Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Cave Dwellers

The Onion: Our Dumb Century

Rambo Singlehandedly Wins Vietnam War

The Big Lebowski

Smokey this is bowling not nam, there are rules!

Robot Hive Exodus

Clutch reinvents themselves again

Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk

Amish on acid and media-spawned Messiahs.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Singin', dancin' misogynists in brightly colored shirts

UnEarthed - Johnny Cash

Like you need a reason.

The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester

Tiger, Tiger!

Battlestar Galactica (Season One)

Just like the old series, only completely different and good

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Brian Eno and David Byrne

An entire sonic world washing up around the ears

The Princess Bride, by W. Goldman

S. Morgenstern's Classic tale of True Love and High Adventure

Return of the King: EE

It's the finale, and it's got MORE HOBBITS

Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits

All the GnR you need in one place

The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles

Beautifully photographed, eloquently contextualized, beauty.

Miami Vice: the complete DVD series.

MIAMI FUCKING VICE.

The North Lawrence Midnight Singers... and that Old Time Livin' room Sound

it's the new Jamie record..

The Fifth Element

I... don't know... But so GOOD!

Radiohead - Amnesiac

Kid A Part Deux

Lord of the Silent Kingdom

True Glen Cook. Engrossing, complex, convuluted, excellent.

Radioland Murders

Hijinks and mystery from the time of live radio

Silversun Pickups - Carnavas

The best album I have listened to in forever

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood

A story within a story within a story...

In the Mood for Love

Luscious, luscious Maggie

Happy End of the World - Pizzicato Five

Makes the work day speed away

It blows monkeys asses after eating too many bananas

Love. Angel. Music. Baby by Gwen Stefani

California girl gets loose and dances.

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

A little murder, a little code breaking, and a little Catholic conspiracy

Theophilus North -- Thornton Wilder

Illustrations of human life captured on a page.

The Philadelphia Story

It's funny!

Love and China, Nerissa & Katryna Nields

Catchy, soulful folk-country.

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

Wow, just wow...

Get Over It

I don't know what else to say but brilliant

The Life Pursuit by Belle and Sebastian

Funny little frogs everywhere

A Feast for Crows (A Song of Fire and Ice)

Not your daddy's Fantasy/D&D novel

The Incredibles

Being a dad makes me appreciate this movie so much more

Pinkerton - Weezer

Gets better everytime you listen to it

Alien Quadrilogy

OMG. The last word in Alien fandom.

Blue Wonder Power Milk

A fantastic trip-hop album, ethereal and tuneful.

Veronica by Nicholas Christopher

Atmospheric Urban Fantasy, without Elves!

Turbo Tabla - Bellydance Overdrive

Traditional arabic music meets the phat beats.

If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of A B Movie Actor, by Bruce Campbell

Required Reading

Amelie

Visually stunning. Heart achingly beautiful movie.

And That Old Time Living Room Sound, North Lawrence Midnight Singers

Old fashioned rock, alt-country, with a side of sweetness

Jason DeParle - American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare

An edifying, gripping, and troubling account of the current welfare system.

The Third Man

Orson Welles in my favorite role ever.

Wire - Pink Flag/Chairs Missing/154

First three albums from pioneering abstract post-punkers

Mr. Wilson' Cabinet of Wonder

Wonderful

To Sir With Love

I cry every time

Eyes Open, Snow Patrol

LOVE it

Devil in the White City - Erik Larson

chicago is dirty, the world's fair made it clean

Battlestar Galactica

i'm intrigued

O.A.R. Any Time Now

good driving/running music

Silver Age Sentinels

Merciful Minerva! A good Superhero RPG!

Unforgiven

Possibly the best Western ever made.

Tegan and Sara - This Business of Art

Chick Rock? Dunno. Damn good.

The City of Ember

totally engrossing 'kids' book

Queen Margot

It's Luscious. bloody, sweaty, sexy, brutal history.

Colors by Ken Nordine

strangely compelling

Farmhouse Ales

A fascinating look at the history and brewing techniques of two very distinct Be

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

One of the best B-Movies ever.

Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine

Phenomenal.

Walden: Henry David Thoreau

American wisdom

Run Lola Run

fast paced, off-beat, humorous

Everything Went Numb - Streetlight Manifesto

the new one is good but this one is mandatory

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

Kid growing up; random encounter has life-changing results.

Memento

*brain cramp*

Bach - Goldberg Variations performed by Glenn Gould

Great piano work + Glenn Gould muttering under his breath

Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson

cyberpunk meets Sumerian myth

Better Off Dead

cheesy 1980s John Cusack

The Mollusk -- Ween

diverse, catchy, solid all the way through

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

Sociopolitical wit and romance. How can you lose?

Bad Girls (Series 1-3)

British women. Prison. Mandana Jones.

Rufus Wainwright

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk

moby: replay - his life and times (by martin james)

the biography on moby from a year or three back

moby presents: alien sex party (aka porno the movie)

my friend paul's movie, it's really funny. lots of bonuses.

phonicoid - book of dreams

my old cd. i guess they got those few copies i sent

The Language War

How language is used to frame political debate

Rings Around The World / Super Furry Animals

Sgt. Peppers' for the Information Age

The Republic of Plato

It's time to start thinking about government again

The Stunt Man

Surreal O'Toole Hollywood Mindfuck

Bob Dylan - No Direction Home: (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)

The best poet of the past 40 years let the mask slip (a little)