Happy Dooce Got Fired Day
Tuesday, February 25 2003
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A year ago today I got fired from my job because of my website. And I thought that instead of celebrating with vindictive destructive behavior, like asking everyone to write an email to Her Heinousness inquiring about her recent botox injections, how about I resurrect a past Dooce challenge that many of you may have missed the first time around.
In its former incarnation the challenge consisted of choosing 12 songs and 1 book you'd take with you if you had to flee a nuclear holocaust and/or a second term with George W. And as I got thinking about it, I realized that 12 songs is just too easy. What this challenge needs is a Sophie's Choice type dilemma: do you choose the socially responsible Bob Dylan song or the Marvin Gaye song that signifies the lusty implosion of your innocence? Could you live with yourself if you forsook the Bee Gees? Choices, people, choices.
I'll go first, and this was seriously fucking hard:
song:
"Tupelo Honey" by Van Morrison
book:
Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi
1. Your Correction Officer said:
# 1!!!
2. da said:
"one" by U2
"i'm just here for the food" by Alton Brown
3. Paul Gutman said:
Book: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, so that I actually have the time to read it and the incentive to stick with it.
Song: Blue Skies by BT, featuring Tori Amos. Because it just doesn't get old.
Also, in honor of Dooce's Day O' Liberation, my paper on blogging and employment law is officially submitted to the Columbia Journal of Law and Arts, and since it was almost 95% inspired by Dooce's experience, I feel the need to share it.
http://www.paulgutman.net/
Gutman--Blogging.pdf
Enjoy, or not, as you see fit.
4. Jeffo said:
Song: "Playboy Mommy" by Tori Amos and
Book: _A Good Man is Hard to Find_ by Flannery O'Connor.
5. pinder said:
"Third Eye" by Tool
"Wind Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami
6. Anonymous said:
well if you're banished, fleeing nuclear holocaust, you don't necessarily want to be sad every time you listen to your one fucking song, so you might as well be entertained or rawk out, says me.
song:
"ziggy stardust" by david bowie
book:
jonathan swift, gulliver's travels
7. bill clinton said:
song:
"you can't always get what you want" by the rolling stones
book:
"the starr report" by kenneth starr
8. the husband said:
song: "Flamenco Sketches" by Miles Davis
book: Airships, by Barry Hannah
9. pinklady said:
precious things - tori amos
cat's eye - margaret atwood
10. Beerzie Boy said:
"Won't get Fooled Again", The Who
Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
11. Filter said:
Song
Death Cab - Stability
Book
Doctors - Erich Segal
12. strizi said:
Song: "into my arms" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Book: "The US Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Survival Manual" (admittedly, I looked that one up and haven't actually read it)
13. renaat said:
song: The Time Is Now - Moloko
book: The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman - Bruce Robinson
14. sx70.blogspot.com said:
wild wood - paul weller
the Preppie Handbook
15. Garth said:
Hilarious..
16. slackjaw said:
Song: Five Hearts Breaking, by Alejandro Escovedo.
Book: (cringingly)The Fellowship of the Ring, by JRR Tolken.
17. Sarah B. said:
"Werewolves of London," by Warren Zevon, and the Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis.
18. Summer said:
Sunday Kind of Love--Etta James.
To Kill a Mockingbird--Harper Lee
19. Long Pauses said:
"Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix
"Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
20. No Such Thing As #1 said:
"The Days Were Golden" Sunny Day Real Estate
Borges "Collected Works" (or "Ficciones" if that's cheating)
but in reality, there's no way to decide.
21. Amanda Lew said:
Song: "The Porpoise Song," by the Monkees. Don't diss it 'til you've tried it.
Book: "Blubber," by Judy Blume. Reminds me of the good ole days.
22. rex said:
America by John Fahey and Moby Dick
23. the propagandist said:
song: "run for the hills" by megadeth
book: anarchist's cookbook.
*you realize, of course, that i am kidding, mr. ashcroft.*
24. Jennay said:
Jimi Hendrix "Wait Until Tomorrow"
Thoreau's _Walden_
25. Kat said:
New poems, by rainer maria rilke, with german on one side and english on the other.
..one song...just one...oh! 'waldorf world wide' by good charlotte.
26. Jessie Street said:
A one hump camel makes a one hump poop, and a two hump camel makes a two hump poop!
Only Kidding!!
My 4 year old and I read that book twice a night! Ha hahahaha that's hilarious!
27. ginamai said:
Song: "YATTA!"
Book: The Beatles Anthology (I can listen to all their songs in my head)
28. Tom said:
If forced to choose one and only one song, I would take none. I can't think of worse torture than having to choose one song that I'd want to listen to for eternity. Better to remember the songs I've heard than erase them from my head with song over and over and over.
Book? The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Don't panic.
29. speedo said:
"Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush
"Walden Pond" by Henry D. Thereau
30. cicada said:
SONG:
"How'm I Gonna Sleep" by Neil Finn
BOOK:
Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
31. Jory said:
Song: Destiny's Child's Bootylicious
Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
How Heavy is that?
32. aghast said:
Good lord, speedo--you really want to listen to nothing but Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love" for the rest of your life? I'd think the holocaust would be preferable.
33. nessa said:
song: biebl's ave maria
book: tess of the d'ubervilles - thomas hardy
34. Shawn said:
My 3 year old has Everyone Poops memorized. We read it every time he was on the potty (along with The Story of Farts), now he "reads" it to himself.
