9.20.2006

This might be fun

I was going to post something here, but I couldn't think of anything interesting to say. So I typed this instead.

Anyway, everyone who reads this should list three books and albums that they really like a lot that they want to share with others (try to pick stuff that people might not know about, like not Piper or The Beatles). That would be fun. Mine are:

Albums:
1) Toad the Wet Sprocket - "Coil"
2) Rufus Wainright - "Want Two"
3) Augustana - "All the Stars and Boulevards"

Books:
1) "The Brothers Karamozov" - Fyodor Dostoevsky
2) "Chaos: Making a New Science" - James Gleick (dorky, but fascinating)
3) "A Severe Mercy" - Sheldon Vanauken (this book made me cry)

Ok, this is a good idea. Everyone should participate.

8 Comments:

Blogger Jill said...

What a fun game! I love music and books and my own opinions! Good call on the Augustana and Rufus, too.

Albums:
1) My Morning Jacket - Z
2) Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
3) Beck - Guero

Books:
1) Saul Bellow - Henderson the Rain King
2) Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
3) Richard Mouw - Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport

Abe, also there was a book I read for class called Interdisciplinarity by Joe Moran, and I thought of you the whole time. It's not exactly light reading, but I really think you would enjoy it. He talks about the interrelatedness of the sciences with the humanities, particularly literature, and how all that should be approached in higher education. During the class discussion I was really wishing you, DT, and Kim could be there!

8:02 PM  
Blogger Jennifer R. said...

Well, let's see. I have no clue how mainstream most of my stuff is, so I'll just throw it out there...

Albums:
1.) Me Died Blue--Steven Delopoulos
2.) Beautiful Collision--Bic Runga
3.) Room Noises--Eisley

Books:
1.) Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sienkiewicz
(It made me cry. It's fiction, but every Christian should read it.)
2.) The Lottery Rose, by Irene Hunt
(also makes me cry, every time I read it)
3.) The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins

I'm pretty sure those are the only two fiction books that have ever inspired tears. I just thought I'd add that so people wouldn't think I'm a crybaby. Hehe.

10:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

aight, i'm gonna try...

albums:
uno - carencro by marc broussard
dos - satisfied by lindsey kane
tres - hot fuss by the killers

all three of these are must-haves for me, and all three are making each day of my life right now : )

books:
uno - the awakening by kate chopin
dos - the view from saturday by e.l. konigsburg
tres - the yellow wallpaper by charlotte perkins gilman

the first is one of my absolute favorites. i've probably read it 15 times. the second is a great bit of fun. the third is a feminazi-ish take on life, but it's short and flipping good.

10:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
2. Madonna - The Immaculate Conception
3. Selah - Greatest Hymns

1. Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables
2. Elisabeth Elliot - In the Shadow of the Almighty
3. The Reformed Pastor - Richard Baxter

1:37 AM  
Blogger Brady said...

Albums:
1) Quiet is the New Loud - Kings of Convenience
2) I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes
3) The Hour of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

Books:
1) Gödel, Escher, Bach - Douglas R. Hofstadter
2) The Imitation of Christ - Thomas À Kempis
3) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig

12:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. Tears of Joy by Tuck and Patti
2. Satellite Rides by Old 97s
3. Twentysomething by Jamie Cullum (lots of you probably have heard of this, but if not, you should listen to it; it's one of my favs)

1. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (please don't think I'm shallow)
2. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
3. Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (it's better in French, but if you don't know French, English is okay, too)

10:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Albums:
1] New Way to Be Human - Switchfoot
2] Make Yourself - Incubus
3] Brightblur - Massivivid

Books:
1] Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
2] Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman
3] After Dachau - Daniel Quinn

2:04 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Albums:
1. Shane Barnard & Shane Everett - Psalms
2. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
3. Charlie Parker - The Strings Album

Books:
1. Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment (His best was already taken.)
2. Victor Hugo - Les Miserables
3. John Steinbeck - East of Eden

8:21 AM  

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