Anyone have a good book, movie or song to share?

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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Movie - Kurosawa's film, Ran

    One of my all time favorite movies. Glad to see another Kurosawa fan on here.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    TrixieCat wrote:
    g under p, thank you! That looks great.
    My son would dig that.

    Here's the website where you can purchase the book and cd @ "WHAT I BE"

    Also Michael Franti is a dear friend of mine and since being a pre-school teacher for 5+ years this book really works well for children of all ages.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    mammasan wrote:
    One of my all time favorite movies. Glad to see another Kurosawa fan on here.
    Hey mama, I loved that movie, as well! :)
    Did you see Amores Perros? Great movie.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • drtyfrnk29
    drtyfrnk29 Posts: 846
    Trix, I think you'll find this gentleman's work very inspiring... :)
    I'm so dangerous I smoke dynamite.

  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    http://thelastseason.com/

    It's a great book....but I only read when I'm on vacation.....I need to take a few more weeks off! :p
  • Mike Renzella
    Mike Renzella Posts: 55
    Music: Black Keys: Magic Potion. Was recently suggested to me in Other Music thread and its awesome.

    Book: His Dark Materials. I just finished the second of three books in this series, and despite being located in the young adult section of the bookstore, it's a very good series with some very interesting ideas found within, it has been called Anti-Christian, but I am finding it more 'Organized Religion phobic'.

    Food: Thai, bro, Thai.
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  • Blanche
    Blanche Posts: 247
    Book - 100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Film - Kikujiro by Takeshi Kitano
    Song - Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn and John
    Food - Brazilian mangoes
  • brainofme
    brainofme Posts: 231
    i just looked at my bookshelf and saw all the books that i have read in school.
    here are a few recommendations of the ones that have been translated to english:

    Robert Schneider: Brother of Sleep
    Marlen Haushofer: The Wall
    Friedrich Durrenmatt: Physicists
    Vienna, Austria 2006
    Munich, Germany 2007
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Book - First Love by Ivan Turgenev
    Film - Buffalo 66
    Song - Answering Machine by The Replacements
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    failedpersephone wrote:
    the playdough ice cream was good??

    hmmn, let's see I have been listening to Carbon Leaf (they are new to me, but not new)


    and I can't wait for Lars and the Real Girl (movie)
    Just saw Lars and The Real Girl.
    pretty good movie. sweet and funny.
    is there something wrong with me?
    because I love Being John Malkavich, Dummy and now this flick.
    All have dolls, dummies, puppets theme in them.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    My favorite book ever: Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins
    A close second: Still Life With Woodpecker, Tom Robbins
    Tied for third: Lamb, Christopher Moore and The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Or a new food?
    :)

    I also tried to buy a Love cd....it was 30 dollars! I think maybe I will make sure they are good first.

    Of course they're 'good', jeez, who recommended it in the first place?
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Book: The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
    Movie: Brighton Rock
    Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3hXXn_dIYM (Seems topical)
  • Lukin66
    Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    Bill Bryson - A Brief History of Nearly Everything
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Lukin66 wrote:
    Bill Bryson - A Brief History of Nearly Everything

    I read Bryson 'life and times of a thunderbolt kid', on me hols last year. It's really great.

    We should get a book swap club sorted.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    Books:

    White Noise by Don Delillo (or any other book by Delillo)
    Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
    Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
    The RingWorld series by Larry Niven (great sci-fi writer)
    Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
    Letters by John Barth

    All books that have made a big difference in my life.
    To pie I will reply
    But mr. justam
    is who I am

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  • Lukin66
    Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    jamie uk wrote:
    I read Bryson 'life and times of a thunderbolt kid', on me hols last year. It's really great.

    We should get a book swap club sorted.
    lol, I'd be in
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    I'm reading

    Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

    Picked it up after seeing it in a 100 best books list (I was looking through the list trying to find the weirdest books possible, most were about romance or death blllllergh). It's VERY strange, but VERY good. I like it, but then again I usually like weird books.
    I think it's a translated book because sometimes there are words missing and there's quite a bit of bad grammar, but it doesn't get in the way too much.
    Paul
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  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    fowls wrote:
    I'm reading

    Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

    Picked it up after seeing it in a 100 best books list (I was looking through the list trying to find the weirdest books possible, most were about romance or death blllllergh). It's VERY strange, but VERY good. I like it, but then again I usually like weird books.

    The title of your book reminded me that I forgot to include one of my favorite authors, Kafka. Three great books are The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. I loved all of them. Kafka also reminds me of Frank Miller's graphic novels like Sin City, which I also love.
    To pie I will reply
    But mr. justam
    is who I am

    "That's a repulsive combination of horrible information and bad breath."-Pickles

    "Remember, death is a natural part of the workplace. So, when you see a dead body at work, don't freak out, just ring your death bell." "ting"-Toki Wartooth
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    westsidepie wrote:
    Books:

    White Noise by Don Delillo (or any other book by Delillo)
    Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
    Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
    The RingWorld series by Larry Niven (great sci-fi writer)
    Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
    Letters by John Barth

    All books that have made a big difference in my life.
    I just recently read Shelby's Waiting Period...rec'd by Byrnzie. It was awesome. As I read, I kept thinking how ballsy he is, his writing...I could never admit to those thoughts, nevermind commit them to paper and then publish them.
    I am going to put Last Exit on my list.

    Movies I have seen lately that are awesome:
    JUNO! :)
    No Country For Old Men

    Book:
    Eat, Pray, Love....great for me in this period of my life

    Music:
    Silverspun Pickups
    Iron and Wine

    Oh and, um....Pearl Jam!
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away

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