 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.64 Without a doubt, my favorite Amazon purchase. It's incredibly challenging music. But like reading Faulkner and watching David Lynch, it is a very rewarding listen that I will always have in my player
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 | Seven Samurai - 3 Disc Remastered Edition (Criterion Collection Spine # 2)
Buy new: $32.99 / Used from: $24.89 Kurosawa is one of my favorite directors and Seven Samurai was the first DVD I ever bought. It has always remained one of my top 4 films of all time, along with:
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 | Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $7.50 Citizen Kane. It might be a cliche to say this is the best film of all time, but in my eyes it is cinematic perfection. I love Orson Welles.
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 | King Kong (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $3.99 Another one of my favorites. I saw this for the first time when I was 7 or 8 on PBS and it has always stood as a symbol of what cinema can do. Awesome film
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 | La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $21.49 / Used from: $15.95 And I also love Fellini. For me this is the pinnacle of European cinema in the 1960s. Fellini was a master story teller who could make the most seedy folks look glamorous and chic
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 | COLTRANE The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings by John Coltrane
Buy new: $80.99 / Used from: $44.99 This is the ultimate set for the Coltrane fan. This period with his famous quartet (the one that recorded "A Love Supreme") is my favorite era of his.
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 | The Grateful Dead Movie
Buy used from: $33.13 Then there's the Dead. America's favorite band and one of mine. This DVD is such a treat and a great window into the 1974 deadhead scene. Pick this up with the 5 CD soundtrack. Smokin'
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 | DiG!
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $5.93 A perfect music documentary about 2 bands you probably never heard of. It comes off like a modern telling of Mozart v. Salieri. After watching I had to buy the entire Brian Jonestown Massacre catalog.
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 | We Jam Econo - The Story of the Minutemen
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $13.82 This DVD singlehandedly reminded me of what a great band The Minutemen were. After watching this you will need to pick up "Double Nickels on the Dime" and play it over and over again.
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 | From Hell by Alan Moore
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $18.70 I will probably be reading comic books right up to my last days. This was my favorite over the last 7 years. From Hell is Alan Moore at the top of his game. I actually think it isbetter than Watchmen.
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 | Eraserhead
Buy new: $20.49 / Used from: $13.96 It's very hard to pick which is my favorite since I love all of David Lynch's films. One of the highlights of my Amazon.com career was getting to interview the master himself.
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 | Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $6.29 Fight Club was one of the first films I saw when I moved to Seattle and remains one of my favorite films. Very powerful and moving. It speaks loudly to my generation though many people don't get it.
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 | The Shield - The Complete First Season
Buy used from: $4.38 I am a big fan of serial TV. I love "24," "Sopranos," "Lost," "etc." But, "The Shield" took me off guard. I never expected it to be as good as it is. Great writing, though not for the weak at heart.
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 | Band of Brothers
Buy new: $44.49 / Used from: $29.99 Probably the best thing HBO ever produced. This is a great and heartwrenching telling of the boys of easy company. Not to be missed.
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 | Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.69 I m a huge Quentin fan and this is my favorite Taratino film. Though, I have to admit I love them all. Kill Bill V1 and 2 should not be missed either.
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 | Bryan Kest Power Yoga Complete Collection
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $12.99 After the kids were born, I gave up Aikido because I had no time. Yoga then became my practice of choice. This was the DVD that got me hooked.
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 | Footballers Wives - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $7.40 Laugh all you want, but this show is awesome! And very addictive. An adult soap opera about the glamous and sleazy lives of a soocer team and their wives
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 | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $5.43 If you have never seen this Leone classic, you owe yourself a favor. This is my favorite western and this edition is top rate!
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 | Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $6.39 This documentary convinced me that Dylan really is the super influential legend that ever one says he is. I would be very surprised if anyone was not a fan after watching this doc.
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 | Moby-Dick: or, The Whale(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Herman Melville
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.98 I do not know where I was in High School or College, but I never had to read this classic in school. Luckily I did a few summers back and it quickly became one of my favorite books
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 | Leviathan by Mastodon
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.21 Don't believe me? Ask Mastodon. They wrote an entire Heavy Metal epic in honor of Melville's classic story of obsession. Grand, dark, fast, loud and aggressive.
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 | The Magus by John Fowles
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This was the first book I read when I moved to Seattle and remains one of my top 10 books of all time. It is one of the few books I recommend to everyone without hesitation.
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 | East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $0.01 I never read any of Steinbeck's novels in school either. After working on an Oprah Book Club project, I got a copy and immediately got sucked in. Another one of my favorites.
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 | Rendezvous by Luna
Buy used from: $13.98 It may not be the best Luna CD, but it was their last. I am a long time fan and it killed me when they broke up. Luckily, I got to see their last tour here in Seattle. I'll never forget it.
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 | Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $4.93 Had to close the list with Slayer. They were the last show I saw in Seattle, and I have to say, they still got it! This is the 1 CD I rec to the others. If you don't like SITA, you'll never get Slayer
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