The First, and Likely the Last . . .
. . . meme of my own creation. Actually, not really of my own creation--I'm stealing it from the BBC.
Since 1942, BBC Radio has featured an interview program called "Desert Island Discs." A summary from the BBC website:
Desert Island Discs is one of Radio 4's most popular and enduring programmes. Created by Roy Plomley in 1942, the format is simple: each week a guest is invited by Sue Lawley to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island.
The discussion of their choice is a device for them to review their life. They also choose a favourite book (excluding the Bible or other religious work and Shakespeare - these already await the "castaway") and a luxury which must be inanimate and have no practical use.
I know that the original conceit was that the castaway had with him or her a hand-cranked phonograph with an inexhaustible supply of gold-plated needles. These days, it is a solar powered CD player. I'm going to add to the evolution, and call it a solar powered MP3 player (because I can). I'm also upping the number of tracks from eight to fourteen, to account for inflation.
So, without further ado, the Desert Island Discs Meme:
Imagine that you are a castaway, stranded on a desert island. You have with you a solar-powered MP3 player, containing fourteen tracks. Which songs would you want to have with you?
In no particular order:
1. "Near the Black Forest," Vanessa Daou
2. "When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament)," Janet Baker (from Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell)
3. "Anytime, Anyplace," Janet Jackson
4. "Little Black Mess," Shivaree
5. "Space Lion," Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts
6. "Wild," Poe
7. "Born Slippy (Darren Price/NUXX Remix)," Underworld
8. "Night And Day," Frank Sinatra (from Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years)
9. "Tea In the Sahara," The Police
10. "Fall Into You," Soulstice
11. "Get Down Saturday Night," Oliver Cheatham
12. "Symmetry," Speedy J
13. "Danse Macabre," Camille Saint-Saens (Eugene Ormandy c. the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1959)
14. "Safari," Keiko Matsui
You also have with you a copy of the complete works of Shakespeare, your preferred religious or spiritual text (if any), and a third book of your choice. What is the third book?
Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman
Finally, you have a choice of any inanimate luxury item, which can have no practical use. It can be unique (e.g., the Mona Lisa) or commonplace (e.g., a sofa). What do you choose?
A lifetime supply of chocolate desserts. It had better be a big island.
I'm not sure if I actually expect anyone else to write up this meme, but I am curious as to what the results would be.
Since 1942, BBC Radio has featured an interview program called "Desert Island Discs." A summary from the BBC website:
Desert Island Discs is one of Radio 4's most popular and enduring programmes. Created by Roy Plomley in 1942, the format is simple: each week a guest is invited by Sue Lawley to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island.
The discussion of their choice is a device for them to review their life. They also choose a favourite book (excluding the Bible or other religious work and Shakespeare - these already await the "castaway") and a luxury which must be inanimate and have no practical use.
I know that the original conceit was that the castaway had with him or her a hand-cranked phonograph with an inexhaustible supply of gold-plated needles. These days, it is a solar powered CD player. I'm going to add to the evolution, and call it a solar powered MP3 player (because I can). I'm also upping the number of tracks from eight to fourteen, to account for inflation.
So, without further ado, the Desert Island Discs Meme:
Imagine that you are a castaway, stranded on a desert island. You have with you a solar-powered MP3 player, containing fourteen tracks. Which songs would you want to have with you?
In no particular order:
1. "Near the Black Forest," Vanessa Daou
2. "When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament)," Janet Baker (from Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell)
3. "Anytime, Anyplace," Janet Jackson
4. "Little Black Mess," Shivaree
5. "Space Lion," Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts
6. "Wild," Poe
7. "Born Slippy (Darren Price/NUXX Remix)," Underworld
8. "Night And Day," Frank Sinatra (from Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years)
9. "Tea In the Sahara," The Police
10. "Fall Into You," Soulstice
11. "Get Down Saturday Night," Oliver Cheatham
12. "Symmetry," Speedy J
13. "Danse Macabre," Camille Saint-Saens (Eugene Ormandy c. the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1959)
14. "Safari," Keiko Matsui
You also have with you a copy of the complete works of Shakespeare, your preferred religious or spiritual text (if any), and a third book of your choice. What is the third book?
Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman
Finally, you have a choice of any inanimate luxury item, which can have no practical use. It can be unique (e.g., the Mona Lisa) or commonplace (e.g., a sofa). What do you choose?
A lifetime supply of chocolate desserts. It had better be a big island.
I'm not sure if I actually expect anyone else to write up this meme, but I am curious as to what the results would be.