#55 - Collect over 100 records

Well, same thing goes for this one as the other items dealing with collecting musical recordings. I started this venture with 40 records. I thought that 100 was a good goal since my record acquisition is a lot slower than it is for CD's. So here goes nothing!


41 - Procol Harum Live - Procol Harum - 1972
42 - Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd - 1972
43 - Restrospective: Best Of - Buffalo Springfield - 1969
44 - Greatest Hits - Simon and Garfunkel - 1972
45 - Volume One - The Honeydrippers - 1984
46 - They Only Come Out At Night - Edgar Winter Group - 1972
47 - Machine Head - Deep Purple - 1971
48 - Blood Sweat and Tears - Blood Sweat and Tears - 1968
49 - Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet - 1979
50 - Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple - 1984
51 - Remedy - Basement Jaxx - 1999
52 - Really - JJ Cale - 1972
53 - Get the Knack - The Knack - 1979
54 - Breakfast in America - Supertramp - 1979
55 - Alice's Restaurant Massacree - Peter Ritchie
56 - Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band - 1981
57 - The Beat Goes On - Vanilla Fudge - 1968
58 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis - 1974
59 - Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson - 1979
60 - The "Killer" Rocks On - Jerry Lee Lewis - 1972
61 - Discovery - ELO - 1979
62 - Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood - 1986

#56 - Collect over 400 CD's

So this one might seem ambitious, but I pretty much spend all of my extra money on music, so for me I think it is more of a way to direct myself, and get the stuff I want to own now.

Before I started this whole thing, my count was at 273, and so I will put new purchases in this post. (not really realizing how long this post will be in the end)


284 - Chocolate and Cheese - Ween - 1994
285 - Vintage Reserve - Galactic - 2007
286 - Zaireeka - Flaming Lips - 1997
287 - Begin to Hope - Regina Spektor - 2006
288 - Pork Soda - Primus - 1993
289 - Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age - 2002
290 - Two Great Experiences - Lonnie Youngblood (w/ Hendrix) - 1971
291 - Feels Like Home - Norah Jones - 2004
292 - Rodrigo y Gabriela - s/t - 2006
293 - Best of the Doobies - Doobie Brothers - 1972
294 - Sha Sha - Ben Kweller - 2002
295 - We are the Pipettes - The Pipettes - 2007
296 - Eliminator - ZZ Top - 1983
297 - Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads - 1983
298 - Continuing Story of Radar Love - Golden Earring - 1989
299 - Raising Sand - Robert Pland and Alison Krauss - 2007
300 - Pictures at an Exhibition - Emersonm Lake & Palmer - 1972
301 - Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan - 1966
302 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John - 1973
303 - Mtv Unplugged - 10,000 Maniacs - 1993
304 - Remember Me - Redding, Otis - 1992
305 - Play - Moby - 1999
306 - Charango - Morcheeba - 2002
307 - Pieces in a Modern Style - Orbit, William - 2000
308 - Social Dancing - Bis - 1999
309 - Pickin' on the SCI - String Cheese Incident - 2002
310 - 12 - Keller Williams - 2007
311 - The Tipping Point - The Roots - 2004
312 - Kala - MIA - 2007
313 - Stone Free: A Tribute - Jimi Hendrix - 1993
314 - Crazyhorse Mongoose - Galactic - 1998
315 - Alive & Amplified - Mooney Suzuki - 2004
316 - Pieces of the People We Love - Rapture - 2006
317 - Legendary Hits - Allman Brothers - 199
318 - Blackout! - Methodman/Redman - 1999
319 - You Could Have Had It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand - 2005
320 - Three - John Butler Trio - 2001
321 - Colorblind - Robert Randolph - 2006
322 - Wolfmother - s/t - 2006
323 - Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers - 1990
324 - Slowhand - Eric Clapton - 1977
325 - Ah Via Musicom - Eric Johnson - 1990
326 - Oracular Spectacular - MGMT - 2008
327 - Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket - 2008
328 - Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell - Flaming Lips - 2003
329 - At War With the Mystics - Flaming Lips - 2006
330 - History - America - 1975
331 - Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five - 1997
332 - Don't Mess With the Dragon - Ozomatli - 2007
333 - Daisies of the Galaxy - Eels - 1999
334 - Yonder Mountain String Band - s/t - 2006
335 - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin - 1971
336 - Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago - 1969
337 - Remind Me In 3 Days - The Knux - 2008
338 - The Best of - The Band - 1976
339 - Flood - They Might Be Giants - 1990
340 - Return to Cookie Mountain - TV on the Radio - 2006
341 - Dear Science - TV on the Radio - 2008
342 - Partie Traumatic - Black Kids - 2008
343 - Breakfast in America - Supertramp - 1979
344 - California Dreamin' - Mama's and the Papa's - 1994
345 - The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone - 1991

#48 - Watch 10 classic foreign films

So for this one, I really don'y have a set list of what I am going to watch. I probably have 10 foreign films that would be worthy on my list, so I guess i just need to make a better effort to actually watch them. the hard part is getting in the mood for a 1930's samurai movie. they are good and all, but i rarely seem to actually want to watch one.


