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    • todyT
      tody
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      @Bored-In-Breck said in Your Top 5:

      The "real" show I ever attended was Fugazi in Milwaukee in 93'. Before that it was just local punk rock bands.

      I just turned 15 and unwisely "borrowed" my parents car, filled it with friends and saw Fugazi and Lungfish. It truly changed the course of who I was to become. That sounds a bit cheesy, but it is true. I had the fortune of seeing Fugazi a few other times, but nothing ever compared to that first one.

      I can totally relate to that. Started around the same time and age, and it never really went away.

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        Man I love Lungfish @Bored-In-Breck "Talking Songs for Walking" shook me, listened to that one a ton in the day.

        Think it, be it.

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        • E
          elicious
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          Some great picks here, you all is cultured! 🙂

          Top 5 albums (in no particular order:)

          1. Led Zeppelin II
          2. Supersession - Mike Bloomfield
          3. Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
          4. In the jungle groove - James Brown
          5. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

          More...

          Fragile - Yes
          2112 - Rush
          Frizzle Fry - Primus
          Transmutation - Praxis
          Paid in full - Eric B and Rakim
          Swinging doors and the bottle let me down - Merle Haggard
          Double live gonzo! - Ted Nugent
          Joe's garage - Frank Zappa
          Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
          Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
          Chocolate City - Parliament

          ...you said "5," right? 👅

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          • G
            Gulliver
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            Joining in the fun, in no particular order.

            Radiohead The Bends
            Bloc Party A Weekend in The City
            Sigur Ros. Takk
            Bjork Post/Volta/Debut
            Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The Message

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            • flannel slutF
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              yet another great thread ive overlooked in this forum. Enjoyed reading through everyone’s lists this lazy Sunday.

              In no order:
              David Bowie -“Station to Station” and or “Low”
              Red Hot Chili Peppers -“Blood Sugar Sex Magic”
              Deftones -“White Pony”
              Nirvana -“Unplugged”
              Arcade Fire -“Everything Now”

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              • ddtrashD
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                So difficult to pin this down to 5. Like most people, if I got asked this question next week I would have a completely different set of answers:

                • Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
                • Bob Dylan - Desire.
                • David Bowie - Hunky Dory.
                • Jason Isbell - Live from Alabama.
                • Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.

                There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                • J
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                  Drop kick Murphy’s - do or die
                  Offspring - smash
                  Foo fighters - first album
                  Beastie boys - hello nasty
                  Sublime-self title

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                  • DeeDee85D
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                    Hard to pick 5 books and even harder to pick 5 favourite albums so I’ll post the books and have a good think about the albums…

                    In no particular order:

                    The Crossing - Cormac Mcarthy
                    The old man & the sea - Hemingway
                    Robin Hobb - the whole Fitz saga
                    The Road - Cormac McCarthy
                    Hard to pick a favourite Stephen King but I’m guna go with Bag of Bones

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                    • flannel slutF
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                      I'll play off @DeeDee85 book post (sorry, I'm a child at heart and mostly enjoy escaping with a fantasy novel):
                      The Wise Man's Fear -Patrick Ruthfuss
                      A Storm of Swords -George Martin
                      The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three -Stephen King
                      Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -JK Rowling
                      The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance -Brandon Sanderson

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                      • WhiskeySandwichW
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                        @flannel-slut White Pony deserves a top 5 for sure 😉

                        "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                        -Seneca

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                        • flannel slutF
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                          @WhiskeySandwich hell yeah man 🤘

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                          • KarolK
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                            Top book:

                            1. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, because it is.
                            2. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. No matter how many times I read it keeps on giving.

                            Top movie:
                            3. Interstellar. For showing how cool, cutting edge, theoretical physics can be. Thanks Kip Thorne!
                            4. Django Unchained. The power of story is where characters tell stories.

                            Top music album:
                            5. Any new Pat Metheny’s album. They are all part of one big thing.

                            Favorite:
                            IH-888S-21 | IH-888-XHSib | IH-805 | IH-729-PUR | IH-555-XHS | IH-555S-25MB
                            IHSH-339-SAX | IHSH-341-BLK | IHSH-293-OD | IHSH-362-BLK | IHSH-409-IB | IHSH-336-OD | IHSB-BIGBUCK-BLK
                            IHV-44-BLK | IHV-02-BLK
                            IHJ-75-BLK | IHJ-79-BLK | IHM-37-ODG

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                            • flannel slutF
                              flannel slut
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                              @Karol oh hell yes to Interstellar

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                              • T4920T
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                                @flannel-slut Patrick Rothuss! How gutted are you that he seems have have abandoned the Kingkiller Chronicles... 💼

                                “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                                • flannel slutF
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                                  @T4920 My dude, how beautiful are those first 2 books?? holding out hope that the Doors of Stone will be released some day
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                                  • DeeDee85D
                                    DeeDee85
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                                    @flannel-slut Fantastic to see a fellow fantasy reader come out of the shadows 😂 have you read the Robin Hobb - Fitz novels? Or any of the Mark Lawrence - Thorns trilogy and its sequels? Genuinely bawled my eyes out a few times while the wife was shaking her head at the side of me while ploughing through the Robin Hobbs 😳

                                    Good shout with the Dark Tower, I’m yet to read Patrick Rothfuss but I have heard very very good things…

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                                    • popvultureP
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                                      The Master & Margarita is absolutely one of my top 5 as well. Such an incredible book.

                                      WTB
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                                      • flannel slutF
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                                        @DeeDee85 ha! Love it. I have not read any Robin Hobb but have heard great things; your recommendation may have just pushed it to the top of my what to read next list.

                                        Rothfuss prose is like poetry and is truly one of the more enjoyable fantasy reads out there but as I’m sure your well aware, has no end in sight… here’s a taste of those prose to tempt you some because I’m a bastard like that,

                                        "Let me say this. It was worth the whole awful , irritating time spent searching the Archives just to watch that moment happen. It was worth blood and the fear of death to see her fall in love with him. Just a little. Just the first faint breath of love, so light she probably didn't notice it herself. It wasn't dramatic, like some bolt of lightning with a crack of thunder following. It was more like when flint strikes steel and the spark fades almost too fast for you to see. But still, you know it's there, down where you can't see, kindling."

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                                        • DeeDee85D
                                          DeeDee85
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                                          @flannel-slut Get ready for the long slog with the Robin Hobbs, think there’s 16 books in total in the “Elderlings” series.. 9 of which advance Fitz’s tale, but it’s worth tackling the whole series in order to get the whole picture I would say. I have family who have skipped books to see what happens to Fitz, which was mind boggling to my tiny, denim obsessed, OCD brain 😂

                                          Speaking about fantasy reading in general though, I pick a new one up when I’m sick of reading through the endless pile of crime novel cast offs my mother in law puts in front of me and they are genuine treats. Nothing has stuck with me quite like the Robin Hobbs though.. I’m just jealous you get to do it for the first time and I never will again!

                                          Will definitely pick up the Patrick Rothfuss novels the next time I’m in Waterstones cos that looks fantastic! Is there news on the final instalment of the trilogy then? I’m guessing not 😳

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                                          • popvultureP
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                                            Have you read any China Mieville, @flannel-slut ? Definitely near the very top for me in terms of fantasy/sci-fi with great storytelling/world building (usually the bar for entry) AND literary merit (much rarer). Perdido Street Station was the first one that pulled me in, but I'll say that The City and the City would also probably make my overall top 5 ever. Incredibly creative noir.

                                            WTB
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