Noble all time favs:
Movie: A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick
saw it 5 times in 30 days, blown away by the visuals and edgy
storyline. Wow!, now that's different, I was mesmerized.
Runners up: Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola
Glengarry, Glen Ross, James Foley, screenplay-David Mamet
Smoke, Wayne Wang
Platoon, Oliver Stone
Grand Canyon, Lawrence Kasden
2001, Stanley Kubrick
Gilbert Grape, Lasse Halstrom
Sideways, Alexander Payne
The Godfather, Francis Ford Cappola
Big Night, Campbell Scott
Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese
The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach
The Thin Red Line, Terrence Malick
The Man Who Fell To Earth, starring David Bowie, directed by
Nicholas Roeg
Redbelt, written and directed by Terrence Malick
Man On Wire, documentary about Philippe Petit's daring performance
Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle
Music: Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
my anthem back in the day, remember sitting in a college hangout
at UNC, Chapel Hill, on a party week-end, hungover, with it cranking
on the jukebox. Loved it then, love it now.
Runner up: Tie, LA Woman, the Doors, Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
Best pure rock song: Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd. It just never quits.
Best soul artist: Otis Redding, no contest. Runner-up James Brown.
Best country artist, tie, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard.
Jazz: best album, Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis, runner-ups Wes Montgomery,
any album, The Crusaders "Chain Reaction", early Bob James, Joe Sample "Rainbow Seeker"
Favorite Folk Album: John Stewart, Phoenix Concerts,
loved it for many years, We brought him to the Exit In in Nashville in the 70's. Great night, special. Dylan's first album is the exception. Runner up-
tie, Iris DeMent, any album, John Prine, same.
The Noble Award for consistent great shit: Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones.
Books: Non Fiction
Blue Highways, William Least Heat Moon
Wanderer, Sterling Hayden
Shot In The Heart, Mikal Gilmore
Into Thin Air, John Krakauer
Young Men And Fire, Malcolm MacLean
Coming Into The Country, John McPhee
Chicken Hawk, Robert Mason
A Drinking Life, Pete Hamill
Undaunted Courage, Stephen Ambrose
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, John Berendt
Summer Of Deliverance, Christopher Dickey
A Brief History Of Time, Stephen Hawking
Books: Fiction
Bonfires Of The Vanities, Tom Wolfe
Going Native, Stephen Wright
Jernigan, David Gates
A River Runs Through It, Malcolm MacLean
All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
The Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon
Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Garden of Last Days. Andre DuBus iii
More recent picks:
The Best of Mushroom Jazz, Vol. 1-5
Mark Farina plus other DJs
Down-tempo dance
New World, directed by Terrence Mallick, slow story of Jamestown but the photography and his poetic direction superb, he also directed
The Thin Red Line which I really like
Almost Famous
8 Ball Rapper from Memphis, first song "Thorn" a great rap/rock song which is unusual
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, directed by Tommy Lee Jones really good, should win some awards, I loved it
Jazzmatazz Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3
Guru
Great jazz/rap albums
Delirium Tremolos
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Texas country rocker who made "Redneck Mother" famous
Igby Goes Down, directed by Burr Steers, comedy/drama
Rent it, it's really good
25th Hour, directed by Spike Lee starring Edward Norton
My favorite Lee flick
Breakout
Soulive
a very cool jazz album, they have opened recently for The Stones
To Love Again
Chris Botti
laid back trumpet, jazz, great to put on prior to the nod off
No Reservations
Anthony Bourdain
TV Series on the Travel Channel, Monday nights, great show
Train Home
Chris Smither
Folk, very nice, good guitar, thanks to Jim Russell
Don't Come Knocking, directed by Wem Wenders, screenplay
by Sam Shepard, another low profile, excellent film.
Adapt or Die
Everything But The Girl
Love her voice, great tracks.
Prairie Home Companion, directed by Robert Altman
very entertaining, great characters, very well done.
The Devil Wears Prada, directed by David Frankel
Meryl Streep is great, you'll fall in love with Anne Hathaway.
Scoop, directed by Woody Allen, classic Woody, very fun.
Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
great cast, great script, very funny, very touching, my kind of movie.
Modern Times
Bob Dylan
The dude has not lost a beat.
Fair and Square
John Prine
Still great.
Blood Diamond, directed by Ed Zwink, good acting, fast paced, really
enjoyed it.
The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese, great cast, loved Mark Wahlberg's character, really enjoyed.
Dreamgirls, directed by Bill Condon, enjoyed it more than I thought I would, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson were great, see it. Great soundtrack.
On The Road, written by Cormac Mc Carthy, slow but engaging, something to think about. A downer but very good.
No Country For Old Men, written by Cormac McCarthy, rocks from the get-go. Coen Brothers are making the film.
Pan's Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro, great story, stunning
visuals.
The Killers, Sam's Town, can not get enough of the rockers, puts me in a great mood, they are coming out with a Sargent Peppers re-do.
Reign Over Me, directed by Mike Binder, Adam Sandler is great, same with Don Cheadle, highly recommended.
It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Maroon 5
Slick, a modernized Boz Scaggs
Redbelt, written and directed by Terrence Malick, great ending.
Man On Wire, documentary about Philippe Petit's daring performance,
amazing.
Garden of Last Days, written by Andre DuBus lll, hard to put down story of the last days of the 9/11 hijackers prior to the tragedy.
Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle.
