I'd like to meet:
I Would Like To Meet All of The Hard Working Republican Men And Women Of America !!!
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Music:
Luther Vandross
Smooth, adult R&B. Contains "Here and Now," which broke Vandross through to the pop Top Ten long after most people had given up hope that he'd ever cross over
coverEarth Wind & Fire
Groovy 70s Funk. The singles gathered here constitute some of the richest, most sophisticated music the funk movement ever produced; when the absolute cream of the group's catalog is heard in such a concentrated fashion, the effect is dazzling.
coverTower of Power
70s funk from the San Francisco Bay Area. "What Is Hip?" was the biggest single they ever had, but they also had several other smaller hits that captured their sleek, stylized soul-funk quite well, such as "Soul Vaccination."
coverJoe Cocker
British blues. This compilation successfully distills Cocker's highlights, including the splendid "When the Night Comes," onto a single CD.
Rock
coverThe Eagles
Classic easy rocking Southern California hits. The tunes are melodic, and the arrangements -- full of strummed acoustic guitars over a rock rhythm section often playing a shuffle beat, topped by tenor-dominated harmonies -- are immediately engaging.
coverThe Rolling Stones
The Devil's answer to The Beatles? For Stones fans, Forty Licks is about as good as it gets -- and thanks to the variety and punch within, even the casual listener will be left wanting another spin at its end.
coverThe Doors
Psychedelic sixties sexuality. A well-chosen, 19-track compilation balancing the radio hits with the longer, more complex song poems.
coverCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Rock's best barbershop quartet. One of the most hotly awaited second albums in history -- right up there with those by the Beatles and the Band -- Déjà Vu lived up to its expectations and rose to number one on the charts.
coverHall and Oates
70s & 80s pop. With their roots firmly planted in the Philly soul tradition of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff (Teddy Pendergrass, the O'Jays), Hall and Oates transcended racial and chart boundaries with synth-funk-drenched jams such as the irrepressible "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," which spent time atop both the pop and R&B charts.
Classic
coverThe Beatles
What more needs to be said? Beatles 1 is the first single-disc collection that spans every facet of the Fab Four's career, from Merseybeat mavens to punchy rockers to masters of nuanced pop-craft. The 27 chart-topping hits presented herein leave little doubt about why Beatlemania gripped the world in the '60s, beginning with the band's first stateside hit, "Love Me Do," and carrying on through scream-inducing hits such as "Can't Buy Me Love" and "A Hard Day's Night."
coverElvis Presley
The King (and original crossover success). While the title implies it's merely a plain-old "best of," Elvis 30 #1 Hits goes a lot further -- particularly as regards the sound quality, boosted by careful tweaking of original master tapes so that even much-heard favorites like "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up" leap from the speakers with increased zest.
coverFrank Sinatra
Old Blue Eyes. The Very Best of Frank Sinatra is ideal, since it contains all of the true essentials he recorded during the '60s and '70s, including "Summer Wind," "Strangers in the Night," "My Way," "It Was a Very Good Year," and "Theme From New York, New York."
Bill's #1 song:
cover"Rainy Night in Georgia" by Brook Benton
A classic R&B ballad. 20th Century Masters - The Millennium java.util.Collection: The Best of Brook Benton gathers a dozen of the singer/songwriter's greatest hits, including "It's Just a Matter of Time," "Fools Rush In," "The Boll Weevil Song," and his duets with Dinah Washington, "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)."
Movies:
The Godfather Films: I & II (1972, 1974)
The archetypal films that defined three generations' love for Italian-American mobsters. Without this powerful trilogy that explored the lives, minds, and hearts of the heartless, organized crime kingpins, The Sopranos never would have had a chance. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Stars Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton and Al Pacino.
cover The Producers (1968)
Mel Brooks' directorial premiere has become the classic theatrical showbiz farce. Celebrated also for its 2001 theatrical opening, "The Producers" won Best Musical at the 2001 Tony Awards. Directed by Mel Brooks. Stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.
