10 entertainment questions for the Lounge!

[mvd]

These are basic questions, as I don't like those ones that get really personal. For favorites questions, there's no limit, but try to just give a sample of those you love if you have a long list like I do.

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

2. Who are your favorite authors?

3. What are your favorite movies?

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

My answers:

1. Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, The Beatles, Elvis, The Beach Boys, CCR, The Kinks, Simon And Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Abba, Fleetwood Mac, Herman's Hermits, Moody Blues, Dusty Springfield, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Petula Clark, The Cars, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Luther Vandross, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks, Merle Haggard, Patty Loveless, Patsy Cline, The Dixie Chicks, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, Wussy, R.E.M., B-52s, Pearl Jam, U2, Liz Phair, Alanis Morissette, Sinead O'Connor, Blondie, The Bangles, The Corrs, Lisa Loeb, Kay Hanley, Fountains Of Wayne, Indigo Girls, Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Chris Isaak, Leona Naess, Barenaked Ladies, A Fine Frenzy, Aimee Mann, Camera Obscura, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, The Veronicas, Eisley, The Pierces, Garbage, Bonnie McKee, Anna Nalick, Kate Voegele, Green Day, The Dollyrots, Damone, Hey Monday, Mandy Moore post-So Real album, Josh Ritter, Nina Gordon, Loreena McKennitt, Cindy Alexander, Wilco, Brandi Carlile, Regina Spektor, Stacie Rose, Rilo Kiley, New Pornographers, The Hold Steady, Aly & AJ, Tilly & The Wall, Leslie Mills, Karmina, Tinted Windows, Metric, new favorite Grizzly Bear...

2. John Grisham, J.K. Rowling, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Al Franken (love his books, but we need him in the Senate!!)

3. A Christmas Carol (all, but Alastair Sim version the most,) Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, comedies like Liar Liar, Austin Powers, Freaky Friday, and Back To The Future, Star Wars series (A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi the most,) Harry Potter movies (all but Goblet Of Fire,) Poltergeist, E.T., It's A Wonderful Life, The Wizard Of Oz, Superman II, Quiz Show, Slumdog Millionaire, animated films like 101 Dalmatians and Finding Nemo, Good Night, and Good Luck...

4. The Simpsons, Young And The Restless, The Flintstones, Big Brother, American Idol, Big Bang Theory, The Daily Show, The Munsters, The Addams Family, I Love Lucy, Jeopardy, Wheel Of Fortune...

5. Mike Malloy show, talk shows on sports radio WIP in Philly (except for Eskin), and Coast To Coast AM are my only regulars. CtC AM is a big guilty pleasure.

6. Music - favorite, video games - least favorite

7. Hewlett Packard desktop (mine has 4 GB of RAM, 500 GB hard drive, and 1.8 Ghz quad core processor, but you don't have to add that info.)

8. No

9. Football

10. Most of the day for now (no job still)

[Dramarama]

1. nice

1. Who are your favorite music artists?
-Chili Peppers, Dylan, Santana, Springsteen, Jonas Brothers, Incubus, Ting Ting.
2. Who are your favorite authors?
-Jonah Lehrer, Al Franken and Hayes-Bautista
3. What are your favorite movies?
-Pineapple Express and In the Valley of Elah
4. What are your favorite TV shows?
-CSI Miami, Law and Order, Reaper and C-Span, Simpsons and King of the hill
5. What are your favorite radio shows?
-None.
6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
-Music/ theatre
7.
-HP
8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)
-I don't.
9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?
-Football (Go San Fran)
10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
-12 haha

[mvd]

4. Love the new Jonas Brothers song "Paranoid"

Ting Tings are another new band I enjoy. :hi:

[femmocrat]

2. My answers....

1. Who are your favorite music artists? Too many to list.

2. Who are your favorite authors? F. Scott Fitzgerald is my favorite.

3. What are your favorite movies? I like the old Merchant and Ivory British period dramas.

4. What are your favorite TV shows? Mostly the "talent" shows. I'm enjoying "So You Think You Can Dance." Also, KO, Rachel Maddow, and All My Children. Everything else pretty much sux, IMO.

5. What are your favorite radio shows? I used to like Lynn Cullen (Pittsburgh), but she has been canceled. I listen to NPR in the car.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form? Favorite: good conversation; Least favorite: sports.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own? Dell desktop, Apple and HP laptops.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays) Occasionally.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? Figure skating.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day? About 2.

[mvd]

3. Music list I'm not adding to (though there are definitely more I could put,)

but I forgot to list GhostHunters in TV shows.

[From The Ashes]

5. Answers:

1. Who are your favorite music artists?
The Bangles, the B-52s Fleetwood Mac, plus many many more...

2. Who are your favorite authors?
Stephen King and J.K. Rowling

3. What are your favorite movies?
Star Trek

4. What are your favorite TV shows?
Countdown, Rachel Maddow, Daily Show, Colbert

5. What are your favorite radio shows?
None, since 'The Big Show' with Dan Patrick and KO went off air.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
Favorite:Reading; least favorite:FPS (first person shooter) games.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite, my desktop bit the dust.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)
nope

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?
Baseball

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
All told, about 3 hours, except on the weekends. Then it is leisure 24/7.

[fNord]

6. ok..............

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

The Doors, Beethoven, Frank, Saul Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Gov't Mule

2. Who are your favorite authors?

Robert Anton Wilson, Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, Douglass Adams

3. What are your favorite movies?

Brain Donors, Harold and Maude, Where The Buffalo Rome, The Princes Bride

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

Lexx, The Upright Citizens Brigade, Futurama, M*A*S*H, Boston Legal(new)

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

The Shadow, Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy, did you mean modern shows?

