let me see. i love everything except reggae and this new crazy fo-shizzle rap crap. yes, that undoubtedly means everything: opera, classical, ska, alternative, punk, dance, electronic, rock, metal, jazz... shall I continue?
i know no one will read this, but it sure was fun making this list. so here's a rundown of bands/groups/artists:
10000 maniacs, 2 live crew, 2pac (back when rap was real), 3 doors down, the 5.6.7.8's, the 69 boyz ("tootsie roll"), a-ha, aaliyah, abba (yeah right), ac/dc, ace of base (when i was in 7th grade), adema, aerosmith, aimee mann, air, al green, alanis morissette (before the whole pumping of the stomach thing), alice cooper, alice in chains, alicia keys, alien ant farm, the all-american rejects (only that one song i can stomach), all-time quarterback, america, amii stewart ("knock on wood" -- the song from the year i was born, the year disco died), anastacia (come on, who doesn't love "i'm outta love?"), andre 3000, andrea bocelli, the andrew sisters ("beer barrel polka" baby!), andy williams (just watch "the godfather"), angie martinez (she only had one single), ani difranco, anne murray (hahah, remember those late night commercials for her cds?), annie lennox, another bad creation, anthrax, aqualung, aretha franklin, ashanti (trying to stay young here), the association, ataris, audioslave, avril lavigne (yes, it's true), azam ali, the b-52's, b.b. king, b.j. thomas, babyface, bach, bachman-turner overdrive, bad company, bad english, bananarama, the bangles, barenaked ladies, basement jaxx, bauhaus, beach boys, beastie boys, the beatles, bebe, beck, beethoven, bell biv devoe, belle & sebastian, ben e. king, ben folds, ben folds five, benny goodman, berloiz, beyonce ("naughty girl" mmmmm), big boi, the big bopper, big pun, bikini kill, bill withers, billie holiday, billy idol, billy joel, billy ocean, billy paul, bing crosby (some), bjork, the black crowes, black eyed peas, black sabbath, blackstreet, blessid union of souls, blind melon, blink-182, bloc party, blondie, blood sweat & tears, bloodhound gang, blu cantrell, blue oyster cult, blue swede ("ooo gah chaka ooo gah chaka"), blues traveler, blur, bob dylan, bob marley, bob seger (NOT), bobby brown (pot and all), bobby darin, bobby vinton, boccherini, bon jovi, bond, bonnie somerville, boomkat, boston, boston pops orchestra, boston symphony orchestra, bow wow wow, bowling for soup, brahms, brandy (back in the day), bread, brenda lee, bright eyes, britney spears (come on, who doesn't like her?), bruce springsteen, bryan adams, bubba sparxx, buddy holly, the buggles, bush, butthole surfers, caesars, cake, cake bake betty, canned heat, the cars, cary brothers, cat stevens, cecilia bartoli, chaka khan, charley pride, charlie feathers, charlie rich, charolette church, the chemical brothers, cher and sonny, chet baker, chopin, chris isaak, christina aguilera (trying to hide this one in here), christine shipp, chuck berry, chumbawamba, the church, ciara, classics iv, clinic, the clovers, cocteau twins, coldplay, colin hay, collective soul, commodores, the cooper temple clause, copland, the cranberries, crash test dummies, cream, crosby stills & nash, crowded house, the cure, cyndi lauper, cypress hill, daft punk, the dandy warhols, daniel powter, the darkness, darude, dashboard confessional, dave matthews, david bowie, david gray, dead or alive, dean martin, death cab for cutie, deee-lite, deep purple, default, deftones, della reese, depeche mode, desmond dekker & the aces, destiny's child, the devlins, dexys midnight drivers, diana ross, dire straits, the distillers, disturbed, divinyls, dizzy gillespie, dolly parton (i mean come on), donna summer, donnas, donovan, the doors, dope, doris day, dr. dre (bitches ain't shit...), dropkick murphys, duncan sheik, duran duran, eagles, earth wind & fire, eartha kitt, echo & the bunnymen, eddie money, eddie rabbitt, edie brickell & new bohemians, edith piaf, edwin mccain, eels, electric light orchestra, ella fitzgerald, elliott smith, elton john, elvis costello, elvis presley, elwood, eminem, en vogue, enya, eric clapton, etta james, eurythmics, evanescence, eve, eve 6, everclear, everything but the girl, expose, faith no more ("epic"), fastball, fat boys, fat