1. La femme Nakita - France - 1990
2. Katyn - Poland - 2007

#47 - Watch all of AFI's top 100 films

I figured I would post up the list now since I have actually watched a few of the movies already, and I will just cross off ones as i go along. This is one that will take some time to pull all the movies together, so i wanted to get started on it early.

Here is the list:



5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8. On the Waterfront (1954)
9. Schindler's List (1993)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
14. Some Like It Hot (1959)
16. All About Eve (1950)
17. The African Queen (1951)
18. Psycho (1960)
19. Chinatown (1974)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
24. Raging Bull (1980) - 1/19/08
26. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
31. Annie Hall (1977)
33. High Noon (1952)
35. It Happened One Night (1934)
36. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
38. Double Indemnity (1944) - 4/4/08
40. North by Northwest (1959)
42. Rear Window (1954)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
47. Taxi Driver (1976) - 5/3/08
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
51. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
52. From Here to Eternity (1953)
53. Amadeus (1984)
54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - 1/11/08
56. MASH (1970)
57. The Third Man (1949)
59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - 1/25/09
61. Vertigo (1958)
62. Tootsie (1982)
63. Stagecoach (1939)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
66. Network (1976)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
68. An American in Paris (1951)
69. Shane (1953)
70. The French Connection (1971)
72. Ben-Hur (1959)
73. Wuthering Heights (1939)
74. The Gold Rush (1925)
76. City Lights (1931)
79. The Deer Hunter (1978)
80. The Wild Bunch (1969)
81. Modern Times (1936)
82. Giant (1956)
83. Platoon (1986)
85. Duck Soup (1933)
86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
87. Frankenstein (1931)
88. Easy Rider (1969)
89. Patton (1970)
90. The Jazz Singer (1927)
91. My Fair Lady (1964)
92. A Place in the Sun (1951)
93. The Apartment (1960) - 10/21/08
96. The Searchers (1956)
97. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
98. Unforgiven (1992)
99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)



37/100

#3 - Read 5 classics that I haven't read before

So I figured before i could read the books, i needed to pick 5 to do. So I looked around the net and talked with some folks for suggestions, and made a list of about 25 books, and narrowed it down to the 5 i'd like to work on first. i think the rest will go onto the working list for number 1 at some point.

So here is the list, and i shall cross them off as they are completed. If anyone has these books, and wouldn't mind letting me borrow it for a time period that's probably far too long, that would be fantastic!


1. The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
2. Siddhartha - Hesse
3. Gulliver's Travels - Swift - 3/10/08
4. Slaughterhouse Five - Vonnegut
5. Dracula - Stoker

#54 - Collect 150 live concert recordings

I figured i would start a post for this one, since i have some already, and the goal is to basically double the size of the collection. You can see a full, up to date list of all of what i have on my online catalogue. (cd's and vinyl are also listed there as well). I will update this post with the ones that will get me to the goal

What counts for these is basically any audio or video that was recorded live by any band. Officially released live albums count toward the CD count, these are just ones that i downloaded (legally, i might add) to add to what i have already.


71 - The Clash - 6/3/80 - Turin, Italy
72 - Van Morrison - 11/4/86 - Belfast, Ireland
73 - U2 - 5/11/80 - Tullamore, Ireland
74 - ZZ Top - 5/31/91 - Hamburg, Germany
75 - Tool - 9/23/06 - Toronto, Canada
76 - Rush - 3/20/86 - Indianapolis, IN
77 - Rush - 928/77 - Fresno, CA
78 - Pink Floyd - 4/22/77 - Miami, FL
79 - Robert Plant -6/29/05 - Nashville, TN
80 - Flaming Lips - 3/31/06 - New York, NY
81 - Velvet Underground - 6/5/93 - London, England
82 - Velvet Underground - 1966 - Original Demos
83 - Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory Demos
84 - Beck - Demos
85 - Superjam - 6/17/07 - Manchester, TN
86 - Girl Talk - 1/27/07 - Seattle, WA
87 - Flaming Lips - 4/20/84 - Dallas, TX
88 - The Who - 12/8/79 - Chicago, IL
89 - Galactic - 6/16/07 - Manchester, TN
90 - Bob Dylan - 4/13/66 - Sydney, Australia
91 - Medeski, Martin and Wood - 3/5/97 - New Orleans, LA
92 - Amy Winehouse - 10/15/07 - Berlin, Germany
93 - Jeff Beck/Pink Floyd - 7/26-27/1068 - Los Angeles, CA
94 - Led Zeppelin - 12/10/07 - London, ENG
95 - AC/DC - 1/15/85 - Rio De Janeiro, BRA
96 - Bob Dylan - 7/24/94 - Gotha
97 - Deep Purple - 6/25/03 - Glasgow, SCO
98 - Bob Dylan/Tom Petty - 5/8/86 - Mountain View, CA

The list!