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
Live Music/Reality T.V. :banghead: Of any Kind. :shrug: Seriously, What the fuck is wrong with the people in this country? :tinfoilhat:

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

Abacus

8. Do you go to the theater (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

Yes, But not as often as I like

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

Baseball (Go CUBS!!!! and the Nats, kinda too.......)

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
24:woohoo: Life is the most entertaining thing I have ever been apart of, even at its most annoying and painful

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Hmmm, let's see here...

1. Who are your favorite music artists?
Refused, The Clash, Joy Division, At the Drive-in, Fugazi.

2. Who are your favorite authors?
Mark Z. Danielewski, Noam Chomsky, David Harvey, Chuck Palahniuk, Naomi Klein.

3. What are your favorite movies?
Inland Empire, Mulholland Drive, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Masculin Feminin, Last Year at Marienbad.

4. What are your favorite TV shows?
Lost, Twin peaks, Carnivale, The Mighty Boosh, Clone High.

5. What are your favorite radio shows?
Redeye, Democracy Now!. Don't really have any others.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
Film and music are my favourites. Reality television is by far my most hated.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?
My netbook is an Acer, but I built my desktop myself.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)
No. I would but there is never anything that interests me around here.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?
Skateboarding.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
Maybe 6. x(

[Broken_Hero]

8. Okay,

1. Who are your favorite music artists?Metallica, Pink Floyd, Life of Agony are my top three, I won't bore folks with a huge list, :P

2. Who are your favorite authors?Glen Cook, Lloyd Alexander, John Christopher, Stephen King, RA Salvatore, Troy Denning, JK Rowling, Tom Clancy, Anne Rice, J. Grisham to name a few.

3. What are your favorite movies?Superman the Movie, Conan the Barbarian, Sin City, The Dark Knight/Batman Begins, American Psycho, Once were Warriors, Simon Birch...

4. What are your favorite TV shows?Smallville, House, CSI Vegas, Married with Children, LHOTP, Southpark, Xfiles, Simpsons, Transformers, Justice League the Animated series, Batman the Animated Series, Superman the animated series...to name a few, :)

5. What are your favorite radio shows?none, zilch...radio is dead to me.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?hmm, my favorite, damn thats hard to pin down man...I'd have to say games, video games to checkers/chess. Lease favorite, running 5 miles.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?A weak/cheap ass Dell, and a 9yr old compaq

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)nope, I haven't gone to any plays/shows since my HS days which was a while ago.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? Currently, Baseball...Baseball, Football, Hockey....:)

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?well, quite a bit, considering how much time I dedicate to the DU.

[mvd]

10. Hi, petersond

I felt like I have such a big music collection that I need a good-sized list. :-)

[Broken_Hero]

17. I got a big collection as well,

about 125 gigs now, I was just ribbin on you some, :D But about music, favorites from the beginning of my musical life to the present....:)

Jan and Dean, Beach Boys, the Doors, the Richeous Brothers, The Doors, Mama's and Papa's, The Drifters, Sheena Easton(don't ask), Journey, Air Supply, Chicago, Enya, the Go Go's, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart(again, don't ask), Skid Row, White Lion, White Snake, 2 Live Crew, Metallica, AC/DC, Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Celine Dion, Pink Floyd, the Eagles, Ozzy, Weezer, Bush, REM, Presidents of the United States of America, Oasis(I loved wonderwall) Korn, Tenacious D, Foo Fighters, Huge techno dance faze(think Aqua, to Labouche, Rednex you get the idea), Sarah Mclachlan, Slipknot, Dope, Deftones, Luxt, Linkin Park, Puddle of Mudd, Creed(yes, creed), Life of Agony, Type O Negative, Judas Priest, Michael Schenker Group, The Scorpions, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, ILL Nino, Chevelle, Five Finger Death Punch, Demon Hunter, and lastly...Opeth, The Lonely Island, Coheed and Cambria....


Thats basically my favorites, from about age 7 to the present....there are a ton that I'm missing, but my musical journey has been a weird one, getting/finding old bands that I missed, and coming across good musical guru's that let me listen to older stuff(like finding Priest/Maiden only 9yrs ago).

I have a very bad tendency to listen to a cd or two for a very long time, for example, when I got Chevelle's first cd(with Send the Pain Below), and Ill Nino's Revolutions cd, I listened to both of those Cd's religiously for 2yrs(or more)...during HS I listened to Master of Puppets/Ride the lightning/Justice for All, constantly...its a bad habit I have, but I endure, :)

Most of the time, the music grabs me so bad, I listen to it over/over again, until something new takes over...currently I'm all about the Opeth, it was a Lounger who recommended them to me, and I cannot express just how happy I am, that they brought Opeth to my attention.

[mvd]

24. Oh, we have quite a few of those in common

I'm always impressed by the diversity of what you listen to. With Enya, I stick with her greatest hits collection.. but it is some album!

Yes, there are always bands I want to hear that get lost in the shuffle. Music is a hobby, so while I discover a lot of stuff, I don't always go back to every band or artist I found along the way. Sounds like music is a hobby for you, too! :hi:

[Broken_Hero]

25. Yep, music is a hobby

for me, I never really looked at it that way, but I guess you are right. I forgot to throw in Alison Krauss and Union Station, they are a very talented group of musicians. Dan T. of Union Station did the Man of Constant Sorrow song(O Brother), I got the soundtrack and I delved deeper into Country(a genre I thought I'd never like), and grew a pretty decent admiration for Country(predominately older though).

I had a hard time listening to harder music while growing up, and I listened to my father/mothers cds, even in HS, or Junior High they would constantly control my cd/music selection, so when I moved out of my parents house, I could finally start listening to music, without having an overbearing parent, snap my cds/tapes in half(sigh).