35. se said:
"Mood Indigo", Nina Simone
_Naked_, David Sedaris (which actually has a great story about poop.)
36. Yahmdallah said:
"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving
37. Kate said:
Sarah totally beat me to this one. But you did say ONE book, and I did have ONE in mind.
"The Magician's Nephew," C.S. Lewis
"California Stars," Wilco
38. Kate said:
P.S. Happy Dooce Got Fired Day.
39. moose said:
No song: my guitar
No book: paper and pencil
So I can write, sing and play my own songs limitlessly.
Never could abide by stringent rules.
40. ATLSuperstar said:
Book: Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
Song: You're Still Standing There - Steve Earle & Lucinda Williams
'cause nobody can twang like them. And I mean nobody.
41. Kate said:
Sarah B.'s a cheater! Sarah B.'s a cheater! Kidding.
I can't believe you said "Tupelo Honey," which makes me melt...that and "And it Stoned Me."
That said, my choices:
"Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells (a little sparse on lyrics, but that's what the book's for).
"Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. Hey, if it's the end of the world, might as well enjoy yourself reading about your sad situation.
42. Sarah B. said:
I didn't cheat! They totally sell them all in one big book now. If I had to just pick one, though, I think I'd go with "The Voyage of the Dawntreader," because inside, I am forever nine.
43. Miss Mea-Mea said:
"Wild is the Wind" by David Bowie(the BBC version). I sigh and get all swoony every time I hear him warble.
Slackjaw, I'd have to agree with you. If there was only one book in the world I could read, it would be Lord of the Rings.
44. Kate said:
Much better, Sarah B. Miss Mea-Mea, now you're cheating too (I think I'll be the class tattletale for the day). One book, not all three! That's like saying your favorite movie is the Godfather Trilogy.
I'm actually reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader right now... the boyfriend bought me the boxed set since I hadn't read it since I was 12. I forgot how annoying Eustace is. It's making me want to rip the pages out of my book.
45. Toby said:
SONG:
"Don't Look Back In Anger" by Oasis
BOOK:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
46. speedo said:
ATTENTION AGHAST-
Points to consider:
1. I do not recall inviting you into my cave during the nuclear event.
2. I am very old and do not have long to live.
3. I only care what dooce thinks.
Thank you for caring and sharing.
47. Miss Mea-Mea said:
Oh, goody! I get to be all super-dweeb now.
Kate, actually the Lord of the Rings is one big book. It's what Tolkien intended. Think of it as having three parts.
48. Kelly said:
I'm gonna have to go ahead and say Echo by Incubus and the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. It's kinda cheating, but I have them all in one book so it still counts, right?
49. XWG said:
Song = Dixie (ohh i left mah heart in dixie awayyyy awayyyyyy)
Book = Bush at War (even the liberal that wrote it had something positive to say)
50. EC said:
Song: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears
Subscription to Martha Stewart Living (I honestly believe this would be possible during Nuclear Holocaust and or GW.)
51. Cindy said:
Amanda Lew: The porpoise song is awesome.
52. jenB said:
jimbo, Ironmaiden sung "Run to the hills", not Megadeath. FYI :-)
53. Katie said:
Song: Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin
Book: 1984; it will be my guide book in case big brother comes. But I would like to say you're my hero for picking Everyone Poops.
54. Donna said:
My skin: Natalie Merchant
We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Shirley Jackson
55. Aarika said:
Song: "Lonely Teardrops" by Jackie Wilson
Book: Pure Drivel by Steve Martin.
56. Dave said:
I am going out on a limb here:
Book: Wilderness Survival -- Gregory J. Davenport
Song: I Will Survive -- Gloria Gaynor
57. Croz said:
Song: "Trouble" by Cat Stevens
Book: "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon
58. Big D said:
song: In Love With A View - Mojave 3
book: Desert Solitaire - Ed Abbey
59. Ecritures said:
Song: Demande au soleil - Garou
Book: A la recherche du temps perdu - Proust
60. petit hiboux said:
see, i'd never take a pop/rock song with lyrics. you'd get tired of it. instead?
miles davis' "flamenco sketches" and tolstoy's "anna karenina".
and
61. CK said:
Song = Into the Mystic by Van Morrison
Book = The Brothers K by David James Duncan
62. Be said:
Song: "Before Today," Everything But the Girl
Book: "Naked," David Sedaris
63. Naaman said:
Song: 1812 Overture
Book: The Idiot
64. The Drifter said:
Song: "Mr. Mastodon Farm" by Cake, but only if it's the live version they played last year during the Winter Olympics. Otherwise, "Baba O'Riley" by the Who, purely for the air guitar possibilities.
Book: The Oxford Unabridged Dictionary. Seriously.
65. Bill said:
Book: Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Song: "Clocks" by Coldplay
66. kgjbnme said:
"Jack the Ripper" - Morrissey
"Ballet Shoes" - Noel Streatfeild
PS: Happy Dooce Got Fired Day!
67. EDDLQ said:
Sixteen Tons; Tennesse Ernie Ford
Imajica; Clive Barker
68. the joker said:
song: "you enjoy myself," phish- a live one
book: "siddhartha," hermann hesse
69. Heather #2 said:
SONG:
"And It Stoned Me" by Van Morrison
BOOK:
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
70. Can't say said:
Book: "White Jazz" by James Ellroy
Song: Anything By Neil Finn or Michael Penn
In honor of the Dooce Anniversary, I would like to point to Oh, Crap because it lets me make fun of all my co-workers and bosses online. And today, it made the front page of the Wisconsin State Journal (no online version of the article, of course).
