Your Five Top 5 Favorites

[vintagebrett]

We pretty much know everyone's favorite gloves/brands, etc. here but I thought it would be fun to take a step outside the glove world and see what your top 5 favorites are in the following categories - share!

TOP FIVE ALBUMS
-Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
-Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
-Mermaid Avenue Volume 1 by Wilco and Billy Bragg
-The Gay Parade by Of Montreal

TOP FIVE PLACES TO EAT
-Hofbrauhaus in West Springfield, MA
-Franklin Giant Grinder in Hartford, CT
-Redamak's in New Buffalo, MI
-Flat Top Grill in Chicago, IL
-Gray's Papaya in New York City, NY

TOP FIVE MOVIES
-Star Wars Trilogy
-The Goonies
-Shawshank Redemption
-Major League
-The Princess Bride

TOP FIVE BOOKS
-Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
-The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
-A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
-Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
-As the Crow Flies by Jeffery Archer

TOP FIVE TV SHOWS
-The Simpsons
-Twilight Zone
-Lost
-Family Guy
-Monty Python's Flying Circus

[Bravosin99]

Top Five Albums
1. Theory of a Deadman, Theory of a Deadman
2. Gasoline, Theory of a Deadman
3. Scars & Souvenirs, Theory of a Deadman
4. Daughtry, Chris Daughtry
5. Influence, Shaw Blades

Top Five Places To Eat
1. Al's Itialian Beef (Chicago)
2. PfChangs
3. Five Guys
4. Cheeseburger in Paradise
5. TGI Fridays

Top Five Movies
1. Goonies
2. A League of Their Own
3. Encino Man
4. Rudy
5. National Treasure 1&2

Top Five Books
1. The Ultimate Gift- Jim Stovall
2. The Ultimate Life- Jim Stovall
3. Between a Rock and a Hard Place- Aron Ralston
4. Fun Is Good- Mike Veeck
5.

Top Five TV Shows
1. First 48 (A&E)
2. Man vs. Food
3. Diners, Drives, & Dives
4. UFC on Spike
5. WGN- Cubs

[Rickybulldog]

TOP FIVE ALBUMS
-Ten by Pearl Jam
-Relapse by Eminem
-ACDC Live
-The Spirit of Radio by Rush (Greatest Hits)
-The Police-Greatest Hits

TOP FIVE PLACES TO EAT
-Outback steakhouse
-Chili's
-Alberto's Redlands, ca (Carne asada fries)
-Sorentino's pizza Loma Linda, ca
-Rosie's mexican food yucaipa, ca

TOP FIVE MOVIES
-Malcolm X
-Tommy Boy
-Better off Dead
-Young guns 1-2
-Road to Perdition

TOP FIVE BOOKS
-It by Stephen King
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
-Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
-Eyes of the Killer robot by John Bellairs (favorite since a kid/ children's book)

TOP FIVE TV SHOWS
-Seinfeld
-The Simpsons
-Lost
-Curb your Enthusiasm
-Chapelle show

[vintagebrett]

Josh - I like Man Vs Food - fun show to watch - can't wait for season 2!

Ricky - Outliers was a great book - your daughter should be a shoe-in for the Canadian National Hockey team!

[Rickybulldog]

That's funny. Yes, I liked it. I actually found it while at the school book fair. The whole concept I found interesting about what sets others apart from the norm "the outliers". I liked his take on why asians are better in math and the differences in well to do kids and those in poverty. Although, the innercity school thing bothered me. The whole idea that they recruit "certain" lower income/poverty kids I'll never agree with. I'm a firm believer in "teach the unteachable and love the unlovable" none of this cherry pickin' BS.

My wife found the "entitlement" conversation with the kid going to the doctor dead on for her upbringing. I was the other group.

[Number9]

Brett, if you like the Hofbrauhaus in Springfield, you have to go to the one in Munich. Amazing.

Albums
-The Bends by Radiohead
-Nirvana Unplugged
-U2 Rattle and Hum
-Phrenology by The Roots
-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Live from the Middle East
+Assorted stuff from Ben Folds, Jeff Buckley, and Beck

Restaurants
-Anna's Taquería, Boston, the Beacon Street location is the best
-Brown Sugar, Boston
-Oishii, Chestnut Hill
-Villa San Michele, Florence
-U Flecku, Prague or Augustiner Bräustübl, Salzburg

Movies
-Baseball by Ken Burns
-The Bourne series
-Rushmore
-Ronin (bad movie, great car scenes)
-Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
-The Big Lebowski

Books, I'm more of a magazine and online reader, but,
-The Catalog Source Book, Joe Phillips
-The Gun Seller, Hugh Laurie
-The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson
-The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn
-Only The Ball Was White, Robert Peterson

TV
Antiques Roadshow
No Reservations
This Old House
The New Yankee Workshop
The Food Network

[okdoak]

Albums:

My Feet Are Smiling-Leo Kottke
Layla and Other Love Songs-Derek & the Dominoes
Smash Hits-Jimi Hendrix
Best of Cream-Cream
Astral Weeks-Van Morrison or After the Gold Rush-Neil Young or The Doors 1st album or Abbey Road-The Beatles or Who's Next-The Who or Nashville Skyline-Dylan or The Yes Album-Yes

Restaurants:
Aliota's
Cranky Pat's Pizza
Sarku of Japan
My local Denny's (I don't get out much)
Any place I can get a Vienna Beef Chicago Style Hot Dog

Movies:

Rebel Without a Cause
Arsenic and Old Lace
Frankenstein
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Books:

A Tale of Two Cities-Dickens
The Pine Barrens-Mcfee
Confederates in the Attic-Horwitz
How to Write Good Short Stories-Lardner
Tales of the Old Duck Hunters-Macquarre

TV:
The Twilight Zone
Taxi
The Office
SNL
The Daily Show/Colbert Report

Bared my soul here. If you must snicker, please do it quietly!

