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January 10, 2006
a fun game we all can play together
so i am an official “office” freak.
for those of you who don’t know (and i pity you!) the office is a brilliant mockumentary that allows us a tiny view into the lives of people working in a paper company. the american one is of course based on the british one which i fell in love with on one of our first transatlantic flight. i was laughing like a loon, ensconced in headphones, drawing the bemused looks of pity mixed with derision from my fellow passengers who to be honest really have no room to speak because they are probably watching the son of the mask or some crap. whatever. both versions of the office work because they have a great cast led by ricky gervais in england and the incomparable steven correl is the usa. but i really didn’t want to discuss the office today.
the reason i bored you with my love of the office (by the way, if you are counting, this is officially the third (((at least))) “this is gonna be big” prediction to come true. first was green day (not bad!) then came muse, (noone knew them in america), and then came the office. i am amazing!!))) is that in a recent episode entitled the fire the rag tag ruffians had a day free where they were extra bored. so they played a couple games to pass the time.
the first they played was “who would you do?” which we aren’t gonna play because i dont wanna offend your mom. then they played “desert island” which is were everyone named the five books and five dvds they would take if they were stranded on a desert island. because i like music we will add cds to the mix.
books
1. redneck manifesto- you gotta read this!
2. the communist manifesto- mmmmm...you thought i was gonna ring that dumb o’rielly book?
3. confederacy of the dunces- one of the best books ever.
4. witch- a really clever take on the wizard of oz.
5. the kite runners- i actually cried when this book ended. fuh real
dvds
1. farhenheit 9-11. duh
2. the godfather
3. batman begins
4. battlestar galactica
5. uh...forty year old virgin. i couldn’t think of anything awesome.
cds
1. refused- shape of punk to come
2. the clash- london calling
3. the smiths- the queen is dead
4. u2- october
5. samiam- soar
you know what? i have excellent taste! beat this. \
Posted by joshbsf at January 10, 2006 08:32 PM
Comments
books:
1. da vinci code because i'm a little bitch
2. sideways
3. the tipping point
4. jurassic park
5. million little pieces because it was a good book as of THIS MORNING but y'all chumps had to ruin it
dvds:
1. the big lebowski
2. the shawshank redemption
3. city of god
4. memento
5. boondock saints
cds:
1. bsf - after the eulogy oh god i'm a groupie
2. bruce springsteen - born to run
3. aesop rock - labor days
4. explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place
5. circle takes the square - as the roots undo
and the office is probably the best show on tv right now yo
Posted by: Dan Perrone at January 10, 2006 10:06 PM
books-
the redneck manifesto-jim goad
crawling death-hp lovecraft
hitchhiker trilogy- douglas adams
(by the way, that brings me to way over 5)
dvd-
suicide kings
drop dead gorgeous
labrynth
orgazmo
the professional
cd-
black flag-in my head
the spermbirds-something to prove
nickel creek-why should the fire die
the white stripes-get behind me satan
pedro the lion-control
Posted by: nathanbsf at January 11, 2006 12:49 AM
nathan! that's unbelievable. every time i've listened to the final communique i thought at this "we found a new obsession"-part, that it reminds me on spermbirds. something to prove is an awesome record. did i say that too loud?
my top 5 are changing bout 7.5 times each day. i like the books of anne rice, most preferred the witch books. and i love chuck palahniuk.
movies, well, maybe the butterfly effect, mullholland drive and i like steve mcqueen and kevin bacon.
i hate music, especially rockshows.
Posted by: carlton at January 11, 2006 05:02 AM
books:
1.Steppenwolf....hermann hesse rules!
2.fahrenheit 9-11
3.summer crossing
4.everything by Heinrich Heine
5.i like spawn comic books.....
dvd:
1.Menschenfeind
2.City of God
3.Evil dead...hell, yeah!!!!
4.Donnie Darko
5.anything by Monty Python
cds:
1.Burn, Piano Island, Burn.....blood brothers
2.u come before u.......poison the well
3.neon golden......the notwist
4.de-loused in comatorium.......the mars volta
5.kings of metal......manowar
Posted by: michel at January 11, 2006 05:02 AM
The Da Vinci Code. I would bring the Da Vinci Code, so I could burn the Da Vinci Code.
