| Gabriel Lundeen |
| 1) Bob Dylan, Blonde On Blonde For sheer depth, breadth and power, this is my first choice. This is the one I'd take with me first and foremost. Dylan at the peak of his power. "Visions Of Johanna" as the sun sets on the island and darkness descends on you and your pet native creature. "Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again" for the days you're tempted to start swimming your way back to a distant mainland. 2) Joni Mitchell, Court And Spark The perfect morning album, capturing the loneliness and beauty of it all, all the sadness and bittersweet joy. 3) Tom Waits, Nighthawks At The Diner It's so hard to choose a favorite Tom Waits album because they're all so distinctive. I Love Tom's bluesy period. I love 'Nighthawks' and its feeling of solitude in a collective. "See I just come in to join the crowd, and I have some time to kill". And what a way to kill it, in a smoky jazz club, over eggs and sausage, with friends and circumstances. 4) Black Star, Mos Def And Talib Kweli Are... Choosing timeless hip-hop is complicated too, because so much of it is by definition of a specific moment and time. Mos Def and Kweli spit so much wisdom on this album, the kind of things you you need to hear on a desert island when your confidence is waning, the trainer in your corner after you've taken a beating, the bass to keep the heart pumping. 5) Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited Another flawless Dylan masterpiece. 6) Van Morrison, Astral Weeks Van before he completely gave in to bitterness and egotism. Van's the kind of guy that sounds good singing the phone book. "Astral Weeks" is one of the most elegant statements in modern music. 7) Maceo Parker, Life On Planet Groove Because a little funky saxaphone is indispensible. 8) Beth Orton, Central Reservation Another album that can bring me to tears like few can. In the few months I've been into Beth I've cried to this album more tha once, and am always stirred in one way or another. 9) Hieroglyphics, Third Eye Vision Beats. Rhymes. Lyrics. Positivity. Bass. Mysterious Egyptian feeling in urban clothes. 10) Leonard Cohen, New Skin For The Old Ceremony For rainy mornings on the island. |
| Santa Barbara, CA |
| This could all change at any time. |
| Gabriel Lundeen couldn't resist putting in his two cents. When not pursuing the gentlemanly arts, he enjoys digging large holes in his backyard and waiting to see what the landlady will think. He also once met James Woods in a Vons. |