Things I’d take with me to a desert island – assuming there’s a powerpoint.
Albums
01. 3 + 3 – The Isley Brothers [1973]
02. Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo – Aimee Mann [2000]
03. Bookends – Simon & Garfunkel [1968]
04. Featuring “Birds” – Quasi [1998]
05. Giant Steps – John Coltrane [1960]
06. The Hissing of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell [1975]
07. Music Has the Right to Children – Boards of Canada [1998]
08. A Night at the Opera – Queen [1975]
09. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys [1966]
10. Sign “☮︎” the Times – Prince [1986]
11. Ten – cLOUDDEAD [2004]
12. There’s a Riot Goin’ On – Sly and the Family Stone [1971]
13. Tropical Gangsters – Kid Creole and the Coconuts [1982]
14. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground [1967]
15. The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks [1968]
16. Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot – Sparklehorse [1995]
17. We’re a Winner – The Impressions [1968]
18. A Wizard, a True Star – Todd Rundgren [1973]
19. Wowee Zowee – Pavement [1995]
20. XO – Elliott Smith [1998]
Movies
01. Annie Hall – Woody Allen [1977]
02. Black Book – Paul Verhoeven [2006]
03. Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson [1997]
04. Dog Day Afternoon – Sidney Lumet [1975]
05. Double Indemnity – Billy Wilder [1944]
06. Fanny and Alexander – Ingmar Bergman [1982]
07. Fargo – Joel & Ethan Cohen [1996]
08. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Sergio Leone [1966]
09. Harry, He’s Here to Help – Dominik Moll [2000]
10. Kitty Foyle – Sam Wood [1940]
11. Lolita – Stanley Kubrick [1962]
12. The Odd Couple – Gene Saks [1968]
13. Planes, Trains & Automobiles – John Hughes [1987]
14. Raiders of the Lost Ark – Steven Spielberg [1981]
15. Rear Window – Alfred Hitchcock [1954]
16. The Shining – Stanley Kubrick [1980]
17. Sideways – Alexander Payne [2004]
18. Top Hat – Mark Sandrich [1935]
19. The Truman Show – Peter Weir [1998]
20. Vivacious Lady – George Stevens [1938]
Books
01. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy [1878]
02. Animal Farm – George Orwell [1945]
03. Bel Ami – Guy De Maupassant [1885]
04. A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess [1962]
05. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky [1866]
06. Ethan Frome – Edith Wharton [1937]
07. Far From the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy [1874]
08. The Good Soldier Švejk – Jaroslav Hašek [1923]
09. The Group – Mary McCarthy [1963]
10. Hurry On Down – John Wain [1960]
11. In Cold Blood – Truman Capote [1966]
12. Keep the Aspidistra Flying – George Orwell [1936]
13. The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien [1956]
14. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert [1857]
15. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck [1937]
16. Post Office – Charles Bukowski [1971]
17. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier [1938]
18. Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy [1891]
19. Thérèse Raquin – Émile Zola [1868]
20. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy [1869]