Stranded on a deserted island...

[rocky mtn high]

I know there have been some varations on this one, but thought I would bring all of them together in one. So, if you were stranded on a deserted island and could only bring your top five albums, movies, books, and tv shows to enjoy for the rest of time, what would they be? Here are mine :

Albums:
1. Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (ofcourse)
2. The Samples - The Samples
3. Ben Harper - Live From Mars
4. Freddy Jones Band - Waiting for the Night
5. Calobo - Running In The River
6. John Denver - Rocky Mountain Collection
7. Pink Floyd - Meddle
8. Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom (I know it's a box set, but Legend doesn't cover all of his best stuff.)

(I know I did more than 5, but I couldn't leave off JD, Bob, and Floyd)

Books:
1. Take Me Home : An Autobiography - by John Denver
2. Tuesdays With Morrie - by Mitch Albom
3. It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life - by Lance Armstrong
4. The Celestine Prophecy -- by James Redfield
5. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living -- by Dalai Lama

Movies:
1. I Am Sam
2. Good Will Hunting
3. Office Space
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Star Wars Trilogy

TV shows:
1. MTV The State (funniest show ever)
2. The Simpsons
3. Seinfeld
I'm sure there's more, but the memory if fading.

So that's what I'm taking, how about you guys...

[ecarmikel]

Hmm, interesting.

So this is imagining that there's power sources on the mountain for the movies and tv, right? ;-)

Albums:
1) my burned cd with both 26 Miles and Deceiver on it
2) Donna Lewis - Now in a Minute
3) Josh Groban - Closer
4) Rooney - Rooney
5) The Beatles - 1

Books:
1) The Works of Jane Austen - a collection
2) Wicked -- Gregory Maguire
3) Scout's Progress (Liaden Universe: Line Direct) - Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
4) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -- J.K. Rowling
5) The Call of the Wild -- Jack London

Movies:
1) Pride and Prejudice -- Colin Firth ('95?) BBC version
2) Persuasion -- '95 BBC Version
3) Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition
4) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5) Love Actually
6) A Walk to Remember
7) Spirited Away
8) Seabiscuit
9) my Cardcaptor Sakura anime

TV Shows:
1) Will and Grace


Heh. I took the 4 slots for TV shows and shoved them to the movie section.

[hamiltonmill]

Okay, here goes nothing:

Albums:
1. Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek
2. Doyle Dykes - Songs of Faith and Freedom
3. Mark O'Connor, Edgar Myer, YoYo Ma - Appalachian Journey
4. Haley - The Mystery of Her
5. Alison Krauss - Now That I've Found You
6. Nickel Creek - This Side
7. Phil Keaggy - Beyond Nature
8. Chris Thile - Not All WHo Wander Are Lost
9. Michael Hedges - Beyond Boundaries
10. Mark O'Connor - Liberty

(No particular order, and you set the standard with 8 albums, so I thought I'd round it off with 10 :-)

Books:
1. The Bible
2. Lord of The Rings
3. Chronicles of Narnia
4. Complete Works of Robert Burns
5. A Christmas Carol

Movies:
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Passion of the Christ
3. Shrek 1 and 2
4. Groundhog Day
5. Scrooge (1951 black and white Alastair Sim classic)
(It's a Wonderful Life - honorable mention)

TV shows:
1. CSI
2. Overhaulin
3. The Iron Chef
4. Charlie Brown Christmas
5. Hogan's Heroes

Keith

[NJlowe]

I don't know how much I can do on a deserted
island... Just a few CD's and the bible-I do
have one... Emmylou Harris, AKUS, NC, AFE
(American Fiddle Ensemble)...

Nancy

[iamalighthouse]

Albums
1. Nickel Creek- Why Should the Fire Die?
2. Lifehouse- No Name Face
3. Caedmon's Call- 40 Acres
4. Switchfoot- Legend of Chin
5. John Mayer- Room For Squares

Books
1. Bible
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Phantom of the Opera
4. Chronicles of Narnia
5. To Kill a Mockingbird

Movies
1. LOTR: Return of the King
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. A Knight's Tale
4. Bend it Like Beckham
5. Cellular

TV Shows
1. Lost!!!
2. Smallville
3. Survivor
4. Amazing Race
5. What Not To Wear

[crowing]

Ok, I'm new here, but since I'm bored at work, you get to see my spur-o-the moment choices!

Albums
Unwed Sailor - Unwed Sailor
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
Bob Marley - Legend
Some assorted classical music

Books
(yes I'm cheating here)
The Bible
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (should keep me busy 'till that boat comes)
Chronicles of Narnia
Anything Terry Prachett

Movies
The Shawshank Redemption
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Drunken Master 2
Office Space
Monty Python's Holy Grail

TV
Scrubs
The Simpsons
Whose Line is it Anyway?

Whew!

[thebiglargeness]

albums:
deceiver- chris thile
get behind me satan- the white stripes
why should the fire die- nickel creek
unearthed(box set)- johnny cash
little worlds- bela fleck and the flecktones

movies:
citizen kane
nightmare before christmas
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
monty python and the holy grail
star wars episode IV- a new hope

books:
the bible
the penultimate hitchhikers guide
the lord of the rings one volume edition
man in black (johnny cash's autobiography)
one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

TV:
whos line is it anyway
buffy the vampire slayer
megas xlr
clerks
king of the hill

[SFJEDI]

ALBUMS

1. Nickel Creek - This Side
2. The Beatles - Abby Road
3. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn....
4. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
5. Aimee Mann - Lost In Space

MOVIES

1. Star Wars
2. Boogie Nights
3. Lord Of The Rings (they count as one movie!)
4. X-Men 2
5. E.T.

BOOKS

1.The Catcher In The Rye - Salinger
2. The Collected Stories Of Truman Capote
3. Wicked - Macquire
4. Lord Of The Rings (again, counts as one)
5. His Dark Materials - Pullman

T.V.

1. Nip/Tuck
2. The Simpsons
3. Gilmore Girls
4. Buffy
5. Lost (which would be fitting being stranded)

[fiddlincklcrker]

Albums-
1. Nickel Creek-Why Should The Fire Die?
2. - This Side
3. Sean Watkins- 26 Miles
4. Chris Thile- NAWWAL
5. Foo Fighters- In Your Honor

Movies
1. The Village
2. Signs
3. Star Wars Episode III(I couldn't be stranded on a deserted island until after the 1st of Nov)

Books-
1. Series of Unfortuante Events(so that way I wouldn't feel like my life is totally bad :)
2. A Rose without a Thorn
3. Harry Potter
4. Chronicles of Narnia

TV-
1. Strong Medicine
2. Little House on the Prarie
3. Missing
4. Fairly Odd Parents
5. All the soaps on ABC

[Russ]

Albums:
1.The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2.Craig's Brother - Lost At Sea
3.Neutral Milk Hotel - An Aeroplane Over The Sea
4.Elliott Smith - Roman Candle / Either/Or
5.Mates Of State - My Solo Project

Movies:
1.Karate Kid
2.Donnie Darko
3.Bufflo 66
4.Ghost World
5.Hudsucker Proxy

Books:
1.A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami
2.A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irvine
3.High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
4.Fear & Loathing - Hunter S Thompson
5.Melacoly Death Of Oyster Boy - Tim Burton

T.V:
1.Seinfield
2.Brass Eye
3.Alan Partige
4.ER
5.Office

There's loads I could add to these, but I figured I'd just put on whatever comes to the top of my head and these no doubt will change.