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[teleidoplex]

Spreading the meme, post "top five" or "top ten" here if you want me to give you a list.



For deadmanwade: top 5 favorite bands you've seen play live

This was only slightly-less-difficult than his first suggestion, because I've hardly ever seen any bands play live, much less my favorite ones. Plus, I tend to like non-band kinds of music. So, this is more of a list of bands I have seen live, although I don't know that any of them would be in my list of favorite bands.

1. Riverdance (hey, there was a band! Eileen Ivers was playing with them)
2. Guns & Roses/Metallica (same show, their joint tour, post James Hetfield burns)
3. Loreena McKennitt
4. Highland Sun (friends of mine)
5. Bruno (also my friends)


For akashiver: Top 5 scenes in SF television.

I have Doctor Who on the brain...you can tell...

1. The resonating-concrete scene from "The Doctor Dances"
2. The kiss from "The Parting of the Ways"
3. The Dalek-Cybermen trash-talking from "Doomsday"
4. Captain Jack's kisses goodbye.
5. "Run"

Comments

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

top five, yo.

[teleidoplex]

Top five most magic(k)ally powerful or profound experiences you've had (that you're willing to share ;> ).

[deadmanwade.livejournal.com]

5 me yo

[teleidoplex]

Top Five things that were so stupid, they made you feel stupid just by association.

[drydem.livejournal.com]

top five

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Top Five ways you'd like to die, and the final words you would utter when they happened.

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

I'll do a top five, though I'll probably do it here, rather than in my own journal, since I'm lazy and averse to posting memes myself. :)

[teleidoplex]

Top Five favorite Fortean phenomena/theories.

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

Hm. That's an interesting one, particularly since I have yet to finish reading Fort directly. Most of what I know of his reporting has been from secondary sources. That said, I'll assume you're asking for phenomena and theories that are in the vein of Charles Fort, in which case:

1. Antarctic Space Nazis: Ken Hite wrote a whole column on this at one point, and I have a book (Arktos, which he recommended and I have yet to get around to reading) which details at least some of it. Basically, the Nazis were fascinated with the poles (and, I suppose, the Poles). They also were working on rocketry. Hence, Antarctic Space Nazis!
2. Elvis and / or JFK are still alive: (Corrollary: Andy Kaufman is still alive.) It's the classic conspiracy theorist's playground. They're not dead! I saw them playing Pinochle in Reno! Magic Bullet! Andy's just joking! Et cetera, et cetera, ad nausem. One can't pooh-pooh the fact that it's become a closet industry, though.
3. Jesus had kids and moved to the Riviera: This really got rolling with Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Baigent and Leigh, but Dan Brown got a bunch of credit for it. Either way, it's got the classic hallmarks of Forteana. Famous person, secret history, dirty secret, and religious overtones.
4. Le Comte St. Germain: Basically, anything he's been tied to. Immortality, crazy alchemy, political intrigue, ... you name it. Eco made him a protagonist, and most really nutty gamers have played around with the concept a bit.
5. Freemasonry: ...though mostly in the odd bits of history associated with it. The supposed ties to the Templars, the Founding Father Conspiracy, the dozens who died in a secret war on the streets of Boston. They've been stuck in pretty much every weird niche, and they seem to deserve it.

...though I suppose that's more a list of the popular Forteana, rather than the stuff I like. That said, it's stuff I like. :)

[lillornyn.livejournal.com]

Ditto to what Kyle said -- but I'm interested enough to pop out of hiding. ;)

[oddsboy.livejournal.com]

Cinq memery, pleasery.

-RC