Posted by: Jack at January 11, 2006 06:50 AM
Yea, what's that going to last you? 7 seconds?
Posted by: Dwight Shrute at January 11, 2006 06:51 AM
damn, fahrenheit 9-11?! bowling for columbine is so much better...
books: i'm from germany, i only read 3 english books in my life until this point and you won't know the german books anyway so forget about that point
movies:
bowling for columbine
team america
fight club
donnie darko
hurricane
(i prolly forgot some really good movies so right now these are the best i remember)
cds:
boysetsfire - after the eulogy (no doubt about that)
seether - disclaimer
billy talent - billy talent
nofx - the war on errorism
red hot chili peppers - californiacation
(as you can see, i listen to pretty varying kinds of music :P)
Posted by: Bastian at January 11, 2006 11:28 AM
books:
irvine welsh - trainspotting
j.d. sallinger - the catcher in the rye
tony white(editor) - brit pulp
charles bukowski - post office
this german guy, i forgot his namem, - the hive (because i haven't read it yet)
dvds
Star Wars Episodes IV-VI
Lost - First Season
Serenity (is it available, yet?)
Terminator 2
Star Trek VI - The unknown Land(? , that's the translation of the german title)
CD's
Millencolin - Kingwood
BSF - Misery Index... (I'm sure would would give me a copy before the official release date, if i had to go to a desert island ;) )
Bad Religion - Against the Grain
Rancid - Live won't wait
Hot Water Music - Caution
Posted by: Andy at January 11, 2006 01:22 PM
books :
Bret easton ellis
Edgar poe the short stories
Lovecraft short stories
Baudelaire
Oscar wilde dorian gray portrait
DVDs
28 days later
troma movies
frankenhooker
summer of sam
evil dead
CDs
Weezer- blue album
At the drive in- relashionship..
Against me!-reinventing axl rose
grandaddy - sumday
refused
Posted by: steffy at January 11, 2006 02:19 PM
books:
the lovely bones
chronicles of narnia (in one volume counts as one book)
cabinet of curiousities
shark as predator, man as prey
the survival guide
DVDs:
Lost Season 1 +2
Curb Your Enthusiasm Complete Series
The Office (American Version) Complete Series (I'm cheating I know)
Spiderman
The Return of the King
CDs:
I'd bring an iPod. and listen to all 4800 of my songs.
But ok.
Achtung Baby, U2
Bleed American, Jimmy Eat World
My own special mix CD of my favorite BSF songs (but if I had to pick one, misery index because it's the best so far).
Absolution, MUSE
Abbey Road, Beatles
Posted by: jason at January 11, 2006 02:41 PM
Hmmm okay... let me think about that a minute...
Books:
The Lord of the Rings (all 3 together count as one ;))
Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice - Queen of the Damned
Anne Rice - The Mayfair-Witches
Anne Rice - Pandora
Yes, I Love Anne Rice. :)
DVD:
The Lord of the Rings (all 3 together... repeat it)
Schindler´s List
Sin City
Dead Poets Society
Garden of Love (Well, I love Bela B. ;) )
CD´s:
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
The Used - The Used
Billy Talent - Billy Talent
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Alkaline Trio - Don´t know which one
BSF - The Misery Index (because I only know the songs you played live)
And yes, I know that this are 6 CD´s ;)
Posted by: Tanja at January 11, 2006 04:18 PM
Books:
The inheritance Trilogy (the last book stills has yet to come out)-Christopher Paolini
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
The Black Cross - Greg Iles
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
The OLd MAn and the Sea - Hemingway
DVDs:
all the seasons of 24
forty year old virgin. Actually it is awesome
Legends of the Fall
Crash
Fight Club
CD:
Mewithoutyou
The Black Album - Jay-Z
Sunning Day Real Estate - How it feels to be something on
Thursday - War all the TIme
Pinback - Blue Screen Life
Posted by: Paul at January 11, 2006 04:39 PM
here goes the german:
dvd
beatles - anthology boxset
six feet under - all seasons
good will hunting
east of eden
cat on a hot tin roof
music
beatsteakes - smacksmash
ryan adams - cold roses
ryan adams - jacksonville city nights
sabeth - cobrajet
strike anywhere - exit english
books
unholy alliance
the holy bible
monkey on a stick
betrayal of the spirit
higher taste cookbook
Posted by: robertbsf at January 11, 2006 06:30 PM
yes robert six feet under! awesome, awesome show.
