How to GET Marilyn in 3 easy steps

[sereneorange]

Yoinked from  rimrunner

Books:
Douglas Coupland, Anything he has written
David Sedaris, Again, anything this brilliant funny man has written
John Irving, The Fourth Hand, Hotel New Hampshire, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Thich Nhat Hanh,      Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation - the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path and Other Basic Teachings
Dalai Lama, Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Dirt Road

Movies:
Kundune
Strictly Ballroom
Pricilla Queen of the Desert
Anything in the vein of Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink
The Commitments
Ode to Billy Joe


Music:
New World Symphony, Dvorak
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Anything Eva Cassidy
Nina Simone,everything, but Sinnerman and Sugar in My Bowl mostly
Billy Holiday, everything
Etta James
Guy Forsythe
Slave Spirituals, (ex: Wade in the water)
Mel Torme
Opie Hendrix and the Texas Tall Boys
man.. I give up..there is too much

Comments

[artfemme.livejournal.com]

I love Etta James! Although I don't own any of her music. I borrowed nearly her entire collection from a studio mate. Do you enjoy Nina Simone? I find that both of these ladies are wonderful for a wistful mood. :)
Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a beautiful book on Anger, that really changed my perspective. What a lovely list!
~Rebecca

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

shit forgot Nina. Sinnerman is my fav of hers, but I love to perform Sugar in My Bowl.

[artfemme.livejournal.com]

Wow! I would love to see you perform one of Nina's songs! The power and soul present in her music resonates strongly with me.
~Rebecca

[onnotangu.livejournal.com]

ba! I'll just bemyself and win her over with charm, love, and baited traps of food and diamonds.
*elmer fudd laugh*