A lot of people are surprised about the music I like/enjoy, most are completely shocked by the techno/dance stuff...it was a faze, but I do like it...sue me, :)

[mvd]

26. I know what you mean about harder music

My parents were always wary of hard rock bands when I was young - Pearl Jam included. I started out with a lot of New Kids On The Block, Tiffany, and Debbie Gibson - but it was mixed with some Beatles and Simon And Garfunkel even back then. I had a country music phase in the 90s. And now, I have evolved into my current taste, whatever description you want to use for it. I'd say I'm heavy on pop/rock, classic rock, and singer songwriter, but am open to many types.

[Broken_Hero]

27. The kicker for me was,

some of the music my parents pushed on me, was just as sexual/violent as the music I wanted to listen too(think on Johnny Cash's I went to Reno, killed a man just to watch him die)...and another side note, whenever my parents broke a tape/cd, I just stole more money from them, to re buy the same tape.

When I was sophomore, I got a dual cassette player, and when I'd buy a Metallica tape(or anything deemed satan's music)I would make multiple copies, so if my parents found one and broke it, I'd still have copies hidden elsewhere, with the original in my locker at school(one place they never looked).

The only tense times, was when all my copies were busted, and I had to bring the original home, to record new copies....man, I fought my parents so hard with music, I hope I don't turn out the same way :)

[Broken_Hero]

28. From what I've seen you post

about the current music you are into, I'd say pop/rock fits you most of the time. From the list in your OP, it seems you veer away from anything thats harder than say, Nirvana/or Garbage.

A lot of the music you listed in your OP is very lyric/melody driven, and most of its slower/laid back. I like a good portion of the music you posted in the OP, as I prefer slower melodic guitar stuff myself, its just that I got a demon seed brother who also likes to listen to heavy kick you in the nutz guitar. But if I was put up against the ropes, I'd say I would choose the slower melodic stuff over the more aggressive.

I love the holy hell out of Johnny Cash(or any musician close to him), and the slower/ballad type tunes that Metallica has, and I'd take that over my love of Slipknot, Slayer, Korn...

The current music scene, from what I've seen is rather weak, but again you have to be aware of where I'm looking from. The only music I see is on VH1, and the MTV channels, and most of the music they show is...bad, very bad(except VH1 classic which plays a lot of music I like, guess my age is showing).

I define my music taste as Heavy Metal/Easy Listening....:)

[mvd]

29. That sounds like a good description

The A Fine Frenzy CD, one of my very faves, is almost all beautiful ballads - with one song, "Hope For The Hopeless," more of a rock song, but not hard rock.

VH1, like radio, is probably limited in playlist. Haven't watched VH1 in a while, but if it's like radio, there's some good stuff but then there's a lot of Hillary Duff, Creed, hip/hop (one of the few genres I don't like,) and Nickelback.

Have you considered satellite radio (XM radio/Sirius?) It has much more variety. :thumbsup:

[Broken_Hero]

34. If I have to pay for radio, then its not for me.

The only radio I listen to is 93.3 the Eagle, is a radio station out of NW Arkansas, its a classic rock station. I listen to them sometimes, when I forget to bring my mp3 with me while I'm driving my van....their early morning show John/Deke is okay, usually they are up to some half way decent shenanigans.

When I was out in Sacramento, I'd listen to Rob, Arnie, and Dawn's show...but I haven't listened to them since 03(since I've been away from Sactown).

[mvd]

38. You can go here for free internet radio

http://www.shoutcast.com/

I've discovered quite a few lesser known artists (others are Lucy Walsh, Au Revior Simone, The Love Willows, Kelsey And The Chaos, Whitney Steele, Oh, Alexis!, Great Northern, and Maria Mena) from sources across the web like internet radio, Myspace, iTunes, review sites (I go to discover music rather than see if they thought albums are good or bad), amazon.com recommendations, ilike.com, etc. :hi:

[sammythecat]

31. Glad to hear someone else has an OCD with music.

I do pretty much the same thing. Something new, or old, grabs me and I'll listen to it exclusively for days or weeks. Might be several songs or it might even be one(Vitamin R). I've been doing that with one band now for a few weeks.

2 or 3 weeks is about as long as I go 'til the obsession subsides and I revert to default. "2yrs(or more)", I don't know. You might be nuts.

:hi:

[Broken_Hero]

32. At the time of my chevelle/Ill Nino kick

I was in a part of my life where I was shedding some addictions that I had, and both of those cd's spoke to me on a very deep level, and every time I felt the urge to revert back to "old petersond" tendencies I'd listen to that music to get my mind back on track....so I guess, at the time I was nutz, because I knew I was...but I'm better now :silly: I think... at least the voices in my head say so. :evilgrin:

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. From OmahaBlueDog

1. Who are my favorite music artists?

Led Zeppelin, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffett, Steely Dan, Peter Gabriel, Corbin Bleu, Joni Mitchell

2. Who are my favorite authors?

John Steinbeck, W.E.B. Griffin, Harold Robbins, Anais Nin, Stephen Ambrose, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Ismail Kadare

3. What are my favorite movies?

Day of the Jackal, Our Man in Havana, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, The Great Escape, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, Eat Drink Man Woman, Rudy, Memphis Belle, The Emperor's New Groove, Star Wars, Breaker Morant, The Year of Living Dangerously, Schindler's List, Avalon, Lover Come Back, You've Got Mail, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, Casablanca, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Man in the White Suit, The Lavendar Hill Mob, The Lion in Winter, Lawrence Of Arabia...among others


