Very Important Things

A Listmania! list by Carl Messenger
 
Aenima
1.  Aenima by Tool
The list author says:
  "Some weeks I listen to this every day.  Essential stuff - I can't remember what it was like to be me before I heard this."
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Lateralus
2.  Lateralus by Tool
The list author says:
  "The next level.  Four years old and it still sounds generations ahead of eveything else.  If you haven't heard these 2 albums you technically have a disease.  Seek treatment here, now."
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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: 25th Anniversary Edition: An Inquiry into Values
3.  Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: 25th Anniversary Edition: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig
The list author says:
  "I read this all the time.  Sometimes for the story, sometimes for the philosophical content.  Anyone who's ever gone a little 'cuckoo' will get a kick out of it.  Read it now."
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The Catcher in the Rye
4.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The list author says:
  "I read this when I was 18 in an afternoon and I haven't stopped reading since."
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
5.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "I met lots of people who find this too slow.  They have a sickness.  Read it now."
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Pink Moon
6.  Pink Moon by Nick Drake
The list author says:
  "Heartbreakingly good.  This is the sound of genius kissing the world goodbye."
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Adaptation [DVD] [2003]
7.  Adaptation [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Nicolas Cage|Meryl Streep
The list author says:
  "I was crying with joy by the end of this.  Everytime I see it I get something new from it."
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Goodfellas (2 Disc Special Edition) [1990] [DVD]
8.  Goodfellas (2 Disc Special Edition) [1990] [DVD] DVD ~ Robert De Niro
The list author says:
  "I'm watching this right now, I forgot how good it was.  Swearing brought up to the level of poetry."
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Play the Piano Drunk Like an Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit
9.  Play the Piano Drunk Like an Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "Greatest title in the history of America Literature.  Ice cold."
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Baudelaire: The Complete Verse: v. 1
10.  Baudelaire: The Complete Verse: v. 1 by Charles Baudelaire
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  "Arguably invented modern poetry.  A breath of fresh air."
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The Godfather Trilogy (5 Disc Box Set) [DVD]
11.  The Godfather Trilogy (5 Disc Box Set) [DVD] DVD ~ Marlon Brando
The list author says:
  "Ok, so the third one was a mistake, but for the sake of completeness you may as well get the whole thing.  The second one is my favourite, although I have several friends who disagree loudly."
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The Dice Man
12.  The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
The list author says:
  "I think I was 17 when I read this, which was maybe too young.  I walked around dazed for about three months afterwards."
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Time of the Wolf [DVD] [2003]
13.  Time of the Wolf [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Isabelle Huppert
The list author says:
  "Beautiful, sinister, horrific, uplifting.  Everything worth anything is contained in this film.  The best french thing ever."
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A Season in Hell and Other Poems
14.  A Season in Hell and Other Poems by Michael Hamburger
The list author says:
  "Writtten by a 19 year old?  Unreal."
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The Fall (Penguin Modern Classics)
15.  The Fall (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
The list author says:
  "While I'm being a francophile...100% better than the Outsider."
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A Love Supreme
16.  A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
The list author says:
  "Mind blowing."
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Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology
17.  Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology by Jean-Paul Sartre
The list author says:
  "Heavy going.  Anyone who says otherwise is a big fat liar.  Well worth the effort, however."
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Being and Time
18.  Being and Time by Martin Heidegger
The list author says:
  "While I'm talking about big, difficult books...again, worth it."
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Phenomenology of Spirit (Galaxy Books)
19.  Phenomenology of Spirit (Galaxy Books) by G. W. F. Hegel
The list author says:
  "And again.  Even if you can't agree with this, you have to admire the architecture of his system."
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An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (Oxford Philosophical Texts)
20.  An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by David Hume
The list author says:
  "More than anyone else, this guy is convincing."
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Rage Against The Machine
21.  Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine
The list author says:
  "Enough philosophy, this is an insanely good album.  'You got a bullet in your head!!'"
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No More Shall We Part
22.  No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave
The list author says:
  "This is Nick Cave totally on top of his game."
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Blood On The Tracks
23.  Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
The list author says:
  "Some of these lyrics are sublime.  My mate Bill reckons the second half is a bit plodding.  He's an idiot - this is the best album Dylan ever made."
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
24.  Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky
The list author says:
  "The most terrifying thing I've ever read.  'It has to start someplace, it has to start sometime.  What better place than here, what better time than now?'"
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Rant In E-Minor
25.  Rant In E-Minor by Bill Hicks
The list author says:
  "The king.  There was no one better than this guy."
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