March 31, 2004

Top 5 Favorite Clothing Items

  1. String of graduated pearls (yep, they have a B.A.)
  2. Red patent leather rubber-soled mules
  3. Black pants that make me look slender and curvy at the same time
  4. Black peau de soie heels with criss-cross straps and "diamond" baguette buckles
  5. Unwrinkleable Cynthia Steffe dress with brown lace over blue lining

March 25, 2004

Top 5 Sitcom Characters

  1. Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
  2. Kip Wilson - Bosom Buddies
  3. David Brent - The Office
  4. George Costanza - Seinfeld
  5. Benson - Soap

Honorable Mention:
George Utley - Newhart
Coach - Cheers
Jack Tripper - Three's Company
Det. Nick Yemana - Barney Miller

March 23, 2004

Top 5 Soups

  1. Trudy's chicken tortilla
  2. My homemade French potato leek
  3. My mom's chili
  4. Thai Kitchen's tom Gah
  5. La Madeleine's tomato basil

March 22, 2004

Top 5 Film Soundtracks

Another Top 5 List

  1. 27.3° Le Matin/Betty Blue - Gabriel Yared
  2. The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
  3. Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morricone
  4. 9 1/2 Weeks - Various Artists
  5. The Accidental Tourist - John Williams

Honorable Mention:
A Room With A View - Puccini, Various
Taxi Driver - Bernard Hermann

March 11, 2004

Top 5 Opening Guitar Riffs

A group of friends at work started a Top 5 Site, and some of the topics provoked enough consideration to warrant posting here.

  1. The The - "Uncertain Smile"
  2. Sting - "Shape of My Heart" (Dominic Miller wrote this song, and plays the guitar solo)
  3. The Pretenders - "My City Was Gone"
  4. Tommy Tutone - "867-5309 - Jenny"
  5. U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"

Honorable Mention:
Tom Petty - The Waiting
AC/DC - Back in Black
The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Scorpions - No One Like You
The Las - There She Goes
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Blind Melon - No Rain
Little River Band - We Two
Diesel - Sausalito Summer Nights
John Mellencamp (Cougar at the time) - This Time
David Bowie - China Girl, Fame
U2 - Pride in the Name of Love, I Will Follow
Stones - Miss You
Elliot Smith - Waltz#2
Cracker - Low
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Garbage - Stupid Girl
John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana - Things Gonna Change
Ray Parker, Jr. - The Other Woman
XTC - King for a Day
The Police - When the World is Running Down
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?