4. What are my favorite TV shows?

Dinner Impossible with Robert Irvine, Income Property (HGTV), Countdown, Good Eats, What You Get For The Money, Renovation Realities, Property Virgins

5. What are my favorite radio shows?

Jim Rome, Ed Schultz, Matt & Miller (KXNO, Des Moines), KILI Radio (Voice of the Lakota Nation -- one minute they play Pink Floyd, then Tanya Tucker, then maybe native chants - pretty cool), Allnight with Jason Smith (ESPN Radio)

6. What is my favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Least favorite: Karaoke, dancing, wedding receptions
Favorite: Sports & movies

7. What brand(s) of computer do I own?

Dell & Gateway

8. Do I go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

I would go to the theater, but the kids make that difficult at the moment

9. What is my favorite sport to watch, if any?

Football,Baseball, Men's College Basketball. If I can see them live - Horse Racing, Jai Alai, Hockey

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment I you normally have in a day?

2-3

[JeffR]

11. I love threads like this, but usually don't respond. Tonight, however:

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, Brian Eno, Paul Desmond, Annie Lennox, John Foxx, Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, John Martyn, John Renbourne, Glen Gould, The Band, James McMurtry, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Matthew Sweet, Kraftwerk, Seal.

2. Who are your favorite authors?

John Updike and J.G. Ballard, both recently deceased. Roddy Doyle, Richard Preston.

3. What are your favorite movies?

The Road Warrior, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Two for the Road, Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Dead (Romero's original), School of Rock, The Great Escape, A Christmas Carol (Alistair Sim version), The Thing (Carpenter remake), To Kill a Mockingbird, A Shot in the Dark, This Is Spinal Tap

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

The Daily Show, Rescue Me (trying my patience now), Kitchen Nightmares (preferably the British version)

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

Radio? Don't know what that is.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Music/mime

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

A fast IBM clone, a Dell laptop which is technically the wife's backup machine, an aging Power Mac and my old Mac Plus and SE, which haven't been turned on for a while, but if I did, they'd work just fine.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

Not for years, sadly.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

Baseball. Basketball in a pinch.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

Not enough. Never enough.

[Rhythm]

12. Here's my answers...

1. Who are your favorite music artists?
I like a lot of varied styles/genres, but vastly prefer goth, industrial, metal, and punk. My list of 'favorites' would be too long and tedious, so i'll just say that it is topped with Danzig, White Zombie, Nine INch Nails, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, Joy Division, Black Flag, and The Dead Kennedys.

2. Who are your favorite authors?
Modern authors? Molly Ivans, Thomas Frank, John Grisham, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman...
CLassics? I tend toward the Romantic era poets and novelists.

3. What are your favorite movies?
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Crow, Control, Labyrinth, V For Vendetta, Aliens, Pumpkinhead

4. What are your favorite TV shows?
The West Wing, The Father Cadfael Mysteries, Jeopardy

5. What are your favorite radio shows?
The Thistle & Shamrock (Fiona Ritchie can just talk in my ear anytime)

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
Fvorite form of entertainment? Either live-performance theatre or minor-league sporting events. Least favorite is network television.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?
We have a 2-yr-old Hewlett-Packard laptop, and a 5 yr old e-Machines desktop. Both running perfectly.

8. Do you go to the theatre? (not movie theater, but shows and plays)
As often as possible... i'm a tech theatre drop-out from my first go-round in college, and an English major this time around. Seeing things i've previously only read is a supreme joy, and sometimes a real eye-opener to the text.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?
Ice hockey... i have been a fan since i was a kid, and even played on a team for a few years as an adult. I'm hoping like hell that the Penguins put a hurting on the Red Wings this coming week.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
Maybe 2-3 hours, if i'm willing to shave off some of my snooze time. Between work, school, and taking care of home and family, i'm pretty busy most of the time.

[Iggo]

13. Yay! Questions!

1. Who are your favorite music artists?
The short list: Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Boston, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dead Kennedys, Pink Floyd, UFO, Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Iron Maiden, Saint Vitus, Electric Wizard, Opeth, The Sword, Meshuggah, Pelican...
And that's just the hard rock and metal. And even that just barely scratches the surface. But it gives you a good idea of who I am.

2. Who are your favorite authors?
JRR Tolkien, Roger Zelazny, Michael Moorcock, Frank Herbert, and although I've pretty much outgrown his tales of Barsoom, I've got a soft spot for Edgar Rice Burroughs.

3. What are your favorite movies?
Young Frankenstein, Chronicles Of Riddick, Asian horror flicks, and pretty much any teenager movie from Fast Times all the way through Fired Up.
EDIT: My brother told me I'm an idiot if I don't include The Warriors and The Road Warrior. He's right.

4. What are your favorite TV shows?
30 Rock, New Adventures Of Old Christine, Reaper, House, Bones.

5. What are your favorite radio shows?
None. Me and the radio are quits.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
Favorite is live music, any kind.
Least favorite is (you guessed it) commercial radio.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?
HP desktop.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)
No, but that'll change soon.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?
Live: NHL. Go Kings Go.
TV: NCAA Women's Volleyball.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
Weedays: 3-4 hours.
Weekends: All the live-long day.

[Believing Is Art]

14. I'll bite

1. Who are your favorite music artists?
- Dinosaur, Jr.
- Explosions In The Sky
- Hum
- Pavement
- Wrens


2. Who are your favorite authors?
- Richard Adams
- Jared Diamond
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Ernest Hemingway
- Alan Paton


3. What are your favorite movies?
- The Big Lebowski
- Chinatown
- Donnie Darko
- Monters, Inc.
- The Royal Tenenbaums


4. What are your favorite TV shows?
- Arrested Development
- Dead Like Me
- Dexter
- Lost
- Numbers


5. What are your favorite radio shows?
- Err, anything I download off NPR or Air America


6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
- Favorite: music
- Least favorite: talk radio


7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?
- Mac


8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)
- Sometimes, probably more often than I go to the movie theater actually.