So here is my list. If you have and suggestions for completing something on this list, or want to complete one of these things with me, feel free to let me know!

Start: May 2, 2007
Finish: January 28, 2010

(Completed tasks are crossed out)

Reading & Writing
1 Create a working book list
2 Acquire no library fines for 6 months
3 Read 5 classics that I haven't read before
4 Read 3 books in a month
5 Read "The Killer Angels"
6 Read all 3 "The Lord of the Rings"
7 Read "Watchmen"
8 Read a book about botany
9 Read the new 'Rolling Stone' cover to cover within the week
10 Finish reading the rest of the 'Rolling Stone' magazines
11 Write the story about "them" in the notebook
12 Write at least 3 other stories in the notebook
13 Write 10 personal letters to friends in far places
Health & Fitness
14 Do crunches every other day for a month
15 Do pushups every other day for a month
16 Buy a pair of nice running shoes
17 Run a 5k under 25 minutes
18 Run 30 miles in one week
19 Run 50 miles in one week
20 Run a marathon
21 Bike 50 miles in one day
22 Enter in a bike racing event
23 Be able to do a handstand
24 Earn my black belt in Tae Kwon Do
25 Earn a colored belt rank in another martial art
26 Take a capoeria class
27 Learn some tai-chi
Food & Drink
28 Eat at one meal in every restaurant in oakland
29 Try at least 5 new kinds of pie
30 Try an outlandish type of sushi
31 Brew my own beer
32 Make my own mulled wine
33 Dry hot peppers to grind up for cooking
34 Grow my own herbs
35 Grow my own vegetables
36 Make my own hot sauce
Arts & Music
37 Buy a nice camera
38 Take a class in black and white photography
39 Participate in a '26 things'
40 Visit the Andy Warhol museum
41 Visit the Mattress Factory
42 Learn to play piano
43 Learn to play bass guitar
44 Join a community band
45 Participate in Trombones on Ice
46 Watch the 'Wizard of Oz' with the 'Dark Side of the Moon'
47 Watch all of AFI's top 100 films
48 Watch 10 classic foreign films
49 Watch the entire 'Planet Earth' series
50 Get a record player
51 Piece together a complete stereo system
52 Make someone else a mix CD
53 Make myself a mix CD
54 Collect over 150 live concert recordings
55 Collect over 100 records
56 Collect over 400 CD's
Sports & Travel
57 Attend a 2 day or more music festival
58 Attend an NBA game
59 Weekend trip to Chicago
60 Weekend trip to DC
61 Spend a day at the waters in Ohiopyle
62 Attend a film festival
63 Go to a hockey game in Canada
64 Attend a KKY National convention
65 Go somewhere via railway
66 Visit a national park
67 Go on a spur of the moment trip (4+ hours drive)
68 Go on a local bridge tour/hunt
69 Attend a harvest festival
Hobbies
70 Invest in a good set of headphones
71 Organize and display hot sauce bottle collection
72 Finish an entire coloring book
73 Build a jigsaw puzzle
74 Glue and frame a completed puzzle
75 Fix up both of my old desk chairs
76 Build a piece of furniture out of wood
77 Make a usable fish tank
78 Learn to shoot a bow and arrow
79 Learn to weld
80 Learn to play 'Magic' card game
81 Learn to fence
82 Go rock climbing
83 Go skydiving
84 Go whitewater rafting
Personal & Other
85 Obtain a full time job that I enjoy
86 Purchase a car
87 Learn to drive a stick shift
88 Have $1000 saved away for emergencies only
89 Attend services to 5 different religious denominations
90 Get a professional massage
91 Get a pedicure
92 Take mom out for lunch
93 Take a random friend out for lunch
94 Purchase a well fitted fedora
95 Buy someone flowers just because
96 Keep clean shaven for a week
97 Donate some clothes to goodwill
98 Complete daily news crossword without help
99 Figure out the old KKY family trees
100 Be majorly involved in bands 100th anniversary publication
101 Convince someone else to make one of these lists

101 things in 1001 days

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).



I am currently compiling my list, and hope to have it finished soon so i can get started on it. I think this is a great way to keep me motivated and doing the things that i've always wanted to do anyway. So here's hoping that i stick with it and actually get most, if not all of the things on my list completed