I will have to sneak the Soprano's along too.
Posted by: jason at January 11, 2006 06:56 PM
books:
lord of the rings
the dark tower
it
shining
carrie
dvds:
bang boom bang
pulp fiction
fear and loathing in las vegas
fight club
die hard trilogy
cds:
backyard babies - stockholm syndrome
nofx - the war on errorism
rag bag - here i am
days in grief - portrait of beauty
boysetsfire - after the eulogy
Posted by: Maci at January 11, 2006 07:04 PM
it looks like lord of the ring fans listen to boysetsfire.
maybe you should write a lotr themed album like led zeppelin.
Posted by: jason at January 11, 2006 09:20 PM
Smack Smash over Living Targets?
Posted by: Jack at January 11, 2006 10:49 PM
books
solipsist - rollins
the art of deception - capaldi
hop on pop - suess
trainspotting - welsh
catcher in the rye
cd
flaming lips - transmissions from the satelite heart
obituary - slowly we rot/cause of death
built to spill - theres nothing wrong with love
pavement - slanted/enchanted
venom - black metal
dvd's
sin city
romeo and juliet
blow
pulp fiction
resevoir dogs
Posted by: John at January 12, 2006 01:17 AM
DVD
Pulp Fiction
Bang Boom Bang
Fight Club
Kill Bill I + II
Sin City
CD
Boysetsfire - After the Eulogy
Backyard Babies - live in Paris
Such a Surge - Alpha
Beatsteaks - 48/49
Pennywise - Land of the free
Posted by: Kolben at January 12, 2006 02:30 AM
Top 5:
Books:
1. The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide
(It's the whole series bound as one book, so I'm counting it as one)
- Douglass Adams
2. You Never Can Tell - George Bernard Shaw
3. Fight Club (Yes it was a book first) - Chuck Palahniuk
4. The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff
5. Something by Dave Barry. If I'm stranded on a desert island, I'm definitely in need of some comic relief.
RunnerUps:
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Sallinger
DVD's:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Rounders
3. Cowboy Bebop (Complete Series, not the Movie)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean
5. The Philidelphia Story
Runner Ups:
Sin City
Donnie Darko
CD's:
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Thursday - My Thursday Mix (or 5 Stories Falling)
Bφysetsfire - My BSF Mix, containing
Boy Sets Fire - After the Eulogy [live]
Boy Sets Fire - Last's Year's Nest
Boy Sets Fire - Foundations to Burn
Boy Sets Fire - Curtain Call
Boy Sets Fire - Vehicle
Boy Sets Fire - In The Wilderness, No One Can Hear You Scream
Boy Sets Fire - Pure
Boy Sets Fire - High Wire Escape Artist
Boy Sets Fire - Still Waiting For The Punch Line
Boy Sets Fire - The Abominations Of Those Virtuous
Boy Sets Fire - Management vs. Labor
Boy Sets Fire - Voice Over
Boy Sets Fire - My Life In The Knife Trade
Boy Sets Fire - Twelve Step Hammer Program
Boy Sets Fire - Handful Of Redemption
Boy Sets Fire - In Hope
Boy Sets Fire - White Wedding Dress
Boy Sets Fire - Rookie
Boy Sets Fire - Loser of the Year Award
Boy Sets Fire - Cavity
Boy Sets Fire - Suckerpunch Training
Boy Sets Fire - Rocket Man
Boy Sets Fire - Fashion as a Weapon
(or Live For Today)
Note: Due to the fact that we are making top five lists, one should be provided with a copy of the DVD 'Hi Fidelity' upon arrival to the island.
Man, those lists took a while.
