Mr Dibble: You think of yourself as a daring traditionalist, of the nostalgic black-wearing type. A Romanticist in the old use of the term.
Novel: Foucault’s Pendulum (Eco) or If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (Calvino)
Short Story: Garden of Forking Paths (Borges) or The Dead (Joyce)
Film: Oh, sheesh. Blazing Saddles or Blade Runner?
Current TV Show: Can I hope for Futurama? The new Dr Who?
Musical. Hedwig, I suppose. Or Rocky Horror.
Painting: Van Eyck’s Canon van der Paele
Comic book: The Tick
How about this - I don’t really have favorite things? My likes are very transitory - I don’t think I can say that there is one book/movie/tv show/recipe, whatever, that I default to.
danceswithcats, you seem to have a real appreciation for honesty and prefer it be presented in an engaging yet classic manner. Okay, I’d suck as a critic.
Musician: Neil young (Old Man)
Comic artist: Berke Breathed (Bloom County)
Painting: John Constable (The Hay Wain)
Movie: Jeremiah Johnson or Fandango
Non-fiction: Bertrand Russell (The History of Western Philosophy)
Fiction: Cormack McCarthy (All the Pretty Horses)
TV: Monday Night Football
Hmmmm… maybe you have trouble committing to one thing?
Favorite novel: Mark Z. Danielewski’s “House of Leaves”
" short story: Stephen King’s “Everything’s Eventual”
" film: Fight Club
" television show (currently on air): Lost
" musical: Evita
" painting: René Magritte “Goncolde”
" comic book run: Sandman
lieu , you love manly man stuff but also have a very thoughtful, intellectual side. You lean socialist and have a good sense of humor.
Musician(s): The Gourds (Song: Cracklins or Pickles)
Painting: Flora by Waterhouse
Favorite movie: Persuasion
Favorite TV show: Firefly
Favorite fiction: Pride and Prejudice or any Discworld
Favorite non-fiction: Last Chance to See
Favorite food: Thai (Spicy Chicken Mint)
You like strong, highly emotional experiences, even if they are occasionally disturbing. You like to be surprised, but don’t mind the occasional dose of predictability.
here’s mine:
Short story: (collection) David Foster Wallace: ‘Girl with Curious Hair’
Novel: Michael Chabon: ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’
Film: ‘The Shawshank Redemption’
Opera (in lieu of Musical): Mozart: Don Giovanni
Painting: Picasso’s ‘Don Quixote’
Non-fiction book: Bill Bryson: ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’
TV Show: Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
I would guess you are sort of a dreamy adventurer with a romantic streak. However, you possess a depth of interest in things that interst you most people will never know. You like to know why and believe that hope is the one thing you should never lose.
Here’s Mine:
Favorite novel: “Watership Down” By Richard Adams
short story: Ray Bradbury’s “Rocket Man” and “All of Summer in a Day”
film: Probably “It’s a Wonderful Life”
television show (currently on air): Law and Order (even without Lenny)
musical: Assassins by Sondheim
painting: Van Gough, Starry Starry Night
comic book run(Limited Series): Watchmen by Alan Moore
You have a fascination with the dark side, but believe that justice, or at least karma, might prevail. You find truth in the saying “I may be lying in the gutter, but at least I’m looking at the stars”.
Here’s what I got…
Favorite:
novel: Joseph Heller’s “Catch 22”
short story: Fredrick Pohl’s “Tunnel Under The World”
film: Apocalypse Now (not Redux)
television show (currently on air): King of the Hill
musical: “Springtime For Hitler”
artwork: Ralph Steadman’s cover art from “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”
comic book run: Alan Moore era “Swampthing”
Favorite novels (tie): Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Favorite non-fiction books (tie): The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant; Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
Favorite living author: Camille Paglia.
Favorite classical music: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
Favorite current TV show: America’s Funniest Home Videos.
Favorite website: SDMB.
Favorite month: October.