cover Casablanca (1942)
Love sacrificed for the greater good is the theme of this classic WWII romance. The timeless Ingrid Bergman/Humphrey Bogart collaboration has maintained its status as one of the best examples of American cinema ever since its release. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Casablanca stars Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
cover Apocalypse Now (1979)
Officer Willard is assigned to find and "terminate with extreme prejudice" a renegade Green Beret, the self-declared god of a Cambodian tribe. Both the sanity and the survival skills of Officer Willard and his men suffer on their long trip up river. The surreal horror culminates when they reach the infamous Kurtz's compound. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Stars Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen.
cover Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
The Bram Stoker novel is brought to sensuous reality and beyond as Dracula's identity is revealed to be that of Vlad, the Impaler, ancient Transylvanian tyrant. Dracula follows his young lawyer from his creepy castle to London and transforms himself so that he may reclaim his lost love, who has been reborn as the lawyer's fiancée. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Stars Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, and Winona Ryder.
cover Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Based on the true story of the infamous duo and their gang, Beatty and Dunaway are just a couple of crazy kids, beautiful, in love, and very dangerous. Directed by Arthur Penn. Stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
cover Unforgiven (1992)
In 1992 Clint Eastwood reinvented the western genre with this morality tale of a bounty hunter (Eastwood) who must confront a corrupt sheriff (Gene Hackman). Directed by Eastwood, the film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Hackman), and Best Editing. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Stars Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris.
Shampoo (1975)
A bedroom farce that comments on 1970s sexual practices, the film reveals one hairdresser's pivotal experience when pleasure gets in the way of business and he has to decide what he really wants out of life. Directed by Hal Ashby. Stars Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn and Lee Grant.
cover Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The chain gang inmate with a hard man reputation is a hard man indeed. Who can break him? A young Paul Newman at the top of his game backed up by George Kennedy, who won an Oscar for his Supporting Actor role. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Stars Paul Newman.
cover Viva Las Vegas (1964)
A fun Elvis flick where he plays a young race driver on his way to the first Vegas Grand Prix. Trouble is, he has no engine, and there's a girl who keeps distracting him, making him the perfect sucker for his competitors. Directed by George Sidney II. Stars Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret.
cover Saturday Night Fever (1977)
A king of the local Brooklyn disco realizes that he needs to make more of his life, as others get ready to leave him behind. Directed by John Badham. Stars John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney.
cover The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
British WWII POWs are assigned to build a bridge for their Japanese captors. This they do with ironic British aplomb despite the plans of their own Allied forces to blow up the bridge upon its opening. Directed by Sir David Lean. Stars William Holden and Alec Guinness.
cover Dirty Harry (1971)
A San Francisco cop who works slightly above the law is on the trail of a serial killer sniper. It's all in a day's work for Dirty Harry, in this first entry of the classic series. Directed by Don Siegel. Stars Clint Eastwood.
cover The Wolf Man (1941)
In trying to save a gypsy girl from an attack, Larry gets bitten by a werewolf. His father ignores his pleas for help, determined instead to kill the wolf that's terrorizing the village. Directed by George Waggner. Stars Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains.
cover Rocky (1976)
This is the now classic story of an underdog boxer who pushes himself and succeeds in going all the way. Stallone is said to have written the script in three days. Directed by John G. Avildsen. Stars Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire.
cover Young Frankenstein (1974)
Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, a deadbeat, inherits the castle and attempts again to achieve his grandfather's maniacal dream of resuscitating a dead man. Directed by Mel Brooks. Stars Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Terri Garr, Cloris Leachman and Madeleine Kahn.
cover A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Inspector Clouseau refuses to believe the beautiful maid Maria might be capable of committing the murders at the country house where he has been assigned. Hijinks, slapstick, and Maria's beauty all contribute to this successful prequel to the "Pink Panther" series. Directed by Blake Edwards. Stars Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer.
cover The Alamo (1960)
This is the legendary true story of a small troop of American/Texan soldiers who take on the entire Mexican army. Led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, they hole up at a Mission and sacrifice their lives to save Texas from Mexican invasion. Directed by John Wayne. Stars John Wayne, Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey.
The Blob (1958)
An alien blob of jelly takes over a small U.S. town. In his first starring role, Steve McQueen fights back! Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Stars Steve McQueen.
cover Easy Rider (1969)
Two bikers on the fringe of society ride from LA to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They're looking for America but what they find is a crazy mess of cults and personalities. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Stars Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and introducing Jack Nicholson.
