FAVORITES

BOOKS

• Fiction: Toni Morrison's "Beloved." Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake." Margaret Atwood's "The Blind Assassin." Junot Diaz "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."
• Science Fiction: Frank Herbert's DUNE series, Peter F. Hamilton's "Night's Dawn" series, C.S. Friedman's "When Night Falls" series, Roger McBride Allen's "Asimov's Robots" series, Dan Simmons "Endymion" series, Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series; Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky; Richard K. Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs books; Alastair Reynolds' Chasm City and The Prefect books (Revelation Space universe)
  
• Fantasy: Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana; The Fionavr Tapestry trilogy; Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus trilogy; Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials; Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkilller Chronicles; Connie Willis' "Doomsday Book" and "Blackout/All-Clear"; Peter Brett's Demon series; China Mieville's The Scar and Perdido Street Station (none of his others!)
• Mystery: I've read every Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple book written by Agatha Christie (misspent youth!); Emma Lathen, Patricia Cornwell, Robert Barnard, John Morgan Wilson; "Southland" by Nina Revoyr; Ian Rankin; Julia Spencer-Fleming; Louise Penny; Michael Connelly; Peter Robinson; Tana French;
  
• Law: "White by Law" by Ian Haney-Lopez; "Closed Chambers" by Edward Lazarus; "The Brethren" by Woodward and Armstrong;" The Case for Same-sex Marriage" by William J. Eskridge, "The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin.
  

MOVIES

• All time: "Dangerous Liaisons" (Dir. Stephen Frears) and "Spirited Away" (Dir: Hayao Miyazaki)
• 1999: "The Matrix" (Dir. The Wachowski Brothers)
• 2000: "Memento" (Dir. Christopher Nolan)
• 2001: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (Dir. Peter Jackson)
• 2002: "Far From Heaven" (Dir. Todd Haynes)
• 2003: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (Dir. Peter Jackson)
• 2004: "The Incredibles" (Dir: Brad Bird)
• 2005: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (Dir: Nick Park)
• 2006: "Dreamgirls" (Dir: William Condon)
• 2007: "Juno" (Dir: Jason Reitman)
• 2008: "Tell No One (Ne Le Dis A Personne)" (Dir: Guillaume Canet)
• 2009: "Avatar" (Dir: James Cameron)
• 2010: "Inception" (Dir: Christopher Nolan)
• 2011: "A Separation" (Dir: Asghar Farhadi)
• 2012: "Argo" (Dir: Ben Affleck)
• 2013: "12 Years A Slave" (Dir: Steve McQueen)
  

MUSIC

• Jill Scott: "Who is Jill Scott?"; "826+"; "Beautifully Human"
• Sade: "Lovers Rock"; "Love Deluxe"; "Stronger Than Pride";"Promise"; "Diamond Life"
• Me'shell N'dege Ocello "Peace Beyond Passion";"Comfort Woman"; "Bitter"
• Radiohead: "OK Computer"; "Amnesiac";"Kid A"
• Coldplay: "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
• Hans Zimmer: "Soundtrack to 'Beyond Rangoon'"; "Soundtrack to 'Gladiator"'
• Peter Gabriel: "Soundtrack to 'The Last Temptation of Christ'"; "Us"; "So"
• Moby, "Play"
• Kate Bush: "Hounds of Love"
• "Everything Ends" Music from the HBO Original Series Six Feet Under
• Sinead O'Connor: "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"
• Sarah McLachlan: "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy," "Surfacing"
• Annie Lennox: "Diva"
• Terry Ellis: "Wherever You Are"
  
• Electronica: Zero 7 "Destiny","When It Falls"; Massive Attack "Protection"; Craig Armstrong "The Space Between Us", Portishead "Dummy"; Tricky "Maxinquaye" Carmen Rizzo "Lost Art of the Idle Moment"
• Mariah Carey: "Mariah Carey"; "Emotions"; "Charmbracelet"; "Unplugged"; "The Emancipation of Mimi"
• Keane: "Hopes and Fears"
• Opera

TRACKS/SINGLES

• "God Moving Over The Surface Of The Water" by Moby
• "With This Love" by Peter Gabriel
• "This Love" by Craig Armstrong featuring Elizabeth Fraser
• "Weatherstorm" by Massive Attack remixed by Mad Professor featuring Craig Armstrong
• "Clown," "Anytime You Need A Friend," "Bliss," "Always Be My Baby" and "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
• "I Will Always Love You," "Saving All My Love For You," "All The Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston
• "I Will Remember You," "Ice Cream," "Fear" by Sarah McLachlan
• "Clocks" and "The Scientist" by Coldplay
• "Destiny" by Zero 7
• "Nobody Loves Me (Sour Times)" by Portishead
• "Jericho" by The Weekend Players
• "Down Here in Hell" by Van Hunt
• "Embrya" by Maxwell
• "Through The Fire," "Ain't Nobody" by Chaka Khan
• "Adore," "Erotic City," "A Love Bizarre," "Kiss" and "When Doves Cry" by Prince
• "Bitter," "Love Song #3," God Shiva" by Me'shell N'degeOCello
• "A Woman's Worth," "Fallin'," "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore," "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys
• "Breathe Me" by Sia
• "Might As Well Be Strangers" by Keane
• "God" by Tori Amos
• "This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush

TV

• The Closer
• Modern Family
• True Blood
• Lost
• The Simpsons (Now and Forever!)
• Alias
• Six Feet Under
• ER
• The West Wing
• Survivor (Australia,Pearl Islands, All-Stars)
• Battlestar Galactica (2005, 2006)
• Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Universe
• Nip/Tuck (not including the last 2 seasons!)
• 24

Last Updated: Thursday September 01, 2011 02:19 PM