Huzzah to the Dooce!
71. Can't Say said:
Oh, Crap is at www.tradingwebspaces.com. Sorry.
72. Jessie Street said:
Shawn, my 4 year old has it memorized too. On the page where the little boy "Does it in a special place" and is running into the bathroom half naked, my son 1) thinks he's the little boy in the book 2) swears the little overalls laying on the floor is a frog that's chasing him into the bathroom.
73. Shane said:
Song: "Three Days" by Jane's Addiction
Book: "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller
74. Summer said:
H#2--I'm in the middle of that book and I can hardly put it down!
75. Joshua Kaufman said:
"I Can't See You" by Tim Buckley
"100 Selected Poems" by e.e. cummings
76. robin said:
song: It will break my postapocalypse heart every time I listen to it, but I gotta have it: the long, slow, forlorn, live version of Thunder Road, by Bruce Springsteen.
book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, because I'm only halfway through, and it's so good I could start all over again as soon as I finish.
77. abi said:
Song: "In Bloom" - Nirvana
Book: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, because I really should read that book someday.
Agreed, this is very hard.
78. eyemkent said:
Reading over the responses, I find I've changed my mind over and over. Pleased enough, I think, just to see that Cave, Bush, Bowie, Sedaris and Irving have made somebody's list...
1984, that survival manual, and even the blank paper seemed like smart ideas... but I think, knowing that my tenuous grip on sanity will be short-lived anyhow, I might as well enjoy the trip. Anything by The Residents would do nicely (Semolina, perhaps? Maybe Mahogany Wood?), and why not The Naked Lunch, by William Burroughs, thereby eliminating the need to focus on whatever remnants of reality lie lurking in my radioactive hole...
79. Blubber said:
song: Mozart - Requiem in D minor
book: The divine Comedy by Dante in Italian, German and English - this way you get to enhance you language skills
80. Aaron said:
Song:
Time the Revelator by Gillian Welch
Book:
The Water-Method Man by John Irving
81. drew said:
redemption song - bob marley
clan of the cave bear jean auel
82. hartwell said:
book
the joy of cooking - irma s. rombauer et. al
song
alive - pearl jam
83. Dave "Fuddy Duddy" Thomas said:
Itís a terrible question with no good answer, and not because it's hard to pick favorites. In your proposed post-apocolyptic vacuum, any single song -- heard over and over for eternity -- would soon turn toxic to the ear and soul. Likewise, that sole-surviving book, as the only permanent source of wisdom, would just spawn a whole new litter of misguided, bickering relgions.
Tell me why I would want to choose my own poison, and Iíll tell you how much the world needs more scripture.
84. the fool said:
song: if i can't have the entire "magnolia" soundtrack, i'll settle for "deathly" by aimee mann
book: invisible cities, italo calvino
85. slackjaw said:
Thanks for stickin up for me Miss Mea-Mea. When I was 9 my dad read me the whole thing and it was all one big book so I guess I've always thought of it as one book.
Boy there is a lot of really great shit to listen to and read out there...
ummmm...(except for that "clan of the cave bear" thing)
86. anarchocyclist said:
"Tumbling Dice" by the Rolling Stones
CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
87. KT said:
song: 'what would you say?' by jeff buckley
book: 'interview with the vampire' by anne rice
88. anna jr. said:
i can't pick a book. i have read too many and few of them more than once.
i'd say the old testament (which i have never read) but i'm pretty sure it would piss me off and i have to stop reading it.
but the song would be "love is a battlefield" by pat benetar. no question on that one.
89. drew said:
> ummmm...(except for that "clan of the cave bear" thing)
have you ever read that book?!? the whole series (so far) is great.
90. Tasha said:
Song: "'Round Midnight" by John Coltrane and Miles Davis
Book: any of the Zits collections
The way I see it: I'm a writer. I can write. I'm not worried about forgetting something. But pictures...those I need to see. And cartooning is amazing, so I could look at it forever. Humor is everlasting.
When you first shut down dooce.com after you were fired, I tried in vain to hunt you down. I was SO glad to see you came back. :) Peace.
91. slackjaw said:
Ummm, Yea I read it. (otherwise I wouldn't have commented on it)
I liked the end though. You know, the part when you close the book and don't have to read anymore of that implausible caveman drivel...
92. lee said:
"If You Want Me to Stay" by Sly and the Family Stone.
I'm with the Drifter on bringing the dictionary. Hopefully an encyclopedic dictionary - with pictures and other visual aids.
93. chunderchud said:
song: The Bad Plus cover of Aphex Twin's Flim
book: The Collected Works of William Blake
That way I could still wonder at art.
hey, it was that or Stomp by Brothers Johnson and the Pearl of Great Price
94. Sheila said:
Book: Barlett's Familiar Quotations (since someone else already snagged the dictionary)
Song: Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy
95. david said:
long time lurker first time commenter...
song: Catherine Wheel : Receive
(I destroy myself. I know I know I know.)
book: Italio Calvino : Invisible Cities
(this would really fuck with the future)
96. Kate said:
I cringed when I read "clan of the cave bear" too... and I LIKED the series. I just think I'd need to bash my head in after reading it a few thousand times. It's extremely entertaining, but in a romance novel kind of way.
97. monorailmike said:
Song: "If I Can't Change Your Mind" by Sugar
Book: "Travels with Charley" by John Steinbeck (which I've gotta reread one of these days...)
