Listen to them. They are ace!

Book: The Catcher In The Rye
Film: The Leopard
Music: Anything by Action Swingers

Book: Crime & Punishment

Movie: Lawrance of Arabia

Record: Coltrane

hm well catcher in the rye maybe it's like herman hesse's demian, one of those books that work best in late adolescence (regardless of chronological age); to a grownup, holden may come across as a bit of a self-obsessed little shit, but he's still quite endearing though.

about the leopard however i cannot say enough good things-- i love that movie dearly, it's truly extraordinary, one of visconti's best, and claudia cardinale is just a feast for the eyes. do yourself a favor & rent this RIGHT NOW, but if you have to wait until you get a properly letterboxed & well transfered version it's worth the extra patience. god fuck i love this movie!!

LifeDistortion - On the Coltrane trip, the first album of his I ever bought was "Live At The Village Vanguard again". Monstrous versions of 'Naima' and 'My Favourite Thing', and both features Pharoah Sanders on horse-strangling tenor.

Cheers for the recommend, will check this out!

Short Cuts, as in the movie. Can't find the fucker anywhere.

album - Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed

film - The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles

film - something by Seijun Suzuki other than Pistol Opera

i was going to write "don't worry about it much, it's good but not that great" and then i did a google & found out that there are actually 2 versions of that movie & i'm sure i saw the chopped off one.

look.

so, time to hunt down the original (if it exists...).

anyone here on greencine?

Film: I have yet to see and want to see Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima
Book: Hockney's book Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the techniques of ancient masters
Album: cannot think of one I want to listen to that I have not

i love Dune. it's dense, but it's good.

as for me:

book: The Hunters by Thomas S. Gressman (i keep starting it, but never finish it)
film: Coffee & Cigarettes (oddly, i own it)
music: Songs About Fucking by Big Black (i think i'm actually going to order it today, just got my tax return)

Put down what you are doing right now and seek out Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter. Both are utterly magnificent with Branded to Kill perhaps having the edge. I'd also reccommend Youth of the Beast and Tatooed Life.

Book: Tropic of Cancer
Album: What's Going On
Film: Blue Velvet

Album:....hmmmm....stuff by Big Black
Movie: the Godfather
Book: some stuff by Philip K Dick

All definitely worth checking out. Maybe go for Blue Velvet first.

Movie: Caddyshack
Book: Ullyses
Album: The Raincoats, Transformer, something by Supersuckers, something by Spacemen 3

gmku - see if you can pick up the Spacemen 3 singles compilation. It's damn great, and a v good intro to the world of the Spacemen.

Why do you always post about stuff that is so obvious?