Desert Island Discs - updated
From Kim's place, via An Englishman's Castle, comes the BBC's version of "Desert Island Discs". This time around, you have to pick eight records (singles - damn it!), one book, and one luxury item (Kim's was a rifle, if you couldn't guess).
I'll have my answers posted some time in the next 20 years or so. I figure it will take me that long to narrow down my song list. Note that much like the Massachusetts State Constitution these days, my list will be a "living document". I reserve the right to change my answers whenever I damn well feel like it.
Records (updates in red):
1. "Freewill" by Rush
2. "Life by the Drop" by Stevie Ray Vaughn
3. "Hell of a Hat" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
4. "Lunch With Ed" by Dogzilla
5. "You Are the Everything" by R.E.M.
6. "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC
7. "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by John Lee Hooker
8. "YYZ" by Rush (from the recently released "Rush in Rio" CD)
(for the rest, see note above - then check back in 2024)
Book:
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" - by Richard P. Feynman
From the Amazon.com review:
Luxury Item:
Hmmmm...I'd pick my guitar, but I kinda suck these days, it's been a while. Maybe a toothbrush and toothpaste. The practical side of me would tell me to bring a Leatherman Wave (or a good folding saw, camp shovel, etc.). I'm gonna have to get back to you on this one as well. Remember, I reserve the right to flip-flop on any these.
UPDATE: Screw it. I'll assume there are critters on the island that I can eat, or that can eat me. I'll go with this:
Remington 870 Marine Magnum 12 ga. shotgun (with several thousand round of birdshot, buckshot, and slugs). That should do it.
I'll have my answers posted some time in the next 20 years or so. I figure it will take me that long to narrow down my song list. Note that much like the Massachusetts State Constitution these days, my list will be a "living document". I reserve the right to change my answers whenever I damn well feel like it.
Records (updates in red):
1. "Freewill" by Rush
2. "Life by the Drop" by Stevie Ray Vaughn
3. "Hell of a Hat" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
4. "Lunch With Ed" by Dogzilla
5. "You Are the Everything" by R.E.M.
6. "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC
7. "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by John Lee Hooker
8. "YYZ" by Rush (from the recently released "Rush in Rio" CD)
(for the rest, see note above - then check back in 2024)
Book:
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" - by Richard P. Feynman
From the Amazon.com review:
Fiercely independent, intolerant of stupidity even when it comes packaged as high intellectualism, unafraid to offend, Feynman informs by entertaining.
Luxury Item:
Hmmmm...I'd pick my guitar, but I kinda suck these days, it's been a while. Maybe a toothbrush and toothpaste. The practical side of me would tell me to bring a Leatherman Wave (or a good folding saw, camp shovel, etc.). I'm gonna have to get back to you on this one as well. Remember, I reserve the right to flip-flop on any these.
UPDATE: Screw it. I'll assume there are critters on the island that I can eat, or that can eat me. I'll go with this:
Remington 870 Marine Magnum 12 ga. shotgun (with several thousand round of birdshot, buckshot, and slugs). That should do it.
