Malcolm

Some of my favorite musicians are Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Iron & Wine, M. Ward, Interpol, Thievery Corporation, White Stripes, Air, Radiohead, Morphine, Strokes, OutKast, Flaming Lips, Pixies, Youssou N'Dour, Dandy Warhols, Johnny Cash, Shins, Elliott Smith, My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams, Modest Mouse, Beck, A Tribe Called Quest, Mogwai, Raveonettes, Kristin Hersh, Wilco, Massive Attack, Fugazi, King Sunny Ade, Underworld, Visqueen, Stereolab, Husker Du, Coldplay, Basement Jaxx, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Guided By Voices, Blackalicious, Smiths, Cesaria Evora, Libertines, This Mortal Coil, Echo & The Bunnymen, Style Council, Jam, Clash, Specials, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Roxy Music, Steely Dan, Nick Drake, John Lennon, Randy Newman, Genesis, Neil Young, Nina Simone, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, John Cale, Velvet Underground, Desmond Dekker, Emmylou Harris, The Band, The Stones, Beach Boys, Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Harry Smith, Van Morrison, Kate St. John, Kate Bush, Jane Siberry, Talking Heads, Cowboy Junkies, Pogues I think that music is the only sacred thing that we really have anymore and it's very important to me. I've become very fond of CD boxed sets over the years. To give you an idea of where my musical tastes range, these are the boxed sets I have within arm's reach of my computer.

This Mortal Coil: 1983-1991

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crystal Days

The Complete Adventures of the Style Council

The Jam: Direction Reaction Creation

The Clash On Broadway

Fleetwood Mac 25 Years - The Chain

Bruce Springsteen - Tracks

Brian Eno I & Brian Eno II

Roxy Music - The Thrill of it All

Citizen Steely Dan

Nick Drake - Fruit Tree

The John Lennon Anthology

Have A Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box

Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman

Genesis Archives - 1967-75

The Velvet Underground & Nico - Peel Slowly & See

Emmylou Harris - Portraits

The Band - The Last Waltz

The Band - Across The Great Divide

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series

Bob Dylan - Biograph

The Pet Sounds Sessions

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Collection

The Best of Broadside: 1962-1988

Washington Square Memoirs - The Great Urban Folk Boom

Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music

The Doo Wop Boxed Set, Volumes One and Two

The Jack Kerouac Collection

Testify!: The Gospel Box

Ray Charles - Genius & Soul

Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings

Louis Armstrong: A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man, 1923-1934

Ken Burns Jazz

Club Verboten

Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.

Oh, and I'm a huge Tom Waits and Van Morrison fan, too. Basically, if they play it on NPR or KBCS, I love it. (KPLU when I wake up in the morning but KUOW in my car.)

My Desert Island Discs list would be something like:

Bob Dylan -- Blonde on Blonde

The Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds

Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks & Into The Music

The Beatles -- The White Album

John Cale -- Paris 1919

Lou Reed -- Berlin

Neil Young -- Decade

Miles Davis -- Bitches Brew

Tom Waits -- Blue Valentine

Emmylou Harris -- Wrecking Ball

Jonathan Richman -- The Beserkeley Years

The Clash -- Sandinista!

Nick Drake -- Five Leaves Left

American Graffiti Soundtrack

Rolling Stones -- Exile on Main Street

Desmond Dekker & The Specials -- King of Kings

Kate St. John -- Indescribable Night

Kate Bush -- Hounds of Love

Jane Siberry -- When I Was a Boy

Brian Eno -- Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks

Talking Heads -- Remain in Light

The Cowboy Junkies -- The Trinity Session

The Pogues -- Rum Sodomy & the Lash