joe, fatboy slim, federico aubele, fine young cannibals, fiona apple, firehouse, the firm, five for fighting, the flaming lips, fleetwood mac, flock of seagulls, flogging molly, foo fighters, foreigner, foundations, foxy brown, frank sinatra (should go without saying), franka potente, frankie goes to hollywood, frankie yankovic (come on, we all need a little polka), franz ferdinand, the fray, frou frou, fuel, the fugees, garbage, garth brooks (ok, some country), gary jules, genesis, george gershwin, george harrison, george michael, ginuine, gladys knight & the pips, glen campbell (didn't he get caught with pot?), gloria gaynor, gnarls barkley, go-go's, godsmack, golden earing, goo goo dolls, good charolette, gordon lightfoot, gorillaz, green day, grieg, the guess who, guns n' roses, gwen stefani, haddaway, hall & oates, handel, hank williams, hans zimmer, harry belafonte, harry nilsson, harvey danger, haydn, hayley westenra, heart, henry mancini, herman's hermits, hi-five, the hives, hole, the hollies, holly golightly, holst, hoobastank, house of pain, huey lewis & the news, ice-t, ice cube, iggy pop, imogen heap, in flames, incubus, interpol, inxs, iron & wine, iron butterfly, iron maiden, isaac hayes, israel kamakawiwo'ole, j-kwon, jackie wilson, james, james blunt, james taylor, jamie cullum, jamiroquai, jane's addiction, janet jackson, janis ian, janis joplin, jefferson airplane, jem, jennifer lopez (hahah), jerry lee lewis, jessica simpson, jet, jethro tull, jim croce, jim crow, jimi hendrix, jimmy durante, jimmy eat world, joan jett & the blackhearts, joe cocker, johan strass ii, john cougar mellencamp, john lennon, john rzeznik, johnny cash, johnny gill, jolie holland, johnny lang, josh groban, josh rouse, joshua bell, joss stone, journey, joy division, judas priest, julie london, junior senior, junior walker, justin timberlake (eee gads!), k.c. & the sunshine band, k.d. lang, kansas, kanye west, kasey chambers, keane, keith richards, kelis, kelly clarkson, kenny loggins, kenny rogers, keren ann, kermit the frog (& fozzie bear), khachaturian, kid rock, the killers, the kinks, kiss, kool & the gang, korn, kris kross, krs-one, kula shaker, kylie minogue, lamb, las ketchup, latin playboys, lauryn hill, le tigre, led zepplin, leftfield, lemonheads, lenny kravitz, leonard cohen, lesley gore, lifehouse, limp bizkit, linkin park, lionel richie, lisa gerrard, lisa loeb, liszt, lit, little richard, live, ll cool j, london philharmonic orchestra, london symphony orchestra, looking glass, los lobos, lou reed, loudermilk, louis armstrong, louis prima, low, the lox, lucinda williams, ludacris, luscious jackson, lynyrd skynyrd, madeleine peyroux, madness, madonna, mahler, malcolm mclauren, mamas & papas, manfred mann's earth band (just what the fuck are the lyrics of "blinded by the light?"), marcy playground, marilyn manson, marky marky & the funky bunch, maroon 5, marshall tucker band, martha & the vandellas, marvin gaye, mary j. blige, mary mary, massive attack, matchbox twenty, the mavericks, mazzy star, meat loaf, mel torme, melissa etheridge, men at work, mendelssohn, michael jackson, michelle branch, mick jagger, midnight oil, the mighty mighty bosstones, missy elliott, moby, modest mouse, mogwai, monica, the monkees, the moody blues, morcheeba, motley crue, mozart, mr. big, mr. mister, mr. president, muse, the music, mussorgsky, my bloody valentine, mya, nancy sinatra, nas, nat king cole, natalie cole, natalie imbruglia, natalie merchant, natasha bedingfield, naughty by nature, nazareth, neil diamond, neil young, nelly furtado, new edition, new order, new radicals, nick drake, night ranger, nina simone, nine inch nails, nirvana, no doubt, norah jones, the notorious b.i.g., nouvelle vague, oasis, offspring, ok go, ol dirty bastard, orgy, orleans, otis redding, outkast, ozzy osbourne, pantera, papa roach, pat benatar, patsy cline, paul mccartney, paul oakenfold, paul simon, paula abdul, peaches, pearl jam, peggy lee, percy sledge, perry como, peter frampton, peter gabriel, petula clark, phil collins, philip glass, phish, phoenix, pink, pink floyd, pixies, pj harvey, placebo, the platters, poe, pointer sisters, poison, the police, portishead, the postal service, the presidents