(In no particular order)
| Reporter: "John Lennon, welcome to America. How do you find it?" John Lennon: "Go to Canada and turn left." |
Last Train Home, performed by Pat Metheny (from his "Still Life (Talking)" CD)
Too Hip for the Room, performed by Patrick Williams (from his "Dreams and Themes" CD)
Native Tongue (New at Two), performed by Craig Chaquico
Shake it Loose, performed by Eric Marienthal
Anything performed by John Mayer
New Shoes, performed by Paolo Nutini
Cold Duck Time: Many performers do this ultra-funk piece so well that I hesitate to name only one. But Eddie Harris (who played it with Les McCann at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival) did my favorite version (I believe that Cold Duck Time is a Harris original). If you appreciate funky jazz, then you have to listen to this piece.
Dressed in Black, performed by Ben Harper, featuring Charley Musselwhite
Take Five, performed by Al Jarreau
Mornin', performed by Al Jarreau
Harvest Moon, performed by Neil Young
Appalachian Spring written by Aaron Copeland
Rodeo written by Aaron Copeland
Fanfare For The Common Man, written by Aaron Copeland
The Cliffs of Dover, performed by Eric Johnson
On Broadway, performed by George Benson (his live performance album)
Chase the Dragon, performed by Steely Dan
Dirty Work, performed by Steely Dan
Reelin' in the Years, performed by Steely Dan
Halleluiah Chorus, directed by Quincy Jones (from the "A Soulful Celebration" CD)
Change the World, performed by Eric Clapton
Me and Bobby McGee, performed by Janis Joplin
Summer Time, performed by Janis Joplin (Woodstock album)
Book of Days, performed by Enya
Money for Nothing, performed by Dire Straits
Hiway 61, performed by Bob Dylan
Subterranean Homesick Blues, performed by Bob Dylan
Oh What a World, performed by Rufus Wainwright. From his CD, "Want One"
Motherless Child, performed by Richie Havens (live album)
American Dream, performed by Crosby, Stills and Nash
Losing My Religion, performed by REM
Let it Be, performed by The Beatles
Hey Jude, performed by The Beatles
Imagine, performed by John Lennon
Revolution, performed by the Beatles (White Album) (sung by John Lennon)
Smokin', performed by Boston
I'm Going Home, performed by Ten Years After (from the "Ten Years After Recorded Live" album)
Thriller album, performed by Michael Jackson.
Red Red Wine, performed by UB40
Can't Help Falling In Love, performed by UB40
Come With Me, performed by Led Zeppelin
Rock and Roll, performed by Led Zeppelin
Hook, performed by Blues Traveler
Theme from Shaft, written and performed by Isaac Hays (the lyrics are garbage; the music is genius)
Brain Salad Surgery album, performed by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Life is a Highway, performed by Tom Cochrane
Jumpin' Jack Flash, performed by the Rolling Stones
Its all been done, performed by the Bare Naked Ladies
Cubicle, performed by Rhinocerose
Once in a Lifetime, performed by the Talking Heads
The Other Side, performed by David Gray
Wagon Wheel, performed by Old Crow Medicine Show
The Way It Is, performed by Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Almost any song performed by Sting
Almost any song performed by Beck
An American in Paris, performed by the Seattle Symphony
Tommy Emmanuel Check out his version of "Classical Gas".
FAVORITE MUSICAL:
Little Shop of Horrors (either the stage performance or movie)
MY FAVORITE BOOKS:
1984, by George Orwell
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells
Surely You're Joking Mr. Feinman, by Richard Feinman
Profiles in Courage, by John F. Kennedy
Silent Spring, by R. Carson
The Roadless Yaak, edited by Rick Bass
Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken
Pigs at the Trough, by Arianna Huffington
Crimes Against Nature, by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Letters From The Earth, by Mark Twain
FAVORITE OBSCURE MOVIE:
The Big Blue
FAVORITE Sci-Fi Movie:
Alien
FAVORITE Sci-FI "B" Movie:
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
FAVORITE COMING-OF-AGE MOVIE:
The Breakfast Club
FAVORITE CULT COMEDIES:
Pee Wee's Big Adventure, starring Paul Rubens.
Bubble Boy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal
OTHER PHIL ALL-TIME MOVIE FAVES
To Kill a Mocking Bird, original story by Harper Lee. The movie starred Gregory Peck
Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright-Penn, and Gary Sinise
The Shawshank Redemption, starrimg Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman
WANT TO GET INTO PHIL'S HEAD?
Rent the 1999 movie October Skies, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Laura Dern
FAVORITE COMEDIANS:
Lewis Black
The Amazing Jonathan
TEE-VEE:
I'll admit it. I'm a T. V./media junkie. But I usually watch only seven sources:
CNN (90% of my viewing time).
Comedy Central (The Daily Show, South Park, movies).
David Letterman
The Simpsons
PBS (Nova, New Yankie Workshop, Frontline).
History Channel (anything on at the moment).
Discovery Channel (a few features are good, but unfortunately the rest are mindless crap).
FAVORITE DRINKS:
Morning: French roast coffee (black and strong, no sugar), freshly ground, extra-fine grind
Lunch-early afternoon: V8 vegetable juice (the low sodium variety)
Before dinner: Black tea with orange and cinnamon
For medicinal purposes: a lil' spot o' Kentucky bourbon in Coca-Cola (it....uhm.... takes the chill off of a bad flu. Yeah......that's what it does)
MEMORABLE QUOTE:
"If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised." - - Dorothy Parker
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