A LIST TO FULFILL A LIST OF LISTS

Zombyboy posted a list of lists he’d like listed. Well, I’m in a list-making mood, so let me tackle not just one of these, but . . . wait for it . . .

. . . how about all ten?

Favorite All Time Albums

1. Uncle Tupelo, No Depression
2. Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach, Painted From Memory
3. Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto, Getz-Gilberto
4. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Terra Brasilis
5. Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
6. Los Amigos Invisibles, New Sounds of the Venezuelan Gozadera
7. The Sundays, Static and Silence
8. Cocteau Twins, Four-Calendar Cafe
9. B-52’s, Cosmic Thing
10. Stan Kenton, Kenton in Hi-Fi

Favorite All Time Movies

1. Apollo 13
2. 12 Angry Men
3. In the Company of Men
4. Bruce Almighty
5. Whale Rider
6. Goodfellas
7. Absence of Malice
8. Philadelphia
9. Crumb
10. Roger and Me

(Sub-Category) Science Fiction/Fantasy Films

1. Star Wars (Episode IV)
2. Tron
3. . . . nothing more; I don’t like sci-fi.

(Sub Category) Dramas

That would be every movie on my above list except for three.

Favorite World Leaders

Current, or of all time? Let’s go with all-time:

1. Winston Churchill
2. John F. Kennedy
3. King Hussein
4. Vaclav Havel
5. Abraham Lincoln
6. Nelson Mandela
7. Corazon Aquino
8. Charlemagne
9. Duke Frederick of Saxony
10. Dag Hammarskjold

Favorite Foods When Inebriated

(DISCLAIMER: I don’t get inebriated anymore.)

1. Totino’s Pizza Rolls (Deluxe variety)
2. White Castle cheeseburgers, as many as I could afford
3. Buffalo wings
4. Pringles
5. Subway Cold Cut Trio
6. French toast
7. Vending-machine burritos
8. Cap’n Crunch, straight from the box
9. Sixlets
10. Cinnabons

Most Beautiful Cars

1. 1964 Ford Mustang
2. 1989 Honda Civic 4-door
3. 1997 Chrysler Thunderbolt concept car
4. 1959 Morris Mini
5. 1967 Chevy Impala
6. 1966 Dodge Charger
7. 1955 Chevy Bel Air
8. 1963 Ford Galaxie
9. 1955 Chrysler New Yorker
10. 1973 Ford LTD

Favorite Authors

1. Charles Baxter
2. Richard Russo
3. Charlotte McLeod
4. Garrison Keillor
5. Joe Queenan
6. Larry Woiwode
7. Harlan Ellison
8. Peter DeVries
9. Kathleen Norris
10. Robert Farrar Capon

(Sub-Category) Favorite Science Fiction/Fantasy Authors

1. Harlan Ellison

Favorite Books

1. WLT: A Radio Romance (Garrison Keillor)
2. Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon (Joe Queenan)
3. Believers (Charles Baxter)
4. The Cardinal Virtues (Andrew Greeley)
5. The Blood of the Lamb (Peter DeVries)
6. The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry (Brock Yates)
7. The Book of Nightmares (Galway Kinnell)
8. Made In America (Bill Bryson)
9. The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1,001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (Dave Marsh)
10. Dakota: A Spiritual Geography (Kathleen Norris)