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offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-01 11:25 [#02149375]
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If you were stranded on a desert island for the rest of
your life, what you take in the following categories:

book:

music:

film:

One of each. The island has a DVD player (which plays CDs),
which is linked to a television set which runs off coconut
juice.

book: the complete p g wodehouse

music: the good the bad and the ugly (2-disc bootleg)

film: groundhog day


 

offline _gvarek_ from next to you (Poland) on 2007-12-01 11:38 [#02149376]
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tom hanks and a knife


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-12-01 12:16 [#02149389]
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book: the ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
music: boards of canada - twoism
film: 2001, a space odyssey



 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-12-01 12:22 [#02149392]
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book; le petit prince by saint-exupery

music; ethiopiques series

film; dr. strangelove..


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-12-01 13:12 [#02149413]
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If I were stranded for my entire life, each item would
become extremely boring after exploring ever facet of it. So
my answer would have to be a boxset of some sort for each
category, so I could craft some kind of tool out of it
that's useful day to day.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-01 13:13 [#02149414]
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nice choices.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-12-01 13:15 [#02149415]
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the film would have to include arnold swwhwahichiwahgger


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-01 13:15 [#02149416]
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Pumping Iron?


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-12-01 13:17 [#02149417]
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pumping shitty one liners


 

offline Sano on 2007-12-01 16:00 [#02149472]
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Book: Dune, I gave up at some part but I need to read it all
eventually.

Music: Glass Domain, I could hear the Interlock track till
the end of times.

Film: Mulholland Dr.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-01 16:04 [#02149475]
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book-subway art

music-entire streetsounds electros

film-christine


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-01 16:15 [#02149477]
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book: no need i'm bosseyed

music: the best of les dawson

film: home by ballad


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-01 16:38 [#02149481]
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book: something about the theory of music

music: a soundtrack to some film

film: something about the history of books


 

offline rad smiles on 2007-12-01 16:41 [#02149482]
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book - a porno mag

music - porno music

film - a porno film


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2007-12-01 16:47 [#02149487]
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this poses an interesting dilemma for me, should i stick to
the topic and choose what i actually would want on an island
as if i had nothing else or should i just bring my
favourites?

book: how to survive on a desert island.

music: digital drugs

film: something long like War Or Peace

__________________________________________________

book: brothers karamazov, i need to finish it, but i dont
think i ever will.

music: aphex discography

film: andrei tarkovsky's solyaris


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2007-12-01 17:39 [#02149503]
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Brothers Karamazov went pretty smoothly for me, but I think
it's actually unfinished.


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-12-01 17:54 [#02149509]
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book :The Myth of Sisyphus
music :rigth now the bob dylan 3 cd box set i got named
Dylan
film:some one i havent seen of course.umm i say superbad



 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2007-12-01 17:57 [#02149511]
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Have you read The Myth of Sisyphus?


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-12-01 17:59 [#02149512]
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yes


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2007-12-01 18:04 [#02149519]
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Why would you read it again? It's pretty straight forward
the first time.


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-12-01 18:05 [#02149520]
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i dont think so.i think its hard read and i dont remember it
all that much


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2007-12-01 18:06 [#02149521]
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book: Children of the Matrix - David Icke

music: Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

film: The King of Kong


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2007-12-01 18:08 [#02149523]
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You sound like Sisyphus.


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-12-01 18:08 [#02149524]
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i never read books really one freind on the net suggested me
that book when i asked for some good books because i never
read books.


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-12-01 18:09 [#02149526]
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well i am Sisyphus


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-02 04:52 [#02149659]
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Are you talking about the Camus book?


 

offline PS on 2007-12-02 05:08 [#02149662]
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book: my Cezanne picture book
music: some sort of chanting.. :0(
film: race for your life c b
ETHIOPIQUES++


 

offline SlipDrinkMats from Thanks (Bhutan) on 2007-12-02 05:28 [#02149677]
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You know how they remake films, like "The Ring" for example?
Well I was thinking that they don't often remake books.
Sure, a similar tale can be told by different authors, but
as to actually re-writing a book, I don't know how common
that is. Not very, I'm going to posit, for the purposes of
this post. And one of "my ideas" was to re-write Joyce's
Ulysses, word for word, and call it Sisyphus... yes, dwell
on that. It's kind of like intellectually calling into
question, I don't know, all sorts of shit, right?