Posted by: Jeremy at January 12, 2006 02:50 AM
books
killing youself to live
a peoples history of the united states
desperate deception
fargo rock city
helter skelter
dvds
shawn of the dead
labrynth
the princess bride
army of darkness
hi fidelity
cds
hot water music - no division
murder city devils - empty bottles, broken hearts
waxwing - one for the ride
bad religion - tested the live record
boy sets fire - the day the sun went out
Posted by: mike at January 12, 2006 01:49 PM
Books:
The Rich get Richer and the Poor Get Prison-Reiman
Lord of the Rings Trilogy-Tolkien
The Dark Tower Series-Stephen King
The Inflatable Book-Various
How to Make Paddles out of Sand-Various
DVDs:
Fight Club
Sin City-Deluxe
Star Wars Trilogy
Lost-Season One
The Matrix
CD's:
Boysetsfire-After the Eulogy
Against Me!-As the Eternal Cowboy
Weezer-Blue Album
At the Drive In-Relationship of Command
Rancid-...and out come the wolves
Posted by: Jim-Milwaukee at January 12, 2006 07:22 PM
Ummmmmm...why is it that we can't play "who would you do?"
Posted by: officefreak at January 12, 2006 07:36 PM
easy: julia styles...drew barrymoore and nathan
Posted by: robertbsf at January 12, 2006 08:49 PM
Eric Estrada
Posted by: John at January 13, 2006 12:38 AM
Books:
- queen of the damned
- come again
- secret garden
- latest blunt magazine at the time
- latest Q magazine at the time
(i know, they aren't technically BOOKS, but they have pages, words and pictures, so to me they count)
DVDs:
- Trainspotting
- Under the radar
- Sid and Nancy
- Queen of the Damned
- Labyrinth
CDs:
- Middleborough Rd. - Tripod
- Tragic Daydreams - Mandy Kane
- Changes - David Bowie
- Once more with feeling - Placebo
- Super Hits - Adam Ant
I'd do:
- Brian Molko
- Nathan Wyner (ha, i hope he see's that)
- Gina Gershon
- Mandy Kane
- Jason Statham
Posted by: Prey at January 13, 2006 04:00 AM
um my name isnt john.
whats goin on there?
Posted by: Prey at January 13, 2006 04:00 AM
Books:
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of Arthur Conan Doyle
The Tao Te Ching
Readers Digests' How To Survive On A Desert Island
and whatever book I bought at the airport on the way there
DVDs: not Jaws!
Goodfellas
The Godfather
The Simpsons (select episodes)
South Park (must include Towlie and underwear gnomes episodes)
The boysetsfire concert dvd from TCT
CDs:
Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
Madness - Madstock
Black Flag - Slip It In
The Who - Quadraphenia
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Posted by: Anonymous at January 13, 2006 06:52 AM
books:
island-aldous huxley
paradise lost- milton
brave new world- huxley
America(the book)
Catch 22-Heller
DVDs:
Batman begins
Taxi Driver
The Godfather
Scarface
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
CDs:
Rancid-Indestructible
Boysetsfire-after the eulogy
AFI-Very Proud Of Ya
Avenged Sevenfold- City of Evil
AFI-Black Sails In the Sunset
Posted by: David at January 13, 2006 10:09 AM
"Smack Smah or Living Targets?" Launched!!!
Posted by: Anonymous at January 13, 2006 10:11 AM
Hi Chad. I love you. Call me.
Posted by: Sara at January 13, 2006 10:48 AM
Books:
East of Eden
People's History of the United States
Where the Wild Things Are
CDs (I traded in 2 books for CDs)
My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidents - Jawbox
Live - Face to Face
If It Was You - Tegan and Sara
Static Prevails - Jimmy Eat World
Still Waiting for Spring - Matt Nathanson
Breaking In An Angel - Red Animal War
DVDs
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Chasing Amy
E.T.
Killing a Camera (Braid Documentary)
Scrubs (All the Seasons)
Posted by: Jon Van Deurzen at January 13, 2006 12:25 PM
boys, we forgot the porn....
Posted by: Anonymous at January 13, 2006 01:58 PM
I'd do Dwight Shrute for sure.
Posted by: oh yeah at January 14, 2006 02:34 PM
i would do kevin and then we would eat sandwiches
Posted by: joshua Latshaw at January 14, 2006 06:13 PM
Your new cd is absolutly amazing. Cant wait for it to hit stores here so I can buy a copy!