98. Xanthan said:
Oh, you're right... this is tough. How did you ever choose "Everyone Poops" over "All About Scabs" by Genichiro Yagyu?
Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes, because its the funniest book yet written
Song: Jammin' by Bob Marley
99. Miz_A said:
This is a great challenge... makes me think about 2 of my favorite things.
I have to go with
song: Pachelbel Canon in D minor
book: Count of Monte Cristo
100. Paula said:
Good Lord this was hard. The songs are easy in terms of which band's ouevre (did i just use that word? and, more importantly, did I spell that correctly?) to choose from - The Pixies being the one particular expression of musical bursts I couldn't live without. The problem was, which one? After much deliberation between "Levitate Me," "Caribou," "Gigantic" and many, many others, I'd have to say: "Wave of Mutilation."
As for which book, practically, I should pick something long, but honestly, I like to laugh and I'd need some Sedaris or Sarah Vowell to cheer me up. So, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is my pick.
101. MusicEmissions said:
Song: "5 Days In May" - Blue Rodeo (the whole album if I could)
Book: "Life after God" - Douglas Coupland
102. blue rhino said:
River Hymn by The Band and since we gots ta flee, I'd take my crew to Moab and read Edward Abbey's Desert Solitair
103. MusicEmissions said:
Changed my mind:
Song: "Mayonaise" - Smashing Pumpkins
104. sonya said:
song: any version of Caravan
book: anything by Nabokov
105. Dan said:
Are you kidding? Bush serving a second term? There's no fucking way people will vote for him, with the economy in the shitter like this. And to that, I say: THANK GOD.
106. jimmypage said:
song:
"dazed and Confused (live)" by led zeppelin
book:
how to grow chronic during a nuclear winter by woody harrelson
and fuckoff all you george w. haters... move to fucking france and don't shower. -jp
107. Myopic Joe said:
I reckon if I was ditching all my friends to toil in a pre-apocalyptic Mad Max prequel, while I floated safely away in a Snoopy hot air baloon to the land of endless Captain Crunch and Godiva's Honey Roasted Almond Truffles, that playing "So Long Farewell Goodbye" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy would be fitting. I hope that during their hour of agony, my friends could atleast see the humor of this, smile, and have the decency to wish me a safe and pleasant voyage.
But as for a song after the fact...I'll have to agree with Miz_A and pick Pachelbel's "Canon" conducted by Jean-Francois Paillard.
For a book...I suppose "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami, just to make him roll over in his grave.
Hmm both are potentially suicidal choices though...ah well, one can only stand Captain Crunch for so long, especially when you run out of milk.
108. Myopic Joe also said:
DA, I did not know Alton Brown wrote a book. I would love to have his entire Good Eats series on my deserted island. Once again, another suicidal choices, seing I probably wouldn't have the proper ingredients to follow his recipies.
Ha ha remember his Cast Away spoof?
109. gm said:
Have to go with:
song: "Crescent City," Lucinda Williams
book: "As I Lay Dying," William Faulkner
Happy Phoenix From the Flames Day, Dooce!
110. onegirl said:
Book: "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt" by Aimee Bender
Song: "California Stars" - Wilco or "Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison. Tough call.
111. the mighty jimbo said:
"u stink but i love u by billy and the boingers" and the book that came with it (geek kudos to anyone else who gets that).
112. GK said:
SONG:
"Get Off In It" by Eddie Hinton
BOOK:
"The Complete William Shakespeare"
113. blamb said:
Song: The full MacArthur Park Suite by Donna Summer because it's a song of total regret you can dance to.
Book: Disgrace by J.M Coetzee because it reminds you that once you've hit rock bottom, life goes on.
Also, those people who listed 'Me Talk Pretty One Day' may want to consider reading his two earlier, better collections.
114. Suicide Blonde said:
Song: Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground
Book: The Fountianhead by Ayn Rand
115. Broch said:
Hrm, Okay,
Song: How soon is now, The Smiths
Book: Tao te Ching, Lao-Tzu
116. shel said:
Book? The Stand, Stephen King. Because really, it'd either be light humorous reading during the apocalypse, or, a play by play. Either/or.
Song? Robbie Williams and Tom Jones, The Full Monty Medley. Why? Because it's really cheesy, and you can dance to it. Since it'll be the apocalypse, no one will be around to see me dance like a dork.
117. Brenda said:
"All Of Us Kids" by Hawksley Workman
The Portable Dorothy Parker
118. Laura said:
Song:
"Killing An Arab" by The Cure, because it's kind of a bummer of a song, but you can't help dancing like a fool to it every time.
Book:
NINE STORIES by j.d. salinger, for the genius and the variety.
119. UnderwearNinja said:
Murder was the Case, by Snoop Dogg.
Cryptomnicon by Neal Stephenson.
120. jenb said:
jimbo - deathtongue is one of my all time favourite bands. :-) I will forgive you for the Megadeath thing now...
121. e said:
tool - 'the patient' as it may quickly become a mantra. Oh, wait..
the bible - to remind me just why this holocaust is happening.
