Official "Top 5 favorite" list thread

Books:

1) At Swim-Two-Birds -- Flann O'Brien
2) The Executioner's Song -- Norman Mailer
3) Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain
4) Master of the Senate -- Robert Caro
5) All The King's Men -- Robert Penn Warren

Albums:
1) Rock of Ages -- The Band
2) Blood On The Tracks -- Bob Dylan
3) Highway 61 Revisited -- Bob Dylan
4) The Who Sell Out -- The Who
5) Folk Singer -- Muddy Waters

Historical Sites

1) Gettysburg National Battlefield
2) Constitution Hall
3) Montpelier (Home of James Madison)
4) Antietam National Battlefield
5) Monticello

 

Top 5 people who I would love to swap lives with for a month

1) Dave Grohl (the dude is the best drummer in the world, and he's down with Jack Black and Queens of the Stone Age)
2) Eddie Vedder (knocked down because he's probably a bit of a gloomy gus)
3) Eli Manning (he's winning in New York...so you know he gets crazy ass)
4) Ben Affleck (OK, he's not a great actor...but he's got cool friends, his politics are right on, and he's sleeping with Jennifer Garner)
5) Paul Allen

Top 5 Vegas casinos

1) Mandalay Bay
2) Hard Rock
3) MGM Grand
4) Bellagio
5) The Mirage

 

Top 5 songs by fake bands:
1. The Rutles - "Cheese and Onions"
2. Spinal Tap - "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight"
3. Carrie Nations - "Find It"
4. Three Times One Minus One - "Eww Girl Eww"
5. Rod Torkelson's Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk - "Cameraman"

Top 5 insane musicians:
1. Syd Barrett
2. Roky Erickson
3. Kool Keith
4. Skip Spence
5. Anton Newcombe

 

Top five goofy-ass city names:
5. Monkey's Eyebrow, Ky.
4. What Cheer, Iowa
3. Pahrump, Nev.
2. (tie) Blue Ball, Pa./Intercourse, Pa. (strangely, only a few miles apart)
1. Knockemstiff, Ohio.

 

What, no Truth or Consequences, N.M.?

 

Hometown of Cactus Jack.

 

Top 5 Thursday night television shows

1. Grey's Anatomy
2. CSI
3. Six Degrees
4. The Office
5. My name is Earl

and a 5a. Ugly Betty.

Consequently, I don't like many shows from any other night of the week.

 

Movie lines:

5. "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."
4. "What kind of a name is Poon?"
3. "Funny how? Like a clown?"
2. "Gambling is illegal at Bushwood, sir, and I never slice."
1. "Son, you got a panty on your head."

 

Top 5 lip glosses:

1. Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers (for the women of SportsJournalists.com)
2. C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine
3. M.A.C. LipGlass
4. Neutrogena MoistureShine Gloss
5. Clinique Superbalm

 

Top 5 Experiences I'll Never Get A Chance To Enjoy ...

1. That fresh feeling after my period ends.
2. Get jaded with my favorite baseball team's repeated appearances in the postseason.
3. Swim the English Channel (I suppose I could do that, but what's the fucking point? That's what the Chunnel is for. Fucking show-offs.)
4. Get anything more than a cursory tan. My nations of origin are those where Coppertone's market share sucks ass. Conan O'Brien and Johnny Winter laugh at my lack of pigment.
5. Give birth.

 

Top 5 things the average sportsjournalist dreams of.

5. Having Bill Simmons job
4. a better salary than any person working at a drive-thru
3. jeans with an elastic waistband
2. A better wig
1. Getting laid (for free)

 

Mark Foley's Top 5 Favorite Donny Osmond songs

5. Too Young
4. Sweet and Innocent
3. 12th of Never.
2. Are You Lonesome Tonight
1. Go Away Little Girl (but send your brother back).