith" - New Order
37 "This Corrosion" - Sisters of Mercy 12 "Brother" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
36 "The Only One I Know" -Charlatans UK 11 "Mysterious Ways" - U2
35 "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" - Sinead O'Connor 10 "Ugly Truth Rock" - Matthew Sweet
34 "The Unguarded Moment" - The Church 9 "It's Good to be King" - Tom Petty
33 "Hey Jude" - The Beatles 8 "One Tree Hill" -U2
32 "Never Let Me Down Again" -Depeche Mode 7 "Brain Damage/Eclipse" - Pink Floyd
31 "Private Idaho" - The B52's 6 "Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel
30 "Here Comes My Girl" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 5 "Going Under" - Devo
29 ""I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones 4 "Medicine Show" - Big Audio Dynamite
28 "Orange Crush" - REM 3 "The Magnificent Seven" - The Clash
27 ""The Dangerous Type" - The Cars 2 "Starship Troopers" - Yes
26 "Space Oddity" - David Bowie 1 "South Central Rain" -REM

Other songs missing the cut: Fascination (Human League), Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys), What's On Your Mind (Information Society), Beds Are Burning (Midnight Oil), Walking On the Moon (The Police), Pyscho Killer (Talking Heads), Fortress Around Your Heart (Sting), Seattle (Public Image Ltd.), Crime of the Century (Supertramp), Here's Where the Story Ends (The Sundays)  - numerous songs by the Cure, The Who, U2, REM and many, many more that i can't think of right now.