To answer the original question however:

BOOK: "Bad Wisdom" - Bill Drummond & Mark Manning (It ALWAYS
makes me laugh, and I'd need cheering up)

MUSIC: "SAW 85 -92" - Aphex Twin (I've listened to it enough
for the past 15 years, I'm sure it'd last the other 3 months
tops I'd manage to survive on an island)

FILM: "The Spy Who Loved Me" (Classic Bond, and ideally I'd
die at the point when it says at the very end of the credits
"James Bond will return")


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-12-02 05:28 [#02149678]
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What kind of TV set are we talking about here? And what kind
of a stereo system? Where does the electricity come from?
These are some of the questions that would keep me from
getting bored.

book: kant's critique of pure reason
music: orbital - in sides
film: mulholland drive


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-12-02 05:33 [#02149679]
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dammit, thanks for reminding me, obviously i would throw
kant in the dustbin and take ulysses instead (not your soddy
pirate edition)... even now it's staring at me ominously
from under my desk, beckoning me to a shipwreck


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-12-02 05:54 [#02149685]
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Book:

Wilderness Survival Handbook: A Practical, All-Season Guide
To Short-Trip Preparation And Survival Techniques For
Hikers, Skiers, Backpackers, Canoeists, Snowmobilers,
Travelers In Light-Aircraft And Anyone Stranded In The
Outdoors
by Alan Fry.

Music:

A bootleg cd full of the music from the Monkey Island
Games.

Movie:

Cast Away


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-02 06:49 [#02149701]
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I still haven't read Bad Wisdom which is awful of me.
I've only heard excerpts read by Drummond.


 

offline SlipDrinkMats from Thanks (Bhutan) on 2007-12-02 08:19 [#02149714]
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I envy you though as, very dearly, I'd like to be able to
read it for the first time again. However, if I carry on
this banal path of self-destruction I may yet reach a level
of forgetfullness that will enable that.. happy state of
affairs.


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2007-12-02 08:29 [#02149720]
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book: the god of small things

music: marvin gaye - here, my dear

film: city of god



 

offline nacmat on 2007-12-02 09:02 [#02149730]
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book - don quijote (i ve never read so it would be a nice
occasion)
music - selected ambient works 85/92
film - ben hur




 

offline Pixszels on 2007-12-02 12:17 [#02149784]
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Book - "The Wind in the Willows" - Kenneth Grahame
Music - "Drukqs" - Aphex Twin
Film - "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" - Ki -
duk Kim

P


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-12-03 02:23 [#02150033]
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Book: Biggest possible encyclopedia Britanica
Music: Merzbox
Film: Space odyssey 2001


 

offline Portnoy on 2012-10-10 09:24 [#02442564]
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Book: Cold stone jug by Herman Charles Bosman
Music: I care because you do by the Aphex Twin
Film: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou


 

offline yann_g from now on 2012-10-10 09:48 [#02442567]
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You mean the book by Albert Camus? Don't wate your time with
it, its' just a pile of nonsense.

Anyway on a desert Island paper is precious so take the
biggest book you can, which contains the most paper.


 

offline EVOL from a long time ago on 2012-10-11 05:38 [#02442619]
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book:dune
music:twoism
film:contact


 

offline misantroll from Switzerland on 2012-10-11 12:01 [#02442640]
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book: The Dreaming Jewels / Theodore Sturgeon

music: The Ghostbusters OST

film: A Groundhog Day too !!! (my favorite movie of all
time)


 

offline yann_g from now on 2012-10-11 16:41 [#02442663]
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i know what dvd i would take! man vs wild on a desert
island!


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-11 16:56 [#02442665]
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i would enslave the insects and task them with creating
whatever i may desire, from aphex CDs to hemingway novels


 

offline RussellDust on 2012-10-11 16:58 [#02442666]
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Not that you give a toss but i disagree.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-11 17:00 [#02442667]
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girls gone wild vol. 14


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-11 17:00 [#02442668]
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if i were stranded on a fucking island, my first priority
would be to create a still.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-11 17:04 [#02442670]
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im doing research now, just in case


 


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