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    tody
    啓蒙家
    @Bored In Breck
    Joined: 24 Feb 2021

    @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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      mclaincausey
      見習いボス
      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

      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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        elicious
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 15 May 2019

        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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          Gulliver
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 25 Apr 2023

          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 slut
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 21 Feb 2022

            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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              ddtrash
              Haraki san Expert
              Joined: 2 Dec 2010

              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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                Jakederoche
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 10 Dec 2017

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

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                  DeeDee85
                  啓蒙家
                  Joined: 5 Jun 2023

                  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 slut
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 21 Feb 2022

                    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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                      WhiskeySandwich
                      啓蒙家
                      @flannel slut
                      Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                      @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 slut
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 21 Feb 2022

                        @WhiskeySandwich hell yeah man 🤘

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                        • KarolK
                          Karol
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 14 Nov 2022

                          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 slut
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 21 Feb 2022

                            @Karol oh hell yes to Interstellar

                            last edited by flannel slut 13 Nov 2023, 17:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                              T4920
                              見習いボス
                              @flannel slut
                              Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                              @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 slut
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 21 Feb 2022

                                @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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                                  DeeDee85
                                  啓蒙家
                                  @flannel slut
                                  Joined: 5 Jun 2023

                                  @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
                                    popvulture
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                                    Joined: 2 Oct 2018

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

                                    WTB
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                                      flannel slut
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 21 Feb 2022

                                      @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."

                                      last edited by flannel slut 13 Nov 2023, 18:00 D 1 Reply Last reply 13 Nov 2023, 18:19 Reply Quote 2
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                                        DeeDee85
                                        啓蒙家
                                        @flannel slut
                                        Joined: 5 Jun 2023

                                        @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
                                          popvulture
                                          見習いボス
                                          Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                                          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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