VL Mungo, you are keenly aware of the insanity of the world but combat it with an absurd sense of humor.
OK, mine:
Novel: Either Beloved (Toni Morrison) or Love in the Ruins (Walker Percy)
Short Story: A Fratricide (Kafka)
Non Fiction: Please Kill Me: An Uncensored Oral History of Punk (McNeil and McCain)
Film: The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover
Musical: I can’t stand musicals.
Painting: one by El Greco–I think it’s called The Grand Inquisitor
TV Show: King of the Hill
Comic: the only one I can think of is a compilation called Commies From Mars: The Red Planet
Movie: Apocolypse Now
TV Show: The Simpsons
Book: Siddhartha
Play: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Album: Kind of Blue
Poem: If, by Rudyard Kipling
Rock Group: The Clash
You like raw, confrontational art (as exemplified by your love of “the Simpsons”), but temper your angry in-your-face attitude with an appreciation for quirkily amusing fair (such as “Apocalipse Now” and “the Clash”). You appreciated twisted reasoning (“R & J are dead”)
My Fav’s:
Movie: “Suddenly, Last Summer”
Novel: “Freddy’s Book” by John Gardner
Album: “Volunteers” by Jefferson Airplane
Play: “Buried Child” by Sam Shepard
Comic Book: Walt Simonsen’s run on “the Mighty Thor”
Catch-phrase: “The whole universe is completely insane!” uttered by Mr. Natural
web-site: Angry Aliens’ “30 Seconds…with Bunnies!” theater
You’re particularly good at explainging things, esp. at framing problems. I can’t explain how I get that from what you wrote.
I don’t have seven favorite things, instead, I have the following observation about myself:
I never know how to answer when people ask me “What’s your favorite x” for any particular x.
I can say this. Here are some things I have recently enjoyed very much:
the TV show 12 Ounce Mouse
The song “Eve of Destruction” as rewritten by the group Bishop Allen
A philosophical argument that relations are identical to their converses.
My wife’s clever one-liners, though no particular one comes to mind ATM.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Um–you like quirky and out of the mainstream things. I am not familiar with the TV show, the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (sound like a beer to me) etc. So, I also conclude that you love and respect your wife. This makes you a Good Guy.
fav novel: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
fav short story: A Small, Good Thing by Raymond Chandler.
fav film: too many to count. How about Casablanca?
fav TV show: if fictional, Six Feet Under, if not-TDS.
fav musical: currently, Spamalot
fav painting: almost any landscape–oh, Pisarro.
fav poem: Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening , by Frost. Or You Do Not Have to Be Good (first line, can’t think of title or poet)
eleanorigby, you are old-fashioned. You like traditional things, and enjoy the simple comforts of home and family, though you are open-minded and liberal at the same time.
Favorite novel: As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
Favorite short story: “The Deathbird,” Harlan Ellison
Favorite film: Bladerunner (The Director’s Cut)
Favorite current TV show: Deadwood
Favorite musical: Cats
Favorite painting: Van Gogh’s irises
Favorite comic book: The Watchmen, by Alan Moore, and The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman
Rubystreak, you’re not afraid to contemplate things of a darker nature, but you are not necessarily “dark” yourself. You’re a bit different from others around you, but not so much that you can’t fit into social situations rather well.
With these, keep in mind that honestly there’s at least a 3 way tie for every category, but I felt that’d be cheating or weakening the idea. Unless someone wants to see my other ones to see how it changes my ‘profile’.
Favorite novel: “One Hundred Years of Solitude” - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Favorite short story: “The Library of Babel” - Jorge Luis Borges
Favorite film: Pi
Favorite current TV show: scholarly biographies of historical figures (like Napoleon, Czar Nicolas, Otto von Bismarck, etc that go into historical context and impact instead of just a glossy biopic)
Favorite play: Death of a Salesman (prefer to read over watch, though)
Favorite painting: Le Portugais (The Emigrant) - Georges Braque
Favorite band/musician: Einstürzende Neubauten
