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2,000 Reasons to Stay In Tonight
If your iTunes playlist or Netflix queue needs new blood, check out two vast, addictive guides arriving this month: Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (Workman) and David Thomson's Have You Seen …? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films (Knopf). Here's a quick take.
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You DieBy Tom Moon The A to Z ABBA's Gold to ZZ Top's Tres Hombres. The Usual Suspects Bach gets the most mentions (eight recordings made the cut); the Beatles and Beethoven are next (six each); then Brahms and Miles Davis (five each). The Unusual Suspects Forgotten folk singer Karen Dalton (whose fans include Bob Dylan) gets a shout-out for her wistfully titled It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best (1969). Have You Seen …? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 FilmsBy David Thomson The A to Z Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein to Zabriskie Point. The Usual Suspects Alfred Hitchcock leaves the pack in the dust with 20 films; George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight) is the runner-up, with 17. The Unusual Suspects Recent overlooked gems include the elliptical character study The Intruder (2004) and the Italian family saga The Best of Youth (2003). Double Dippers Making star appearances in both books: singer-actors Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger, and Tom Waits.
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