9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?
- Football


10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
- Do work hours count? If not, eh, whenever I'm not sleeping or doing something better with my time, so 3?

[Bennyboy]

15. Okay, I'll play....

1. Who are your favorite music artists? Grateful Dead. String Cheese Incident. Bob Dylan. Leftover Salmon. Yonder Mountain String Band. John Coltrane. Miles Davis. The Band. NRPS. Springsteen. Railroad Earth. Hot Buttered Rum. MOE. Widespread Panic. Ben Harper. Groundation. Bob Marley. SPEARHEAD. Albert King. Little Walter. Emmylou Harris. Neil Young.

And most important, THE NEXT BAND I AM SEEING.

2. Who are your favorite authors? I prefer biographers but I really love Richard Brautigan(A gothic Western?!?!?!).... And Tom Wolfe. Steinbeck. I love the book, Can't Find my Way Home, it is an incredible story of drugs and music in America. I love the bill graham Autobiogrpahy with Robt Greenwald.

3. What are your favorite movies? the Jerk. What About Bob. A Night At The Opera. Raiders of the Lost Ark. jaws. Any movie with Julia Roberts. Silvr Streak. Movi Movie. Young Frankenstein.


4. What are your favorite TV shows? Now; Breaking Bad. 30 Rock. Survivor. Ugly Betty. The Amazing Race. 21/2 Men.

All Time: Andy. West Wing. Seinfeld. Frasier. Cheers. taxi. NYPD Blue. DVD. MTM.

5. What are your favorite radio shows? I pretty much only listen to ball games and community radio (KVMR.org)out of nevada City CA. So I like the jamband show on tuesday. Democracy Now and the local news and rabble rousing that goes on there all the time.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form? Music. Video games (tehy rot minds)

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own? gateway. Dual core pentium with a bunch of stuff that I know nothing about.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)I have been maybe five times in my life (not counting Opera)

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? baseball and Football.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day? Too much. All day if I want. I care for my Mother and unless she needs me I am on my own.

[handmade34]

16. cool - I feel like I'm in HS again - fun stuff

1. Who are your favorite music artists? Paul Simon, Lyle Lovett, Woody Guthrie, Yo Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin…

2. Who are your favorite authors? Doris Kern Goodwin, CS Lewis, Heinlein…

3. What are your favorite movies? whatever I’m watching… Loved ‘’Little Miss Sunshine’

4. What are your favorite TV shows? Bill Moyers, Democracy Now…

5. What are your favorite radio shows? Wait, Wait, Don’t tell Me, This American Life…

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment? Hiking in the woods/mountains and making clothes for my kids and grandkids…

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own? HP HDX

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays) Love to and don’t go often enough

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? Track and x-country when my kids competed

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day? 24 (my job is too much fun and doesn’t take long enough)

[ZombieNixon]

18. I'll play

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

A lot of metal (mostly prog/death stuff): Scar Symmetry, Dark Tranquillity, Meshuggah, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, Death, Carcass, Iron Maiden, many, many others. Punk, as well: Bad Religion, Strung Out, Rise Against, etc. World music-y stuff like Loreena McKennit, as well.

2. Who are your favorite authors?

Terry Pratchett, Isaac Asimov, others.

3. What are your favorite movies?

No idea.

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

Metalocalypse? I don't watch much TV anymore.

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

None.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Favorite: Good music/video games
Least favorite: Crappy music

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

2 Mac laptops and a home-built Mac/PC

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

I have on occasion

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

I'd prefer to play a sport than watch, but I guess hockey for the fights

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

Maybe 5 to 6 in the evenings.

[Broken_Hero]

19. are you the one who recommended Opeth to me?

About a month or two back...I think we were dissing Headbangers ball, and you mentioned Opeth, and you linked to a video of you doing a cover song.

[ZombieNixon]

20. Yes, that would have been me.

[Broken_Hero]

21. ........

:thumbsup:

Thanks, do you still got that video of the cover song you played?

[ZombieNixon]

23. You're welcome.

Yeah, I do. It's here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ZombieNixon3000 Fourth most recent one. All sepia toned. :P

[av8rdave]

22. Best I can do with the answers

1. Who are your favorite music artists? Stevie Ray Vaughan, Radiohead, U2, Neil Young, Rush.

2. Who are your favorite authors? Kurt Vonnegut! John Steinbeck, Cormack McCarthy

3. What are your favorite movies? 2001, Jacob's Ladder

4. What are your favorite TV shows? Medium, Boston Legal (I know it's gone) Weeds, Bill Mahr

5. What are your favorite radio shows? NPR

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form? Live music

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own? Mac

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays) Not very often

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? Football

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day? 1

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

30. Here are mine

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

The Wildhearts, anything Devin Townsend does, Butch Walker/Marvelous 3, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Neurosonic, Alkaline Trio, Ska-P, Honeycrack, Alisha's Attic... what do you mean you don't know who these bands are??? :)

2. Who are your favorite authors?

Robert Rankin, Douglas Adams and Christopher Moore

3. What are your favorite movies?

Blade Runner, Grosse Pointe Blank, Alien, Donnie Darko, Dark City, Tron, Better Off Dead, Dogtown and Z-Boys, V For Vendetta, old school Powell-Peralta skateboard videos from the 80s...

