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    • steelworkerS
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      John Banville
      Snow
      Eclipse
      The Untouchable
      Bingeing a little

      Pictures at an Exhibition -Mark Harris
      The Devil's Candy-Julie Salamon
      the last 2 are movie books.
      I can't pick top 5. But since you name Leigh-Fermor yeah, that could be one. I remember those books.

      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
      Well, I have others.

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      • JoberwockyJ
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        @chrisjohnnick "keep it together" is a great album  ;D. I come back to it every now and again like a real broken in pair of shoes, "backyard" is a jam

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        • GilesG
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          Thanks G!  🙂

          👍

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • jerkulesJ
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            @neph93 glad to see Kate Bush being represented here. My favourite flits between The Dreaming & HOL, depends on the day.  Great to see Jeff Vandermeer on your list too, The Southern Reach trilogy is a modern masterpiece and is the eeriest stuff I’ve read in a while. I remember enjoying Vurt many years ago when I was reading as much weird Sci-Fi as possible.

            @Nkwkfld how could I forget Knausgaard?! The My Struggle series is really important to me.

            It’s cool to see so many crossovers in taste, and also to receive recommendations of things that have flown under my radar. It’s interesting to me how much crossover there actually is, and that the tastes don’t only align in terms of music, but books as well. This is a very enjoyable thread and I’m surprised one didn’t already exist!

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            • Alex_24A
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              Bukowski was one of the Greatest [emoji119]

              I found him to be a miserable hack.

              …and a degenerate, drunken alcoholic[emoji3516]Don’t sell him short [emoji6]

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              • ARNCA
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                I just can’t get there with books. There are many I’ve enjoyed over the years but only one stands out for constant revisiting. A slight cheat as it’s a collected works, but for me it’s The Complete Saki.

                “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                • GilesG
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                  Interpol - Antics

                  Thanks for the reminder….

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                    Top Five Cringiest songs that have not aged very well 😬

                    I am not going to post these for obvious reasons. But feel free to look them up for yourself 😉 I can actually think if way worse songs but they are completely in poor taste. The list escalates quickly…

                    1. I was made for lovin' you -Kiss
                    2. I can dream about you- Dan Hartman
                    3. Are you ready for the sex girls? -Gleaming Spires
                    4. Gunpoint Affection- Black Market Baby
                    5. Little Girls- Oingo Boingo

                    Honorable mentions:

                    Anything by GG Allin
                    Turn Japanese- the Vapors

                    I had a larger list compiled in my mind earlier but I can't remember now. I know there's another one great one I'm forgetting.

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                    • JoberwockyJ
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                      @Filthy you've got some brutal songs there, bud  😃

                      Pity on the person who uses that list to make a playlist

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                      • MattM
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                        This one should def make that list…

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                        • SKTS
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                          This thread is awesome and I’m inspired by everyone’s lists. Still working on my books and albums but here is one for yesterday’s holiday [emoji1660]

                          Top five horror films

                          The Shining
                          Hereditary
                          Let the Right One In (original)
                          The Exorcist
                          The Witch

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                          • endoE
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                            Just a momentary selection of four out of my top 100.

                            si tacuisses

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                            • SKTS
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                              Doolittle and Sgt. Pepper’s in my first draft as well. Doolittle is the soundtrack to me leaving home for college and Pepper’s is my childhood.

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                              • endoE
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                                Doolittle is the soundtrack to me leaving home for college and Pepper’s is my childhood.

                                same with me  🙂

                                si tacuisses

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                                • BloodnThunderB
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                                  I'll do two Top 5's because Tool deserves it's own.

                                  TOOL:
                                  1 - Aenema
                                  2 - Lateralus
                                  3 - Fear Inoculum
                                  4 - 10,000 Days
                                  5 - Undertow

                                  Not Tool top 5:
                                  1 - Mastodon - Crack the Skye
                                  2 - Metallica - And Justice for All
                                  3 - A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
                                  4 - Lamb of God - Wrath
                                  5 - Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled

                                  • A lot of honorable mentions on this list.

                                  IG: Shadesofindig0

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                                  • LewisStonehouseL
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                                    @BloodnThunder very much a man after my own heart. Love how you had a TOOL top 5 and still snuck a perfect circle album in there

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                                    • JoberwockyJ
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                                      Let the Right One In (original)

                                      Like there was any doubt  😃 😃

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                                      • BloodnThunderB
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                                        @BloodnThunder very much a man after my own heart. Love how you had a TOOL top 5 and still snuck a perfect circle album in there

                                        @LewisStonehouse I've got a fair bit of bias, Maynard & Co. put out way too much good music not to be included on all the lists.

                                        IG: Shadesofindig0

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                                        • SKTS
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                                          @Joberwocky Right!?  What a great flick. So unsettling and cold.

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                                          • JoberwockyJ
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                                            Absolutely @SKT .  Solid horror list

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