122. christa said:
song: Trompe le Monde, by the Pixies
book: Son of the Circus, John Irving
123. lauren said:
song: "you" by switchfoot
book: "the perks of being a wallflower" by stephen chbosky
124. peggy said:
"Natural Woman" -Aretha
Cathedral, Raymond Carver
125. elissa said:
the glove song by reggie and the full effect
sphere by michael crichton
p.s. i have "everyone poops" in the original japanese. it's called "the elephant's poop" in the strict translation. :O
126. buckycarmichael said:
book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Song: Walking in My Shoes, by Depeche Motherfucking Mode
127. Ching said:
"Breakout" Swing Out Sisters ("Walking on Sunshine" was actually my first choice but I can't think of the dang artist who sings it!)
"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
128. occasional kate said:
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, 1st Movement; W.A. Mozart [1st cut on the "Amadeus" soundtrack]
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
129. anonymous reader in atlanta said:
take me home by phil collins
a diary
130. Jason said:
"Love is Blindness," U2
"Remembrance of Things Past," Marcel Proust
...although I'm partial to the sketchbook idea, that just isn't practical. I mean, what happens when you fill it? I've almost filled two sketchbooks so far this year, but I haven't finished Proust in 3 years of trying.
131. resonance said:
Song: definitely nothing from Tori Amos, that's for sure.
Book: definitely nothing from Tori Amos, that's for [more] sure.
132. Los Feliz Freak said:
Song:
"Here Comes Your Man" - The Pixies
"Infinite Jest" - David Foster Wallace
133. So Interested In The Interesting said:
Man, Dooce. I've always been a fan. But these are some of the best responses to this question I've seen. Sure, there's the incumbent "Perks of Being a Wallflower" digs (which I have NO problem with) but there's some good licks here. I mean, I'm pretty sure I saw both "Lonely Teardrops" and some Narnia references. What a fucking party.
134. randy said:
Would have to go with:
Song: Show Biz Kids (Steely Dan)
Book: The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K LeGuin)
135. Minnie said:
Song: "Womb of God" - Monk.
Book: "LOTR" [the boxed set] by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Ha! I am a cheater. I'd get 3 books in one set. ;-)
The other book choice would be "Naked" by David Sedaris.
136. soleilani said:
book - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
song - Gramarye by Remy Zero
137. MOM IN TX WHO VOTED DEMOCRAT said:
The last book I read was Box Car Children with my 10 year old for about the 10th time. I started Anna Karinina when I was pregnant (10 years ago) and would like to finish it. I would take that book - Anna Karinina, Tolstoy.
Song: Crash - Dave Matthews
In review of those choices, looks like I need some sort of sexual release? Too tired, though. You moms can relate. And also relating to the intermittent Bush-bashing, a couple of days ago someone suggested that Texas be bombed!?! Not funny.
138. Billy said:
#136!!!!!!!
"Won't Get Fooled Again" -- The Who
"The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes
139. shauna said:
so glad you're back around. what a year, eh?
pyramid song - radiohead
cloudstreet - tim winton
140. keneumey said:
"I love the nightlife"
"Atlas Shrugged"
141. leblanc said:
song:
"Dreams" Fleetwood Mac.
book:
Emerson's Collected Works
142. the mighty non-propagandist jimbo said:
uh, jenb, i'm not the propagandist. the megadeth post was his. we are different people, not unlike la toya and michael. maybe similar. but definitely different. honest.
143. Emily said:
Book: The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath (because there's so much there!)
Song: "The Same Deep Water As You" by The Cure (I keep discovering new layers)
144. LK said:
is anyone gonna read this far down?
song: st. ides heaven by elliott smith
book: on the road by jack kerouac
145. kismet said:
I admit that when it comes to the song, I have no idea. however, the book would be "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath.
146. lindsay said:
the fountainhead - ayn rand
and probably, uhm...the live in central park s+g version of "america"
147. HRH said:
Hey Dooce, you should email Her Heinousness and tell her the bad news that recent studies have found that Botox makes the face react in a way that actually causes wrinkles. He he...
Song: Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin
Book: Atlas Shrugged
148. fairycakes said:
Poison by alice cooper
American Gods - Neil Gaiman.
149. scot-on-the-rocks said:
Song- 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Book- Anything with pictures
The song..to remember the good imes and the book, for kindling on a rainy day.
150. heather said:
Song: "Growing Up" by Peter Gabriel
Book: _Ender's Game_ by Orson Scott Card
151. jess said:
i wish i could have married dooce first..but uh sticking to the subject
nature boy:miles davis
one hundred years of solitude: gabriel garcia marques
152. 3 peas said:
mack the knife by bobby darrin
wicked by gregory maguire
153. Allison said:
"Major Tom" by Peter Schilling
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
154. archangel said:
Book: "Other Men's Flowers", by Lord Wavell.
Song: "Saint Louis Blues", as sung by Ella Fitzgerald on her album These Are The Blues. And on a desert island, no-one can hear how bad my singing is.
155. Curtiss Leung said:
Book: The Recognitions, by William Gaddis. Favorite quote from same: "Nobody resents you more than somebody who's loved you."
Song: Wire, "A Mutual Friend"
156. Office Monkey said:
Billy and the Boingers! OHMYGAWD! I have to look for that when I get home!
(I'm such a geek).
Song : "Mr. Writer" - Stereophonics
Book: either the collected works of Dorothy Parker or the collected poems of Anne Sexton.
157. Brian said:
"Homeless Club Kids" by My Favorite
and
"The Temple of Gold" by William Goldman
158. Chris said:
Martha Stewart's Hors D'Oeuvres Handbook, "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round" by the Dead Kennedys
159. Lively Lady said:
JimmyPage, are you on his payroll or something? The guy is a total A-hole. Don't forget that the last time people listened to a bush, they roamed the desert for 40 years.