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

Red Dwarf, Chef!, Coupling, Futurama, Scrubs, Battlestar Galactica, Dead Like Me, Cupid (very short lived 90s show)

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

When I lived in Arizona I used to listen to local sports talk a lot to stay on top of anything related to the Sun Devils. Once back in Italy I listened to Radio Rock FM until the station got bought up and went off the air.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Favorite: music / least favorite: opera (I like classical music but I can't stand the singing)

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

Built my own PC.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

No.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

College Football (Go Sun Devils!) but I can't watch any here in Italy.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

About six.

[Broken_Hero]

33. Muse is very good I'm starting to dig on them

myself...I'm a guitar hero (video game) freak, and Muse has two songs on there, both are very good imo. :hi:

[mvd]

39. Good to see another Butch Walker fan

:thumbsup:

[av8rdave]

35. Entertainment answers

1. Who are your favorite music artists? Many: Radiohead, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Neil Young, U2, Deborah Coleman, Tommy Emmanuel, Johnnie Bassett, RUSH!, probably several others I'm not thinking of right now.

2. Who are your favorite authors? Kurt Vonnegut, Cormack McCarthy, John Steinbeck, Isaac Asimov, Bob Woodward.

3. What are your favorite movies? Shawshank Redemption, Jacob's Ladder, 2001, No Country for Old Men, A River Runs Through It.

4. What are your favorite TV shows? Weeds, Nip/Tuck, Medium, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report.

5. What are your favorite radio shows? The Dianne Rehm Show, Think, Car Talk

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form? Favorite: Live music. Least favorite: Musicals.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own? ABS and Apple

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays) Not regularly.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? Football

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day? On average, 1.

[Inchworm]

36. This'n took a while :-)

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

Allison Krauss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7J1_hZ7iM

Johnny Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

Woodie Guthrie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDtFdnn9oQ

Seether
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7vifiJOs7k

Prodigy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PAHbqq-o4

Tony Rice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwHXOwk3xNo

Del McCoury
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW-w0KgE-8s

Ralph Stanly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWazA6SznPE

Skynyrd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxEDiZphQ-Q

Allman Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldgB9NLrcq8

Berlioz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7BJQ7LAlo

Pete Seeger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhnPVP23rzo

Mike Seeger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_G0vVo7zBU

I'll stop.

:*


2. Who are your favorite authors?

Good lyrics do books better. Bob Dylan.

3. What are your favorite movies?

Chronicles of Riddick, Oh Brother Where art thou? , Songcatcher.

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

Cold Case, the law and orders, The Mentalist... all according to if I catch 'em.

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

Prarie Home Companion and Science Friday on NPR

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Sex? no wait.. hmm, video games. church.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

Gateway + a gazillion boxes in my closet

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

I used to.. when it was there. Now I'm in a void. :P

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

hockey

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

5-6

:hi:

[peacefreak]

37. Here ya go

1. Who are your favorite music artists?--Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Iron & Wine, Brandi Carlile, Yusef(Cat Stevens),Jimmy Reed, Dixie Chicks, Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Brother Iz, Miles Davis, Townes VanZandt, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell etc etc etc....

2. Who are your favorite authors?--Donald Harington (wish more people knew about him), Howard Frank Mosher(ditto),
Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, Carl Hiassen, Lee Smith, Christopher Moore

3. What are your favorite movies?--Off the Map, Lars & the Real Girl, Chocolat, Love Actually, American President, ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Best in Show, Waitress

4. What are your favorite TV shows?--Lost, Survivor, Serenity, Weeds

5. What are your favorite radio shows?Coast 2 Coast--guilty pleasure!

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?--Music/?

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?--hand me down Dell

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)--once in a Blue Moon

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?--Nope, none

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?--Too many. Still not working!

[Mike 03]

40. Wow, talk about an expansive question.

There are too many answers to each of these questions so I'm going to try to limit myself to ten answers or so.

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

Jesus and Mary Chain, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Hole, Pink Floyd, Belly, NIN.

2. Who are your favorite authors?

Cormac McCarthy, Mario Vargas Llosa, Don Delillo, Thomas Pynchon, John Irving, T. C. Boyle, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller.

3. What are your favorite movies?

(Today, at least) 2001: A Space Odyssey, Casino, Barry Lyndon, Solaris (the remake), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Mulholland Drive, The Shining, Mishima, Fitzcaraldo, Se7en, Sorcerer, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dr. Strangelove, Slapshot, Deliverance, Beyond Rangoon, Full Metal Jacket, High Art, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Alien, Bladerunner, Last of the Mohicans, There Will Be Blood, Syriana, The Departed... (tons)

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

Very Few: Twin Peaks, Millennium, X-Files (first three seasons).

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

Coast to Coast AM, Howard Stern, Ronn and Fez, anything on "ReachMD" or "Bloomberg radio."

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Favorite: Reading or playing guitar. Least favorite: Dancing or clubbing

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

Don't know.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

I used to when I lived in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

Tough. Used to be baseball, then basketball when I became a huge Lakers fan.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

I'm really lucky in that my leisure and my passions coincide, so I would have to say that for the most part my days are spent doing what I want to do. That is rare, and I'm grateful that I'm lucky in this respect.

[mvd]

41. I think you did a good job with the question

Music I expanded on because it's such a big hobby, but the others I'm more limited with. Though I enjoy reading almost as much as music.

[Mike 03]

43. OMG, Please Forgive me for leaving out Dylan. I can't believe I forgot to

include him. He was one of the first influences I ever had, because my parents played him all the time. I take him for granted.

He's been a part of my life as far back as I can remember.

I'm kicking myself for forgetting to include Bob Dylan.

[blue_onyx]

42. My entertainment answers

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

Britney, Kelly Clarkson, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Pink, Michelle Branch (her older music),


2. Who are your favorite authors?

I don't have one.


