Originally, I had a huge list of book reviews here.  But I figure no one cares what I've read, or what my opinions are, so I've replaced it with something more useful:  A list of pieces of art that I think are really neat, and that may be a bit obscure, so perhaps you've never heard of it.  So you won't find The Beatles, or Picasso, or Citizen Kane, but you will find Home of the Brave, Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.

Dance

• Still Life at the Penguin Café (ballet) - 1989/1991 - David Binkley - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630202367X/qid%3D1009818476/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/002-2665147-3715265
• "Night of the Shades" (or "Kingdom of the Shades") dance from La Bayadere (ballet)  - http://www.amazon.com/Minkus-Bayadere-Guerin-Hilaire-Platel/dp/B000294T5G

Performance

• Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson) - 1986 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091216

Opera

• Amahl and the Night Visitors (Jean-Carlo Menotti) - 1951 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amahl_and_the_Night_Visitors

Music

• Ron Sexsmith - 1995 - Ron Sexsmith - http://www.amazon.com/Ron-Sexsmith/dp/B000001Y6P
• Braver, Newer World - Jimmy Dale Gilmore - 1996   - http://www.amazon.com/Braver-Newer-World-Jimmie-Gilmore/dp/B000002HJZ
• Black Sheep - Martin Sexton  1996 -    http://www.amazon.com/Braver-Newer-World-Jimmie-Gilmore/dp/B000002HJZ

Visual Arts

• Thomas Hart Benton
• Diego Rivera
• Charles Sheeler
• George Bellows
• Thomas Eakins
• Edward Hopper
• Georges Rousse

Movies

• The Life Aquatic - 1994   http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0362270/
• Life is Sweet - British 1990 http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100024
• Koyaanisqatsi - 1983 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085809
• Powaqqatsi - 1988 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0095895
• Paris, Texas - 1984 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087884
• Wings of Desire (aka Angels Over Berlin) - 1987 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093191
• The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner - 1962 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056194
• America, America - 1963 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056825
• Mountains of the Moon - 1990 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100196
• Anima Mundi - 1991 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0101349
• Night on Earth - 1991 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102536
• Scrooged - 1988 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0096061
• Gregory's Girl - 1981 http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082477
• Fandango - 1985 http://us.imdb.com/Title?0089126
• Orlando - 1992 http://us.imdb.com/Title?0107756
• Local Hero - 1983 http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085859
• Strictly Ballroom - 1992 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105488
• La Strada - 1954 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0047528
• The Snow Goose - 1971 - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0067767

   

Books

• The Magus - J. Fowles - 1965 - Tied for first for my favorite novel. - http://www.amazon.com/Magus-John-Fowles/dp/0316296198
• The Power and The Glory - Graham Greene - 1940 - Perhaps the most perfectly realized novel in the English language.  http://www.amazon.com/Magus-John-Fowles/dp/0316296198
• Griffin and Sabine - N. Bantack - 1991 - Half book, half artwork; very creative  http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Sabine-Correspondence-Nick-Bantock/dp/0877017883
• The Eleventh Hour - Base - 1993 - http://www.amazon.com/Eleventh-Hour-Graeme-Base/dp/0810932652
• A Dictionary of Modern English Usage - Fowler (second edition, not the 3rd!) - http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Modern-English-Usage-Second/dp/B000OKCZ9A
• Galatea 2.2 - Powers - http://www.amazon.com/Galatea-2-2-Novel-Richard-Powers/dp/0312423136
• The Path Between the Seas - McCullough - http://www.amazon.com/Path-Between-Seas-Creation-1870-1914/dp/0743262131
• Masquerade - Williams - http://www.amazon.com/Masquerade-Kit-Williams/dp/080523747X
• Bored of the Ring - Hilarious (and juvenile) parody of Lord of the Rings 1973 - http://www.amazon.com/Bored-Rings-Parody-Tolkiens-Lord/dp/0451452615
• The Stone Diaries - Shields - http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Diaries-Penguin-Essential/dp/0143036394