Fiction that changed your life.

[Malloy]

likely none. some art has cemented my sensibilities.

"in the heart of the heart of the country"; Being There; most things barry hannah wrote; all of elaine may's movies; harry mathews fiction; lots of elliot gould 70s movies; samuel fuller; beckett novels and short stories; minutemen; randy newman; jeff wall's photography; scott walker; david berman; sifl & olly; jim jarmusch.

david milch more than anything

"And I am in retirement from love."

an all-timer

[Mickey]

Have you read much of Gass's other work? I want to read The Tunnel but who has the time.

[BurtReynolds]

Blood Meridian maybe. I haven't decided yet.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Blood Meridian maybe. I haven't decided yet.

Waiting patiently.

[bart]

Jurassic Park

[BurtReynolds]

Blood Meridian maybe. I haven't decided yet.

Waiting patiently.

I am the Judge to your Kid.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Blood Meridian maybe. I haven't decided yet.

Waiting patiently.

I am the Judge to your Kid.

Uhhh I’m Tobin

[Farmer John]

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

[Malloy]

Have you read much of Gass's other work? I want to read The Tunnel but who has the time.

on being blue; world w/in world; omensetter

doubt ill ever read the tunnel.

[Mickey]

Have you read much of Gass's other work? I want to read The Tunnel but who has the time.

on being blue; world w/in world; omensetter

doubt ill ever read the tunnel.

Yeah I read Blue a few years back, it was okay.

[Anders]

With music the first song I ever remember loving, was FR David - Words (Christmas in Northern Norway). It changed me from a 4-year old interested in kids songs, to listening to pop music. I got a tape from my cousin with hits from the early 80s, and I loved it. Wish I could find it, but it’s missing, probably forever.

After spending the rest of the 80s listening to Michael Jackson, Genesis, The Beatles etc, until in 1988 I heard Paradise City on the radio (while visiting a friend). From then on, I listened to Guns N’Roses, Metallica, eventually leading to Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, which was another slight shift in my interest.

My taste evolved and changed further, but I’m struggling to pinpoint the moment, or the song/album that did it.

In 2007, music helped turn my world around, after my first marriage broke up. The New Pornographers and The Shins played a large part in that.

[Anders]

With movies, «changed my life», seems like a very strong statement, although there is no doubt the impact movies have had on my life.

As a kid (my estimate 3-7) my mother took me every Christmas to see a Norwegian movie called Journey To The Christmas Star. It was a wonderful experience.

My brothers and I used to rent three movies (three for the prize of two), every weekend. They are five and nine years older than me, so I got to see lots of action movies, and generally a large range of movies. I had some personal favorites, like Big, The Fly, Big Trouble In Little China, Better Off Dead, Armed And Dangerous, Die Hard. I used to daydream about the Star Wars movies.

Well into the 90s and my teens, my favorites were Fargo, Pulp Fiction, The Last Mohican, Tombstone, Unforgiven, and the one movie that made me love classic movies, Casablanca (and later The Maltese Falcon). I also got into westerns, and started watching as many as I could.

Since then I’ve kept watching movies, often US movies, but also movies from all around the world, and most Norwegian movies that are released. Will take a lot for a movie now to «change my life», but once in a while a brilliant movie brings me in a new direction, in what I look for in art.

[Anders]

I have read a fair amount of books. More than most other children I knew in primary school.

The collected fairytales by Asbjørnsen and Moe, was s massive influence early on. I read everything by Anne-Cath Vestly, and stuff like the Bobbsey Twins, the Hardy Boys, the Stompa-books, Roald Dahl, Jack London, The Three Musketeers and Robinson Crusoe. My favorite comic was Asterix, and I knew enough about it, so that I could have gone on a game show to win money for it.

In the 90s I first got into action novels by Allistair MacLean, Desmond Bagley and Wilbur Smith. By then I was 11-15. I also read all the Norwegian classics, and dabbled in various other classics and philosophers. But none changed my world view or outlook.

However, The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank made a huge impact on me, and I absolutely loved the book Beatles by Lars Saabye Christensen. I think it made me view youth and growing up differently.

Then for a few years I only read history, anything I could get my hands on.

In the early 2000s I studied English literature, and in my free time also read Hesse, Dickens, Joyce, Woolf, McEwan, Coelho, Twain and poetry. A personal favorite was My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok.

In 2007 I segued over to fantasy and science fiction, and read up to 20 books per year. Lots of favorites there. Like the music, they helped me through a difficult time in 2007. Especially A Song Of Ice And Fire, Discworld and Harry Potter.

Now I don’t read as much as I want, and I would really like to read the newest book in The Stormlight Archive. I’ll get around to it eventually.

Video games have also been important to me. But I’ll leave that for another time.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

With music the first song I ever remember loving, was FR David - Words (Christmas in Northern Norway). It changed me from a 4-year old interested in kids songs, to listening to pop music. I got a tape from my cousin with hits from the early 80s, and I loved it. Wish I could find it, but it’s missing, probably forever.

After spending the rest of the 80s listening to Michael Jackson, Genesis, The Beatles etc, until in 1988 I heard Paradise City on the radio (while visiting a friend). From then on, I listened to Guns N’Roses, Metallica, eventually leading to Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, which was another slight shift in my interest.

My taste evolved and changed further, but I’m struggling to pinpoint the moment, or the song/album that did it.

In 2007, music helped turn my world around, after my first marriage broke up. The New Pornographers and The Shins played a large part in that.

Rate The Bleeding Heart Show.

[Anders]

With music the first song I ever remember loving, was FR David - Words (Christmas in Northern Norway). It changed me from a 4-year old interested in kids songs, to listening to pop music. I got a tape from my cousin with hits from the early 80s, and I loved it. Wish I could find it, but it’s missing, probably forever.

After spending the rest of the 80s listening to Michael Jackson, Genesis, The Beatles etc, until in 1988 I heard Paradise City on the radio (while visiting a friend). From then on, I listened to Guns N’Roses, Metallica, eventually leading to Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, which was another slight shift in my interest.

My taste evolved and changed further, but I’m struggling to pinpoint the moment, or the song/album that did it.

In 2007, music helped turn my world around, after my first marriage broke up. The New Pornographers and The Shins played a large part in that.

Rate The Bleeding Heart Show.

Five out of five stars

[lennytheweedwhacker]

With music the first song I ever remember loving, was FR David - Words (Christmas in Northern Norway). It changed me from a 4-year old interested in kids songs, to listening to pop music. I got a tape from my cousin with hits from the early 80s, and I loved it. Wish I could find it, but it’s missing, probably forever.

After spending the rest of the 80s listening to Michael Jackson, Genesis, The Beatles etc, until in 1988 I heard Paradise City on the radio (while visiting a friend). From then on, I listened to Guns N’Roses, Metallica, eventually leading to Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, which was another slight shift in my interest.

My taste evolved and changed further, but I’m struggling to pinpoint the moment, or the song/album that did it.

In 2007, music helped turn my world around, after my first marriage broke up. The New Pornographers and The Shins played a large part in that.

Rate The Bleeding Heart Show.

Five out of five stars

I would give it 5.1 out of 5 if I could.

[Mickey]

Books

Yeah me too man

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Books

Yeah me too man

Okay, Urkel.

[Farmer John]

One moment in television that had a big impact on me is when Steve Urkel transformed into Stefan Urquelle.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

One moment in television that had a big impact on me is when Steve Urkel transformed into Stefan Urquelle.

It was the moment I understood acting.