3. What are your favorite movies?

Titanic.


4. What are your favorite TV shows?

Current Shows: Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Chuck, Ugly Betty, 24, Big Brother, American Idol, and Survivor.

Older shows: Roseanne, Arrested Development, I Love Lucy, Golden Girls.



5. What are your favorite radio shows?

None



6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

I can't pick a favorite!



7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

Dell



8. Do you go to the theater (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

No. Never been into theater.



9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

Hockey. GO RED WINGS!!



10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

Too many to count, lol.

[mvd]

44. I liked Titanic, too

Many despise it, but I thought it was a good take on a story that could have easily gotten too schmaltzy or too action-oriented.

Cool that we both enjoy pop.. I think your taste is poppier than mine, in fact.

[blue_onyx]

45. I think some people hate anything that's popular

just for the sake of hating it. Titanic was a good, well rounded movie: special effects, good story, and good acting.

[Forkboy]

46. Well these are killer questions.

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

a partial list in no order....

Nomeansno, Ministry, Melvins, Dead Kennedys, Ed Hall, Deathspell Omega, Boris, The Ex, Leviathan, Lurker Of Chalice, Pig Destroyer, Crass, Bloodhorse, Sun City Girls/Uncle Jim/Sir Richard Bishop, Caina, Watain, The Noise Of Sound, Electric Wizard, Melt Banana, Cobalt, Oxbow, 1349, The Axis of Perdition, Witchcraft, Anaal Nathrakh, Killing Joke, Cephalic Carnage, Genghis Tron, Big Business, Behold...The Arctopus, Infidel?/Castro!, Pestilence, Autopsy, Nile, Revolting Cocks, Paris, Dalek, KMFDM, Didjits, The Queers, Minor Threat, Lard, Xasthur, Cows, Jello Biafra, Black Elk, Neurosis, Transglobal Underground, Massive Inch, Ulver, Angels of Light/Michael Gira/Swans, Wargasm, Vio-lence, Earth, Emperor, The Mass, Suzukiton, Shining, Orthodox, Opeth, Skinny Puppy, Hate Eternal, Kayo Dot/Toby Driver/Maudlin Of The Well, Sunn O))), Napalm Death, Cheap Trick, Jesus Lizard, Fantomas, Nachmystium, Grotus.

2. Who are your favorite authors?

Kim Stanley Robinson, Kurt Vonnegut, Ed Mcbain, Elmore Leonard and, even though he's only written one novel (so far), Hugh Laurie, because it's the funniest novel I've ever read.

3. What are your favorite movies?

This could be as long as the music list...

The Thing (both versions), Good Night and Good Luck, Midnight Run, Snatch, Godzilla (knew that would be there), Das Boot, Stalingrad, Grave of the Fireflies, Tapeheads, Fletch, Clean Shaven, Sorcerer (Wages of Fear remake by William Friedkin), Patton, Dr. Strangelove, Jaws, Duel, Boondock Saints, Shadow of the Vampire, Ninja Scroll, Seven Samurai, Naked Gun ("It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day." "Goodyear?" "No, the worst."), Nightwatch and the sequel Daywatch, Slapshot, Michael Clayton, The Proposition, Gummo, and a million more.

4. What are your favorite TV shows?
Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Fry and Laurie, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, Nova, Nature, and hockey.

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

I haven't used the radio for anything other than a ballgame or a hockey game in decades.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Music/Mimes

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

A Frankenstein mix of parts.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

I just saw a band last week, and have tickets for another next month. I see a lot of shows. The only play I've ever seen was Jesus Christ Superstar when I was a kid, and it was pretty cool.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

Give blood, play hockey.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

More than I know what to do with.

[triguy46]

47. Because I'm vain, I'll answer, but I also know in the lounge, most only care about their own answers

1. Who are your favorite music artists? Joni Mitchell, Coldplay, stevie ray vaughn, neil young, Tim story, Aaron Copland, Lassus, Gershwin, Prokofiev, Brian Eno, just to name a few

2. Who are your favorite authors? Ford Madox Ford, Joseph Conrad, le Carre, Dickens, DH Lawrence, Gertrude Stein (but NO Hemingway),Mark Z. Danielewski

3. What are your favorite movies? Anything by the Coen Bros; Any Elmore Leonard story e.g. Hombre, Get Shorty; Shawshank, The Thin Man, The Girl Can't Help It, Napolean Dynamite, Stop Making Sense.

4. What are your favorite TV shows? None. Don't watch network tv.

5. What are your favorite radio shows? ATC, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, The Splendid Table.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form? Hard to be the internet, reading, and I'm addicted to the NY Times Sunday Crossword. I train for it.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own? 1 Dell, and an Imac.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)Yes.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? Formula 1.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day? 2-3. But better than that, i have 2 - 3 hours of work to do each day when I get home, and get back to the farm. We'll put in a good 6-8 hours each on the farm tomorrow, and its just a hobby for us.

