LISTS

 Here is a selection of my Top 5 lists as of 8 August 2005; items listed in no particular order. Note that for albums and singles, the lists refer to ones I actually own, resulting in the exclusion of a few that would otherwise be there.

Albums

1. The Stone Roses
2. The Velvet Underground
3. Massive Attack: Blue Lines
4. Ramones: Leave Home
5. Primal Scream: Screamadelica

Singles:

1. The Stone Roses: Fools Gold/What The World Is Waiting For
2. The Manic Street Preachers: Motorcycle Emptiness
3. Daft Punk: Da Funk
4. The Seahorses: Love Is The Law
5. The Breeders: Cannonball

On High Rotation:

1. Ramones: Rocket to Russia
2. New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call
3. The Saints: (I'm) Stranded
4. Ian Brown: Music of the Spheres
5. Gorillaz: Demon Days

Movies:

1. The Godfather
2. Rear Window
3. Trainspotting
4. Life Is Sweet
5. This Is Spinal Tap

TV (Current):

1. The Simpsons
2. World Sport
3. Happy Tree Friends & Friends
4. South Park
5. Rage

Books:

1. Geoffrey Williams and Ronald Searle: The Compleet Molesworth
2. Herman Hesse: The Glass Bead Game
3. Franz Kafka: The Trial
4. Albert Camus: The Plague
5. Raymond Briggs: Unlucky Wally

Sporting Teams:

1. Carlton (AFL)
2. Cronulla (NRL)
3. Tottenham Hotspur (English Premier League)
4. Lazio (Italian Serie A)
5. North Fremantle Footbag Club (WFA)

Possessions:

1. Tan safari suit
2. Toupee
3. Longboard
4. The Stone Roses CD
5. Ute

Quintessential Australian Things That Are Great:

1. Utes
2. Blundstones
3. Going to the beach
4. Roy & HG
5. The Go-Betweens

Quintessential Australian Things That Are Crap:

1. Flies
2. John Laws
3. Suburban sprawl
4. Mallee clocks
5. Bush poetry

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