the list of 9 for june 14, 2004:
NINE UNFINISHED LISTS OF 9
You might think that every two weeks or so, I sit down in front of my computer and simply startwriting a new List of 9 off the top of my head. Not true! I often find inspiration for a listquite randomly. One or two entries for the list usually come to mind quickly, but rarely all nineat once, so I jot down what I can, adding more entries whenever I can think of them. Sometimes ittakes months, but once I have a full list, I type it out and post it to the site. Well, lots oftimes I have a decent idea for a list but can never come up with a full nine entries, for variousreasons. I decided to clean out my closet before leaving on vacation, so here you go.
- 3 OF THE 9 STUPIDEST MOVIE TAGLINES EVER: "Get ready toroot for the bad guy" from Payback; "He stole the money... and he's not giving it back"from Kangaroo Jack; "What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect$50,000? Next question." from The Pest. Yes, really: freakazoid.
- 4 OF 9 WALL-EYED CELEBRITIES: Marty Feldman; Jack Elam;Thom Yorke from Radiohead; Sarah Cracknell from St. Etienne.
- 3 OF 9 RIDICULOUS THINGS MY OLD ROOMMATE INSISTED WERE TRUE: That the Marx Brothers were actually born with the names Groucho, Chico and Harpo; that the Roy Orbison (and later Nazereth) song "Love Hurts" is actually "Love Burns"; that Catherine O'Hara, who played Macaulay Culkin's mother in Home Alone, really was Macaulay Culkin's mother.
- 5 OF 9 CITIES I DON'T CARE TO VISIT AGAIN: Manchester, England; Bakersfield, California; Osaka, Japan; Tijuana, Mexico; Anchorage, Alaska.
- 6 OF 9 MORE FORGOTTEN FIRST FEATURES BY FAMOUSDIRECTORS: Jim Jarmusch's Permanent Vacation; Gus Van Sant's Mala Noche;Tom Tykwer's Deadly Maria; Bryan Singer's Public Access; Oliver Stone's TheHand; Lasse Hallström's ABBA: The Movie. (Note: This was a sequel to an earlierlist.)
- 4 OF 9 OUTDATED OSCAR CATEGORIES: Original Song Score(ended in 1984 with Purple Rain); Original Music or Comedy Score (briefly included from 1995to 1998); Art Direction, black & white (ended in 1966 with Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe);Cinematography, black & white (ended in 1966 with same).
- 5 OF THE 9 MOST TIRESOME MODERN VOCATIONS: Referring tothe trendy little careers people are creating for themselves nowadays, I had Turntable DJ; MassageTherapist; Event Planner; Life Coach; Independent Filmmaker.
- 5 OF 9 THINGS THAT MAKE AMERICA BETTER THAN OTHER WESTERNNATIONS: We don't drink as much; we don't smoke as much; we're more generous; we drivemuch better; we have more public drinking fountains.
- 5 OF 9 THINGS EVERYBODY ALWAYS SAYS THEY ARE NOT:Hollywood; Racist; Desirous of fame or fortune; Bitter; Lying.
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