Lust for Life Lists

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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (1,000 Before You Die)
(Tom Moon)

Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America
(Jay Parini)

"Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films
(David Thomson)

Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds
(Olivia Gentile)

Incidental Music:

Huckleberry Duck
(Raymond Scott)
I've Got A Woman
(Ray Charles)
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
(Prince)
Angel
(Sarah McLachlan)
Last Dance
(Sarah McLachlan)
Falls
(Ennio Morricone)
Hooray for Hollywood (Cha Cha)
(Don Swan)
Vita Nostra
(Ennio Morricone)
Have You Seen...? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films
01.31.2010
 (was 03.08.2009)

Read any good life-list books lately? How about "1,000 Places You Must Visit Before You Die?" or "1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die." There's no shortage of "life-list" books to read these days. What's next? "1,000 Life-List Books You Must Read Before You Die"? Probably. We'll explore our obsession with these life-lists, with film critic David Thomson and music critic Tom Moon, among others.

  1. Jack Pendarvis on "The Fifty Greatest Things That Just Popped Into My Head"

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    Jack Pendarvis reads from his essay "The Fifty Greatest Things That Just Popped Into My Head," published in "The Believer" magazine.

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  2. Tom Moon on "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die"

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    Music critic Tom Moon is the author of "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List." Moon tells Steve Paulson why he chose what he chose and we hear some of his favorites.

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  3. Jay Parini on "Thirteen Books That Changed America"

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    Jay Parini is a poet, novelist and teacher. He's also the author of "Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America." He tells Jim Fleming that his is not a list of "great books" but rather books that significantly changed the literary climate of American culture.

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  4. David Thomson on "‘Have You Seen...?': A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films"

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    David Thomson is a film critic. His new book is called "‘Have You Seen...?': A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films." He tells Steve Paulson the book is not just a list of the thousand greatest films.

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  5. Olivia Gentile on A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds

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    Olivia Gentile is the author of "Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds." Gentile tells Anne Strainchamps that her book is a biography of Phoebe Snetsinger who saw some 8400 species of birds while fending off a cancer diagnosis.

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