160. Sarah B. said:
I want to change my song to "Ana" by the Pixies. You know, because people give a fuck.
161. allisonic said:
song: EMINENCE FRONT, The Who
book: The Bible, so I could see what all the hubbub is about. Plus, I'll have plenty of time I'm thinking.
162. Tapeinhead said:
"That was My Veil" by John Parish and PJ Harvey.
"The Movable Feast" by Ernest Hemingway.
163. Angelique said:
Song: Army of Me - Bjork
Book: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - by Christopher Moore
... as a side note, i highly recommend everyone with any sense of humor read that book. it will knock you off your ass.
164. Heather K. said:
"Who Are You" by The Who
"The Big Book of Hell" by Matt Groening
165. leandra said:
very difficult, but if you post, you have to choose...
Book: "Watership Down"
Song: "Closer" by Better Than Ezra
166. Alex said:
Song: "Julia" by The Beatles
Book: "Homo Faber" by Max Frisch
167. Shawn said:
Song: Mad World by Gary Jules
Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
168. Miss Mea-Mea said:
Just out of curiousity, what's the record so far for comments on a single post at your site, Dooce? This one has got to be in the top 5.
169. Fred said:
Neil Young's "(I'm Thankful For My) Country Home"
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"
170. losir said:
Well now, it all depends on whether we're fleeing a holocost of Bush Jr.'s 2nd term. Two very different things.
For holocost:
song - "It's over" Leve 42
book - "Emergency & Critical Care Pocket Guide, ACLS Version", Paula Derr. (Becuz I'm practical like that.)
If it's Bush Jr. (altho I'm not American....)
song - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", Judy Garland
Book - Any Mad comic making fun of Bush Jr.
171. dayna said:
"the future" - leonard cohen
and "the last night of the earth poems" by charles bukowski
172. sourbob said:
"The Ballad of El Goodo" by Big Star.
And "Slapstick" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
173. sunshine said:
song: joy division
"transmission"
book: the collected sandman comics (you get your pictures, your words, and your neil gaiman)
[seems my inner-teenage goth still lives]
174. S. said:
"Jesus Etc.", Wilco
&
"Pale Fire", Nabokov
175. Youichi said:
I'm a long time lurker, can I just say thanks for all the laughs Dooce.
Song: Fake plastic trees - Radiohead.
This song just melts my heart, I think it's a song of eternal hope, the man wishes he could be who she wants all the time, my wife thinks it's just a sad song.
Book: Player of Games - Iain M Banks.
I could read this book again and again (In fact I already have) also it would fill me with dreams that the Culture would turn up and fix the planet.
P.S. Thanks so much for "Everyone Poops" I'm sure my two year-old will love it.
P.P.S. "Walking on sunshine" was by "Katrina and the waves".
176. Sheila said:
is this being tallied?
Cursory scan seems to have lots of Tolkien, Lewis and Rand going on book-wise.
Took a while for someone to choose the Bible.
177. jenb said:
jimbo! sorry, i must have been drunk when i was reading the first time. kudos for the bloom country reference though. :-)
178. Valkyrie9 said:
Song: "Morning Has Broken," by Cat Stevens
Book: "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee
179. victor said:
song: "every day is like sunday" by morrissey
book: blue heaven by joe keenan
180. PJ said:
Music: Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Op.39 and Karelia Suite, Op.11
Book: (OK, it's a bigass boxed set): The Complete Annotated Works of William Shakespear. (And it's got pictures, too!)
181. Brandon said:
Song:"Shape of My Heart" - Sting
Book:"A Secret History" - Donna Tartt
The music is tough. I actually think I'd rather take a little music box. Maybe one that plays "Greensleeves" or "A few of my favorite things".
182. PJ said:
Shit. Make that 'Shakespeare.'
183. shotwise said:
SONG:
"Dry the Rain" by The Beta Band
Book:
Cash by Johnny Cash
anybody???
184. ericalina said:
this is so hard!
but off the top of my head...
song - faith - george michael
book - beloved - toni morrison
185. Angelique said:
Sheila!! Kudos on the Peter Murphy!!!
I was thinking of bringing "Butterfly" from Tapping the Vein, but I opted for the angst ballad.
186. da said:
myopic joe-
the best thing about alton brown's book is he teaches you how to cook, not what to cook. why should you eat tough meat in the post- apocalyptic(sp.?) world? of course it is written in the same tongue-in-cheek style as the show. no i haven't seen the show you mentioned, will look for it though.
187. nicole said:
SONG: 'Gomez in a Bucket (in a seaside town made of ice-cream, slowly melting)' - Gomez
BOOK: 'worst-case scenario' handbook - how to survive on a deserted island.
188. JSN said:
Book: Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
Song: "Grace" by Jeff Buckley
189. Cody said:
"Protection" Massive Attack
Complete Poems, E.E. Cummings
190. hideous progeny said:
I am going to change my mind in 30 seconds but:
song: Top of the World by the Carpenters (or Bjork's cover)
book: Another Country by James Baldwin
191. Kate said:
song: Bjork's Big Time Sensuality (Moby Remix)
book: Nina Berberova's The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories
192. lady quicksilver said:
song: "nashville" by liz phair
book: "i am the cheese" by robert cormier
193. leandra said:
Youichi -
Fake Plastic Trees, of course! God, I love that song, the acoustic version is incredible too.
