The List…

A comprehensive list of things I like and don’t like to people I want to meet and places I want to go.

People I would like to meet…

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    Kate Bush

    English singer, songwriter, musician
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    Peter Gabriel

    English musician
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    Justin Trudeau

    Prime Minister of Canada
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    Yulia Tymoshenko

    Ukrainian politician
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    Peter Garrett

    Australian musician and politician
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    Thomas Dolby

    English musician, producer, and inventor
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    Meghna Chakrabarti

    American Broadcaster
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    Alison Goldfrapp

    English musician
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    Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

    spiritual and temporal Leader of Tibet
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Moviesbest and worst

Favorite movies

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    MASH

    Year: 1972
    Directed by: Robert Altman
    Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall

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    The Taking of Pelham 123

    Year: 1974
    Directed by: Joseph Sargent
    Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw

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    MASH

    Year: 1981
    Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
    Starring: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

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    The Guard

    Year: 2011
    Directed by: John Michael McDonagh
    Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham

Worst remake of a movie

The Longest Yard
Original 1974 - Remake 2005

Sabrina
Original 1954 - Remake1995

Planet Of The Apes
Original 1968 - Remake 2001

The Bad News Bears
Original 1976 - Remake 2005

Assault on Precinct 13
Original 1976 - Remake 2005

War of the Worlds
Original 1976 - Remake 2005

Best remake of a movie

Not to disappoint, but there are no good remakes of any movie. O.k. so that's not entirely true.

Cape Fear
Original 1962 - Remake 1991

The Day of the Triffids
Original 1962 - Remake 1981

Musicbest and worst

Best re-makes of a song

  • La Vie En Rose

    1964 - Edith Piaf
    1977 - Grace Jones

  • Ring of Fire

    1963 - Johnny Cash
    1980 - Blondie

  • Rocket Man (I Think it's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)

    1972 - Elton John
    1991 - Kate Bush

  • Tears of a Clown

    1970 - Smokey Robinson
    1980 - The English Beat

  • Born to Run

    1975 - Bruce Springsteen
    1984 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

  • Suspicious Minds

    1969 - Elvis Presley
    1986 - Fine Young Cannibals

Worst re-make of a song

Miss Sarajevo by the Passengers
Remade by George Michael

Bang a Gong (Get it on) by T. Rex
Remade by The Power Station

These Boots were Made For Walking by Nancy Sinatra
Remade by Jessica Simpson

It's My Life by The Animals
Remade by Gwen Stefani

Life on Mars by David Bowie
Remade by Barbara Streisand

Songs that jam…

You ask, what are songs that 'jam'???

If you know music and look at my list, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh

Give it to Me by The J. Geils Band

(I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart

...and to many P-funk song to list here.

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Pulled pork sandwich
Blue Ribbon - Arlington, MA

Crepe
Pazta Pizza - Medford, MA

Frap
Herrell's - Cambridge, MA

Calzone
Pazta Pizza - Medford, MA

Ice Cream
Herrell's - Cambridge, MA

Hamburger
Land Ho - Orleans, MA

Hot Dog
Yocco's - Allentown, PA

Pierogies
Yocco's - Allentown, PA

This includes National Historic Sites, National Monument, National Cemetery, National Memorial, National Seashore and so on...

Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor, ME

Cape Cod National Seashore
Wellfleet, MA

Steamtown National Historic Site
Scranton, PA

Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon, UT

Zion National Park
Springdale, UT