of the united states of america, pretenders, primitive radio gods, prince, proclaimers, procol harum, prokofiev, propellerheads, puccini, puddle of mudd, the pussy cat dolls (mmmm), queen, queens of the stone age, quiet riot, r.e.m., radiohead, rage against the machine, ram jam, ramones, ray charles, red hot chili peppers, red house painters, remy zero, reo speedwagon, respighi, richie valens, rick james, rihana (staying young again), rimsky-korsakov, rob base, rob zombie, robert palmer, rod stewart (dare i say it???), the rolling stones, rosemary clooney, rossini, roxette, roy orbison, roy rogers & dale evans, run-dmc, rush, the rza, sade, saint-saens, salerosa chingon, saliva, salt-n-pepa, sam cooke, samantha mumba, sammy davis, jr., santa esmeralda, santana, sarah mclachlin, sara vaughan, savage garden, scarling, schubert, scorpions, scott joplin, screamin' jay hawkins, seether & amy lee, semisonic, seven mary three, sex pistols, shakira, sheena easton, sheryl crow, the shins, shirley bassey, shivaree, sibelius, sigur ros, simon & garfunkel, simple minds, sinead o'connor, sir mix-a-lot, sisqo, sister hazel, sister sledge, skeeter davis, sleater-kinney, the smashing pumpkins, the smiths, smokey robinson, snoop dogg, snow patrol, soft cell, sonic youth, soul asylum, soul iv real, soundgarden, southern culture on the skids, spin doctors, spiritualized, spoon, squirrel nut zippers, starsailor, starship, static-x, stealers wheel, steely dan, steppenwolf, stereophonics, steriogram, steve miller band, stevie nicks, stevie ray vaughan, stevie wonder, sting, stone temple pilots, strauss, stravinsky, the strokes, styx, sublime, sugarhill gang, sum 41, the sundays, supertramp, the supremes, swing out sister, swv, system of a down, t.a.t.u., tag team, talking heads, tamia, the tango project, taproot, taylor dayne, tchaikovsky, tears for fears, ted nugent, temple of the dog, temptations, they might be giants, thievery corporation, thin lizzy, third eye blind, thom yorke, thompson twins, the thrills, time zone, tina turner, tindersticks, tlc, todd rundgren, tom jones, tom petty & the heartbreakers, tommy james & the shondells, tommy tutone, toni, tony bennett, tony orlando, tori amos, tosca, total, toto, train, trapt, the trashmen, tricky, truth hurts, tweet, twisted sister, u2, ub 40, ugly kid joe, van halen, van morrison, vanessa-mae, vapors, velvet revolver, verdi, the verve pipe, the verve, the vines, violent femmes, vivaldi, vogues, wagner, warrant, warren zevon, weezer, weird al yankovic, the white stripes, white town, white zombie, whitesnake, whitney houston, the who, wild cherry, willie nelson, wyclef jean, yeah yeah yeahs, yes, young m.c., zero 7, zz top.
Christ, do I really have to give you the run down? Is this necessary. I am a movie GEEK. Let me put it to you this way, my Netflix queue started with 500 and 3 years later, I still have 500 in it. There was a time when I was watching 5 movies a week.
...but to name a few that stand out: American Beauty , Donnie Darko , Requiem for a Dream , Vanilla Sky , Oldboy
remember, it's not TV, it's HBO.
duh, The Sopranos of course. other than that, i do find myself getting sucked into those sappy VH1 shows . please help, they are rotting my soul...
Definitely The Bell Jar . Every teenager should read that book.
Bastard Out of Carolina was kind of freakish, another important book to read for shock value and disturbance.
Prozac Nation is absolutely intoxicating, you go Wurtzel!
White Noise is great. Welcome to Post-Information Age Consumerism.
Then there's a whole slew of geeky Psychology works. But if you're interested, try The Archetypes & The Collective Unconscious by C.G. Jung. And of course ANYTHING Freud.
Please note: I DO NOT recommend Business Class textbooks. It can be helpful if you want to actually function in the world and understand the economy--you know that big driving force that pretty much controls everything we do. But other than that, it's a bunch of horse shit.
Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin, Erik Erikson, J D Salinger, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway, Vincent Van Gogh, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Al Pacino, and Bill Murray. You know, the classics.