| San Francisco, CA |
| The key is to have one of every genre you might ever want to listen to. In no particular order: |
| Karina Longworth |
| 1) Joan of Arc, Live In Chicago Art rock existentialism? Check! See also JoA's How Can Anything So Little Be Any More? or the Verve's A Northern Soul. 2) White Stripes - White Blood Cells Grunge 2.0 (now with both street cred AND matching outfits). Or go old school with Nirvana's Incesticide or In Utero 3) Fiona Apple, When The Pawn......... This would be the Tori Amos slot on most people's lists, but I think Tori's a little too self aggrandizing, and I have a soft spot for Fiona's eternal teenage petulance... 4) Make Up, Sound Verite The drug-addict-white-kids-with-good-hair-from-the-ghetto slot. See also later Fugazi, Brainiac. 5) Beatles, Abbey Road Carlo McCormick says that the Beatles vs. Stones debate of the 21st century is Rem Koolhaus vs. Frank Gehry. 6) Duran Duran, Decade Because there's nothing more "desert island" than 'Rio'.Any post-colonial British pop would suffice, though especially Blur (The Great Escape or Parklife). 7) Radiohead, Amnesiac Any 'mainstream rockers try to go prog' album will do here. 8) AIR, Moon Safari French slot. Most would probably go with Serge Gainsbourg, but for me it was AIR or Mirwais. 9) Beastie Boys, Check Your Head Manhattan Homeboys slot. 10) Van Halen, 1984 Without a hint of irony. See also AC\DC, Highway To Hell or Gn'R, Appetite For Destruction. 11) Madonna, The Immaculate Collection The Guilty Pleasure / Diva vote. Britney's catching up, though.... |
| Karina Longworth, of the Studio City Longworths, is currently gainfully unemployed and living off of food stamps and restaurant leftovers. Somebody please give her a job in the creative arts. She thanks you kindly in advance. |
| Attention aspiring lo-budget artists! Visit the website for Karina's media collective - VIDIOCY. |