Books:
The Boys Of Pointe Du Hoc by Douglas Brinkley
Based upon recently released documents from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Eisenhower Center, Texas A & M University, and the U.S. Army Military History Institute, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc is the first in-depth, anecdotal remembrance of these fearless Army Rangers
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Based on a series of Washington Post stories about a teenage boy's exorcism in the late 1940s, The Exorcist was a hit around the world when it was released in 1971. Blatty's movie screenplay adaptation won an Academy Award for 1973.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer
Shirer's monumental study of meticulous notes and records kept by the Nazis, along with his years of personal observation as a reporter, makes for a cool and objective account of their rise to empire and subsequent fall.
Rising Sun by Michael Crichton
Rising Sun by Michael Crichton
A thriller plotline dominates this exploration of Japanese-US business relations as business moguls compete to gain control of the international electronics industry.
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
A war of superpowers that takes place on land, sea, in the air, and in space, this is a tale, startling in its realism, of the conquest for global control.
Ireland: A Terrible Beauty: The Story of... by Leon & Jill Uris
Ireland: A Terrible Beauty: The Story of... by Leon & Jill Uris
Popular novelist and screenwriter (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral) Uris published this photo-essay in collaboration with his wife, photographer Jill Peabody, in 1975, as a profile of Ireland and its people.
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Adapted for the screen twice (1958, starring war hero Audie Murphy, and 2002, starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser), The Quiet American is set during the French war in Indochina in the 1950s. An idealistic American aid worker forces a luxuriantly settled national reporter out of his lethargy to uncover the young man's quiet mission, and possibly to seek revenge for the loss of his beautiful Vietnamese mistress.
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
Vietnam vet, ex-New Orleans cop, and recovering alcoholic Dave Robicheaux moves with his wife to New Iberia to open a boat rental and bait shop. Retirement to the country is not so easy, however, and in this dark series Robicheaux must keep his wits sharp to solve crime and to stay alive. The first book in the series is The Neon Rain, while the second, Heaven's Prisoners, was made into a film in 1996 starring Alec Badwin.
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert Parker
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert Parker
Heir to Hammett and Chandler for the hard-boiled detective novel kingdom, Parker's P.I. series has saucy repartee, excitement, action, and, new to the genre, a woman to love. Book one is The Godwulf Manuscript.
Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel by Ian Fleming
Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel by Ian Fleming
Sure you've seen the movies, but have you read the books? With a more consistent time line and characterizations than in the films, the popular series has spawned generations of faithful Bond fans. Fleming himself was a British Intelligence agent for many years. It was his own act of attaching a mine to a tanker in an underwater training exercise that inspired the climactic scene in "Live and Let Die." The series begins with Casino Royale, a hard-hitting action novel that Woody Allen and friends made into a mockery of a spy film.
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Having two years' experience as a rifleman, Mailer wrote this novel with wisdom well in advance of his age at the time, about a platoon of thirteen American soldiers stationed on the Japanese-held Pacific island Anopopei.
North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent
North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent
After five years with the Dallas Cowboys, Peter Gent turned to writing, and his North Dallas Forty has become the quintessential professional football novel. Competition and stakes in this arena are high, and those who achieve success pay a high price, too.
Ball Four: The Final Pitch by Jim Bouton
Ball Four: The Final Pitch by Jim Bouton
The Yankees have only recently forgiven Bouton for violating "the sanctity of the clubhouse" when he published Ball Four in 1970, but fans were hungry to read about the baseball heroes they worshipped, and to discover that these icons were real people.
Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell
Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell
Culminating at the Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, Son of the Morning Star explores in depth the military history, the anthropological aspects of Plains Indian life, and the personalities that provide the background to this epic moment in U.S. history.
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
Considered the greatest WWII novel and based on a true story, Higgins tells the tale of a team of Hitler's troops "dropping in" to a small English village in 1943. They infiltrate war time Britain in an attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill and bring him to the heart of the Reich.
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
This tense noir novel pounds readers with 1950s intrigue, a Hollywood prostitution ring of Lana Turner look-alikes, heroin, "hero cops" who work a little outside the law, and the scandal-sheet journalism that ties it all together.
Heroes:
My Only Hero's Are God And My Fan's !!!