[vintagebrett]

Number9 - The Bends would be in my next five - next time you are down I'll have to show you my music room. Thanks for those eateries in Boston - I'll have to try them next time we are up there.

okdoak - if you liked the Series of Unfortunate Events movie you should really read the books - they are a gazillion times better. I know the books are meant for younger readers but I think the dark humor and literary/pop culture references make them more enjoyable for mature readers.

[Number9]

No problemo.

Anna's is on the Green line C train across the street from the Summit Ave stop. Drive there on Beacon Street. Technically it's in Brookline, though there are other Anna's in Boston. Great burritos. Nay, the best burritos.

Brown Sugar is on the Green line B train, Babcock Street stop, near Agganis Arena. Drive there on Commonwealth Ave. Great authentic Thai food. There was also a smaller Brown Sugar location in the Fenway, just a short walk from Fenway Park. Sadly, it closed.

Oishii is on the Green line D train, Chestnut Hill station, Hammond Street on the other side of Rt. 9. One of the best sushi restaurants around. My mouth is watering right now.

[cubsrno1]

Albums
Physical Graffiti- Led Zeppelin
Close to the Edge- Yes
Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
Thriller- Michael Jackson
All Killer No Filler- Sum41

Restaurants
Wildfire Oakbrook, IL
Biaggi's Naperville, IL
Harry Caray's Wrigleyville
Gino's East Chicago
Portillo's ( great Chicago style hotdogs)

Movies
The Godfather
Amadeus
Star Wars (all)
Slapshot
Scarface

Books
The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
Murder on the Orient Experss- Agatha Christie
The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien
Crazy '08- Cait Murphy
The Bible

TV Shows
24
SNL ( the old ones)
Seinfeld
Miami Vice
South Park

[Rickybulldog]

Joel, Scarface AND Godfather! That's gangsta! Saw Pink Floyd (Unfortunately not DSOTM) and thought you were going to put Wizard of OZ as the movie!

It's great we all love different types of music. Which makes me wonder every time I go to the ball park about players entry songs: Chipper Jones seems to always have Ozzie Osborne's Crazy Train, Trevor Hoffman had his ACDC Hell's Bells, Mariano Rivera has Metallica's Enter Sandman. What would it have been like long ago with the same concept? Babe Ruth coming out to some ragtime song or Christy Matthewson coming out of the bullpen with duster to some jazz or ragtime music of the period? Probably pumped them up! Sorry, I'm probably the only silly bastard that thinks of this stuff. Haha!

[okdoak]

I absolutely loved the Unfortunate Events movie, Brett! My daughter read all the books and of course was kind of disappointed that some of her favorite parts were left out. I guess the movie covered the first 3 books? I can see how they would be interesting reading and I love dark humor. I'm more into non-fiction these days and there have been so many good ones lately (Into the Wild, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City). Anyway, there is so much quotable dialogue in that movie and we're disappointed that they didn't make a sequel. Every time we come to a railroad crossing in the car now, I say to my daughter "I could be the ultimate Dad!". We're (more so my daughter) very afraid!

Joel, I really enjoyed Crazy '08 also. Great book! Led Zep's "Kasmir" is an incredible song! If I'm ever in Chicago again I'm heading straight to Portillo's. The only place in my small town that had Chicago Dogs burned down a few years ago. I've been going thru withdrawal ever since!

[rmiller]

Albums
Simon and Garfunkel Concert in Central Park
Hootie and the Blowfish Cracked Rear View
Van Halen 5150
Fleetwood Mac Rumors
Depeche Mode 101

Places to Eat
Teri-Yaki SLC, UT
Texas Roadhouse
Olive Garden
Johnny Corinos
Nachos, Hot Dogs, and Donuts from a gas station

Movies
Dead Poets Society
A River Runs Through It
Driving Miss Daisy
Saving Private Ryan
Hoosiers

Books
Moby Dick
Uncle Toms Cabin
The Scarlet Letter
Great Expectations
The Count of Monte Cristo

TV shows
Picket Fences
MASH
WKRP
Home Improvement
Little House on the Prairie (yeah, I know I know!)

[Rickybulldog]

Nice list rmiller. Saw Fleetwood Mac in Irvine when they were doing their touring in the late 90's. Speaking of Little House, did you ever see the baseball episode? Talk about the equipment being inaccurate!

[rmiller]

yes I do remember the baseball espisode of Little House.

Oh- and I can't believe I forgot about Wienerschnitzel- only the best chili cheese hot dogs and chili cheese fries in the world!