194. Kevin from Seattle said:
Happy anniversary!
Many great choices here. Mine: "Friday On My Mind" by The Easybeats & Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany.
195. Myrtle said:
Book: A Whistling Women Is up to No Good - by Laurel King
Song - Motherland - Natalie Merchant
196. Myrtle said:
Book: A Whistling Women Is up to No Good - by Laurel King
Song - Motherland - Natalie Merchant
197. Certified said:
Song: Oingo Boingo's "Goodbye, Goodbye"
Book: Madonna's "Sex"
198. NimbleThimble said:
Song: Two Step - Dave Matthews Band
Book: Creative Mind - Ernest Holmes
199. Kristin said:
Since I couldn't color in the lines in kindergarten either I have to trample on the rules a bit and pick two of each:
Songs: Three Little Birds - Bob Marley or The Very Thought of You - sung by Billie Holiday
Book: Mr. Vertigo - Paul Auster or The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
tomorrow I'll have completely changed my mind....
200. antisocial diva said:
song: this will change probably by the time i post this. but right now, "untouchable face" by ani difranco
book: cat's eye by margaret atwood
201. moose said:
PJ, even Billy-boy himself penned his surname in various spellings. You are in good company.
202. scotty the body said:
book: moby dick
song: right now, it'd be "visions of johanna" by bob dylan, but in the past I would have said "b-boy boulliabaise" by the beastie boys just because it's 15 minutes long. i always play it on jukeboxes to get my quarters' worth.
203. Stinking Bastard said:
Song: On the Floor by Galaxie 500
Book: anything from John Steinbeck
204. Irk said:
I've been thinking about this since yesterday and I couldn't come up with anything good! *sigh*
Song: "Cantique de Jean Racine" arr by John Rutter as performed by The Cambridge Singers
Book: I'm stealing the Worst Case Scenario Handbook answer.
205. josey said:
book: something by tom clancy
song: don't worry be happy by b. mcferrin.
this way, I'll be able to cut right to the chase and saw my jugular open with the broken CD jewel case.
life is NOT worth living without a fat record collection.
206. Craniac said:
No song or book, but I just bought a tony the tiger cereal bowl at Bed Bath and Beyond on University. It makes me happy.
207. Anna said:
song: "365 Days" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
book: "Amnesiascope" by Steve Erickson
208. moose said:
word, josey. NOT worth living. (unless you make your own music.)
dooce, are we setting some kind of record here with 200+ ??
209. kallista said:
ONE MORE SONG: "Nowhere Man" or "Obladi Oblada" by the eternal Beatles.
BOOK: Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, cuz it takes forever to read!!!
210. Zosia said:
Well, actually, "Sophie's Choice" for my book, and Indigo Girls' version of "Tangled Up in Blue" for my song.
211. matty said:
song: up up up up up by ani difranco
book: the complete works of william shakespeare, oxford edition.
212. The Inmate said:
Song: "Jailbird" by Primal Scream
Book: "Papillon" by Henri CharriÈre
213. Myopic Joe said:
DA-
My cooking proficiency only extends as far as making cold cereal and boiling ramen, but I really enjoy watching his shows. I like how he explains the science behind cooking. It appeals to my documentary fetish. He's got a great sense of humour. I should pick up that book.
The Cast Away episode is called "Down and Out In Paradise" http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/
GEFP/index.htm
It's a little Gilligan Islandish in how he has stranded island inventions for modern appliances.
Youichi-
Yeah Fake Plastic Trees is great. I'll have to side with your wife and say that for me it's a sad song, but I can see the eternal hope angle, it just doesn't fit my personality and we all see what we want to see =). Anyways, it's a great song for when you're feeling miserable and want some "company."
Leandra-
Never heard the accoustic version. I've header the accoustic version of Creep and I like it better. It's more sad while the original is angry. I like the video for Fake Plastic Trees cuz the lead singer has these super poofy eyes, it makes him look sad and weary.
Miss Mea-Mea-
Yeah lots of respones. I guess it goes to show how many lurking fans Dooce has. I think the large response comes from the fact that she asked for people's favorite songs and books. Can't go wrong with that. Leslie Harpold said people like stuff like that because it's a way of saying, "Here's what I like. Are you like me? Do you like me?" I guess it appeals to our need to socialize in these lonely days.
Dooce-
Great response on this one. Got so many songs and books to check out now. It's like a class room where only the teacher is talking and everyone is just listening, but now all your students are talking to each other. Pretty interesting to watch how this evolves.
214. moonz said:
What, no one took the suck up root and picked a Britney song? I actually was going to, but then I got to thinking about how I said just two days ago that if I could only listen to three BANDS for the rest of my life I'd pick Nada Surf, Incubus, and Radiohead. So I should probably pick one of theirs, eh?
Well, my book would be The Guiliana Legacy.
The song would probably be ... ah, fuck it. I want my song to be Rufus Wainwright's "Instant Pleasure"
215. Elvis said:
Nuclear Holocausts for Dummies.
YEM
It is a nuclear holocaust for joseph smith's sake!!!
choices would vary if i weren't in A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST!!!
216. andrew charles said:
it took ten minutes to read all those, and another ten to figure out my choices!
song: nirvana - polly (unplugged)
book: wally lamb - she comes undone
.. the only book i've ever read from cover to cover in one sitting.
217. bit2byte said:
Song: "Ruler of My Heart" by Irma Thomas
Book: "La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret" by Emile Zola
218. january said:
Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
and Goodbye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson.