Posted by: Jay at January 15, 2006 03:12 PM
hmm... i'm late, but i like the lists. i'll try not to bend the rules.
books:
slaughterhouse 5 - kurt vonnegut
walden - henry david thoreau
winnie the pooh - A.A. milne
catch 22 - joseph heller
a brief history of time - stephen hawking
DVDs:
the royal tennenbaums
the big lebowski
ong bak: thai warrior
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
benny and joon
CDs:
gorilla biscuits - start today
7 seconds - walk together, rock together
bright eyes - i'm wide awake, it's morning
cat stevens - tea for the tillerman
shai hulud - that within blood ill-tempered
Posted by: kiel at January 15, 2006 08:55 PM
josh- if you like the office you should checkout the british series: the league of gentleman. its monty python meets kids in the hall meets who the hell knows what. its pretty hilarious.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 16, 2006 07:31 AM
Books:
American Psycho - Ellis
Trainspotting - Welsh
Dune - Frank Herbert
Zarathustra - Nietzsche
Atlas Shrugged - Rand
DVDs:
The Wall
Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2
Apocolypse Now
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
CDs:
Nas - Illmatic
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
The Clash - London Calling
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Posted by: Tom at January 18, 2006 01:46 AM
Books:
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard Feynman
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" by Richard Feynman
"Six-Easy-Pieces" by Richard Feynman
"Six-Not-So-Easy-Pieces" by Richard Feynman
"America" by Jon Stewart
Movies:
Not sure.
CDs:
"The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years"
"Tomorrow Come Today"
"After The Eulogy"
"The Day The Sun Went Out"
And perhaps some mix of Rammstein music
Posted by: Mikhail at January 18, 2006 01:39 PM
books:
1. the boy with a thorn in his side. The one and only peter wentz
2. The Things they carried-Tim O'Brien
3. i dont read many books
4. i dont read many books
5. i dont read many books
DVDs:
1.Ferris Beulers Day Off
2.Happy Gilmore
3.Billy Madison
4.Finding Nemo. yep thats right
5.Serenity
CD's
1. The Day the sun went out
2. take this to your grave
3. Tomorrow Come Today
4. From Under the Cork tree
5. Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount
ps. i know steve carrels neice!!!!
Posted by: Henry at January 18, 2006 07:08 PM
Books:
...what the f*** is a book?
DVD's:
1. Euro Trip
2. Meet the parents / fockers
3. Collin
4. Almost famous
5. Lit "AAA"
CD's:
1. The Nutcutters - smashin' stereo
2. Rise Against - Sirene Song of the Counter Culture
3. The Nutcutters - smashin' stereo
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. MxPx - Panic
Posted by: chris at January 21, 2006 03:54 AM
Books
-Sofies Welt(Jostein gaarder)
-Einstein(biography)
-Trainspotting(Welsh)
-Stupid white men(moore)
-anyting from the dalai lama
DVD's
Fight Club
American Beauty
American History X
trainspotting(I think the book is even better)
Starwars(the second trilogy is pure shit!)
CD's
Boysetsfire-after the eulogy
Bob Marley-songs of freedom
Everything from SUCH A SURGE
Red Hot Chilli Peppers-californication
Boysetsfire-tomorrow come today
me and my band stands on the beginning...
so we hope to come so far like Boysetsfire...Guys you inspirede me to think in much ways so diffrently I changed my point of view Thank you!
greetz from Herne
Gideon from Echoes of ignorance
Posted by: Gideon at January 23, 2006 11:10 AM
Books:
-Illuminatus
-Night Watch (Prattchett)
-Ilias (Homer)
-Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins)
-some kind of 'god compilation' (Bible, Qur'an and Thora)
DVDs:
- Big Lebowski
- Tiger and Dragon
- Dogma
- Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
- One DVD full of E-Books...
CD's:
- Queen: Night at the Opera
- SoaD: Toxicity
- Deep Purple: In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra
- something from Lyle Mays
- Itchy Poopzkid: Heart to Believe
Of course, I'm assuming everyone would be on the same Island (and you guys had your instruments with you) - otherwise I'd have to kick the Poopzkids out for this crying, this screaming... couldn't live without resection (you don't happen to play that one very often, do you?)
Oh, and I would do... stay true to the girl looking over my shoulder right now
Posted by: Luminus at January 30, 2006 10:06 PM