[yellowdogintexas]

48. my list, of what comes to mind right now

1. Who are your favorite music artists? Linda Rondstat, Steely Dan, Boz Skaggs, Santana, Pink Martini, Yo Yo Ma. Van Cliburn, Julie Andrews, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Bizet, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Handel, Creedence Clearwater, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins, Segovia, Gershwin

2. Who are your favorite authors? Patricia Cornwell, Alexander McCall Smith, James Clavell, Carole Nelson Douglas, Amy Tan, Dorothy Dunnett, George R R Martin, Jeffrey Deaver, Carl Hiassen, Daniel Silva, the Thoenes ( a couple who write together)

3. What are your favorite movies? Victor, Victoria, GWTW, The Sting, Arsenic and Old Lace, Bringing up Baby, Lion in Winter, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Great Race, Undercover Blues, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Princess Bride

4. What are your favorite TV shows? LOST, CSI Miami,Divine Design, The Unusuals, Last of the Summer Wine, The Daily Show, BallyKissAngel, The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder, ER, MASH,

5. What are your favorite radio shows? Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Prairie Home Companion, This American Life

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form? music is my favorite, I guess unless you call reading entertainment. as for least favorite it sort of depends on what you define as entertainment ....I hate wrestling, car races, reality TV, most sports,

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own? HP, LINUX format

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays) OH YEAH!!!! Live Theatre is wonderful and we have an abundance of live theatre groups here, plus Broadway tours that come to both Dallas and Fort Worth.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any? figure skating, but I also love gymnastics and basketball

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day? 3 (however since I listen to great music all day at work, it could be 11 hours!!!)


edited to add stuff I can't believe I forgot to begin with

[mvd]

49. Oh, I forgot to list classical composers

Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Wagner, Grieg, Vivaldi, and Sibelius are my favorites.

[yellowdogintexas]

50. with the Van Cliburn going on here, I am just classical crazy, especially piano

we have had some really awesome recitals, and I have only heard about half of them.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

51. It's gonna take a while to answer this, and in no particular order

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

Groups/Solo Artists: The Beatles, Brian Wilson/Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes (from 1971-1990), Genesis (with either Steve Hackett or Peter Gabriel, preferably with both), Bill Evans, The Moody Blues (for sentimental reasons), Can, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa's bands, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane/Starship (only when The Great Jack Casady was manning the bass guitar), Joni Mitchell in her "jazz" days, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Weather Report (with Jaco Pastorius), Renaissance, Emmylou Harris, Duke Ellington, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley. Diana Krall, jazz keyboards player Hiromi (Uehara), Ben Webster. Emerson, Lake and Palmer (from 1970-74), Hatfield & the North, Caravan, Magazine, Roxy Music, Oscar Peterson, Gil Evans, Tony Bennett. Frank Sinatra (though he was a walking turd). Tangerine Dream, Sugar (the J/K techno girl-group), Ryuichi Sakamoto and YMO, (Daevid Allen's) Gong, Armin Van Buuren, lotsa nameless techno/trance/chill I have heard in the last couple of years.

Conductors: Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Istvan Kertesz (especially in Dvorak), Carlos Kleiber, Andre Previn (in RVW's work),Barbirolli, Beecham, Boult, and an unknown conductor named Vernon (Tod) Handley), Georg Solti (who was surprisingly decent in almost every Romantic composer). von Karajan sucked awesomely after 1970.

Composers: Ludwig von Beethoven, Ralph Vaughan Williams, J.S. Bach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, bits and pieces of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (especially "Scheherazade")

2. Who are your favorite (fiction) authors?

Patrick O'Brien, R.F. Delderfield (ahh, they don't make writers like Ronnie Delderfield anymore... sigh), P.G. Wodehouse, Robert R. McCammon, Stephen King (not a great writer as such, but a bone-freezing storyteller), Robertson Davies, Dan Simmons (though he disappoints me of late, "Summer of Night" was one for the ages). Frankly, people who don't read books are too dumb to be allowed to live or post. I am serious.

3. What are your favorite movies?

Mulholland Drive, Yojimbo, The Story of Kaspar Hauser, or Every Man for Himself and God Against All, The original "The Mummy" directed by Karl Laemmle with Boris Karloff, all early Marx Brothers and Laurel & Hardy, The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Godfather I and II, Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal (even despite what it could have been if it had followed the fucking book!), Kelly's Heroes, all Monty Python films, Animal House

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

Twin Peaks, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Prisoner, STNG, Countdown, Mythbusters, Metalocalypse and ATHF. From the old days, MTM, the ORIGINAL Bob Newhart show

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

Prairie Home Companion by miles. After that, this is hard. Probably Thom Hartmann, closely followed by Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, Stephanie Miller and Ed Schultz. Ron Reagan and Mike Malloy also nip in at the last moment.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

The printed page remains unsurpassed by all but the best films.

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

MAC!!!!!

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

Not nearly often enough, but (1) I am unemployed and broke; and (2) have no one to go with. :(

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

American Football, closely followed by baseball. I also like playoff basketball. Hockey, like opera, is only interesting if seen live. Then, it is great.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

Way too many. I have been unemployed for 3 1/2 years.

Sincere apologies to all I have inadvertently omitted in the state of intoxication I now find myself after selling plasma to buy booze.

[Lucian]

52. My answers:

1. Who are your favorite music artists?
Linkin Park, Godsmack, Staind, Three Days Grace, Him, Rob Zombie, System of a Down, Papa Roach, Metallica, Lacuna Coil, Evanescence, Korn, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Green Day, Filter, Disturbed, Deftones, Breaking Benjamin, Apocalyptica, 3 Doors Down, Matchbox Twenty, Bush, R.E.M., U2, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Beethoven, etc...

2. Who are your favorite authors?
George R.R. Martin, Mercedes Lackey, Jim Butcher, Robert Jordan, Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris (she's a guilty pleasure), Patrick Rothfuss, etc...

3. What are your favorite movies?
The Underworld Trilogy, A Christmas Story, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Nosferatu (1922), etc...

4. What are your favorite TV shows?
The X-Files, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood, House, That '70's Show, The Twilight Zone, Family Guy, Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, History's Mysteries, etc...

5. What are your favorite radio shows?
Don't have one.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?
Plaing X-Box 360, don't have a least favorite

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?
HP

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)
No. The nearest one is a two hour drive.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?
Baseball and Football

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?
Six.