219. Eddie D. said:
song: "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" by Fire Inc.
book: Sideways Stories From Wayside High School by Louis Sacher
220. kelly said:
book: "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Patterson, because it spoke to me in the fourth grade and I have to read it once a year
song: ugh, a toss-up, either "Narrow Your Eyes" by They Might Be Giants or "The Sniper" by Harry Chapin
221. MovieGirl said:
"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison
"A Very Young Rider" by Jill Krementz
222. soulonice said:
Song: Ambition Az A Ridah - 2Pac.
Book: I Know This Much is True - Wally Lamb.
223. TXDEMOCRATMOM said:
GOOD GOSH A MIGHTY - 222 HITS - DOOCE FOR PRESIDENT!
224. JF said:
Poi Dog Pondering - "Metaphysical Kitchen" (it just always makes me happy)
Dave Eggers - "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" because it is
225. scot-on-the-rocks said:
Holy flipping DAMM! 224 hits...now, all at once...let's all send dooce a dollar!
226. Neal said:
"Chicken Tonight" theme song just because I'd like to at least pretend the world is still annoying and not just toxic.
"The Scoop on Poop" by Wayne Lynch
227. Neal (Again) said:
You know "The Gas We Pass" is also another fine book... so, now I am not sure.
228. Fox said:
How to Disappear Completely (And Never Be Found) - Radiohead
Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
229. Tam said:
song: Bjork - Generous Palmstroke. 'cause there be some MAD harp skills rocking in there
book: The Princess Bride (S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure) - William Goldman.
in a crisis (such as a holocaust) I revert to childhood comforts.
or if i manage to keep it together: Pablo Neruda Selected Poems
230. Richard Barkins said:
SONG:
"Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode
BOOK:
All Over But The Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
231. Chelsea said:
Book: "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
Song: "Soma" Smashing Pumpkins
232. lisa said:
Song: Maunaleo, Keali`i Reichel. It's such a beautiful lullaby of a song.
Book: Les Miserables, Victor Hugo.
233. freshgroundpepper said:
Song: Mad World by Gary Jules (a Tears for Fears cover)
Book: "Godel Escher Bach" as it would give me a hell of a lot to think about and I'd possibly finally get through it
234. anarchocyclist said:
I've reconsidered my initial hasty answer. Truth is, my picks would depend on my mood when I received news of the impending holocaust/inauguration.Hence, if I were drinking (like I am right now), they would go like this: "Loose" by Iggy and the Stooges; POST OFFICE by Charles Bukowski. If I were horny, they'd come out like so: "Hyperballad" by Bjork; DELTA OF VENUS by Anais Nin, and both of thse women require characters I don't know how to type in order to spell their names correctly. If I happened to be feeling a little rebellious and self-righteous when I got the unhappy news, I might pick: "White Riot" by the Clash; THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck. Were I in a satirical mood when news of the world's effective end reached me, I might choose: "Do You Remember Walter" by the Kinks; GREAT APES by Will Self. If my demeanor were understandably bleak upon hearing that the Boy King would spend another! four! years! in office, I might choose: "Exit Music (For a Film)" by Radiohead; RESUSCITATION OF A HANGED MAN by Denis Johnson.
Or, if I felt exceedingly postmodern in a very mid-'80's fashion, I'd decide on: "Rain King" by Sonic Youth; NEUROMANCER by William Gibson.
Oh, a sci-fi nerd. Now we're showing our true colors, aren't we?
Thanks for your time.
235. Kyle said:
Jimbo, Bloom County rocks.
As for me, book: Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
and song: Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here.
I don't think I could live with the knowledge that I would never hear or read those again.
236. Karin said:
Book : Hearts in Atlantis by Steven King
Song: Its so hard to choose I love tori but I just cant choose just one so id have to go with Everclears : AM Radio
because its fun and funky and would have reminicing qualities...
237. chizantski said:
song: Land Down Under - Men at Work (!)
book: A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe - Michael S. Schneider
sheeeeeeeeit!
238. lordtalixx said:
I find it very interesting that only one person, one out of over 230 people, chose a blank book; while I love to read, and would most likely miss my books, I think that in such a situation the most interesting thing to do would be to create my own book, my own journal, my own whatever. Somebody mentioned bringing Thoreau's "Walden", which is itself just such an effort. So as much as I'd like to say Shakespeare or Tolkien, I'd have to take a blank book, as thick as they make them.
As for music, well, someone else mentioned that any pop song would be a bad choice, as it would become tired very quickly, so most likely, I'd bring Beethoven, the 5th Symphony--30 minutes long, and one of the greatest pieces of music ever composed.
239. Kevynn Malone said:
Book: The Boy Scout Handbook Of America.
Song: Any song with a lot of birds singing on it...and for as long as possible.
240. Mr DarQ said:
Aphex twin - Window licker is better than your choices and thats not even the best
so i think you need to recap your thought into more productive outlets
241. coley said:
oh my god, you have to check this out.
http://www.themorningnews.org/
archives/editorial/the_mormons_
our_secret_weapon_in_the_war_
on_terror.shtml
242. leandra said:
Myopic Joe -
The acoustic version of "Fake Plastic Trees" is on the Clueless soundtrack (of all movies!)
243. Zan said:
Here's an interesting mix:
Song:
Steady On" by Storyhill
Book:
The King James Bible
244. Shane said:
Good work busting the page out, Coley