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LUST FOR LIFE LISTS

Program 09-03-08-B

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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. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll explore our obsession with these life-lists, with film critic David Thomson and music critic Tom Moon, among others.

SEGMENT 1:

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

SEGMENT 2:

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. Also, We hear more from Jack Pendarvis. And, 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. And of course there are clips!

SEGMENT 3:

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. And we get the conclusion of the essay from "The Believer" by Jack Pendarvis.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 09-03-08-A.

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Books & CDs:

Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener’s Life List (Workman)
Olivia Gentile, Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds (Bloomsbury)
Jay Parini, Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America (Doubleday)
David Thomson, Have You Seen…?’: A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films (Knopf)

Websites:

• -- Jack Pendarvis/"The Fifty Greatest Things That Just Popped Into My Head"
  http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/
  http://www.believermag.com/issues/200902/?read=article_pendarvis
  http://www.believermag.com/
  
• -- Tom Moon/"1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die"
  http://www.1000recordings.com/tom-moon/
  http://www.1000recordings.com/
  
• -- Jay Parini
  http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385522762
  http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ump/majors/english/hours/parini.htm
  
• -- David Thomson
  http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307264619
  
• -- Olivia Gentile
  http://www.oliviagentile.com/

Clips:

• -- Clips used in David Thomson Mix: - “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” DVD (Universal Studios)
  
• - “His Girl Friday” DVD (Sony Pictures)
  
• - “The Red Shoes” DVD (Criterion)
  
• - “Citizen Kane: Two-Disc Special Edition” DVD (Turner Home Entertainment)
  

Music:

• - Music used in Tom Moon Mix:
  -- “I’ve Got A Woman”/Ray Charles
  from the two-CD set, “The Definitive Ray Charles” (Rhino/Atlantic/Warner Strategic Marketing)
  - “It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night”/Prince
  from the two-CD album, “Sign ‘O’ the Times” (Warner Bros./WEA)
  - “Angel”/Sarah McLachlan
  from the CD, “Surfacing (Enhanced CD)” (Nettwerk)
  http://www.sarahmclachlan.com
  
• -- “Last Dance”/Sarah McLachlan
  from the CD, “Surfacing (Enhanced CD)” (Nettwerk)
  http://www.sarahmclachlan.com
• -- “Falls”/Ennio Morricone
  from the CD, “Original Soundtrack from the film, ‘The Mission’” (Virgin Records)
• -- “Hooray for Hollywood (Cha Cha)”/Don Swan
  from the CD, “Ultra-Lounge, Volume 2: Mambo Fever” (Capitol)
• -- “Vita Nostra”/Ennio Morricone
  from the CD, “Original Soundtrack from the film, ‘The Mission’” (Virgin Records)

• -- “Huckleberry Duck”/Raymond Scott
  from the CD, “The Music of Raymond Scott: Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights” (Columbia)
  http://www.raymondscott.com/

Distribution dates: week of 01/31/2010 - hour 2 week of 03/08/2009 - hour 2 click HERE for timings and cues

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