...If it's good enough for Norbizness...

A. Top 5 Lyrics That Move Your Heart: Blech, starting off in the 5-hanky quarter of Guiltypleasureville, are we? Fine: 1. "Winter" -- Tori Amos (um...) 2. "Which Will" -- Nick Drake (cringe) 3. "Blue" -- Joni Mitchell (whimper) 4. "Time" -- Tom Waits (please let me stop) 5. "St. Ide's Heaven" -- Elliot Smith (Christ, can I go now???)

B. Top 5 Instrumentals: Not much into instrumentals, but whatevs...1. The score for Soderbergh's version of Solaris, which is now for some reason in a commercial for satellite something-or-others (what? what are you looking at?) 2. Score for Spirited Away (despite regrettably saccharine moments) 3. Score for Dr. Zhivago (I was terribly young and impressionable when I saw this) 4. Luis Bacalov's "The Grand Duel" 5. Score from Fargo.

C. Top 5 Live Musical Experiences: 1. Hole, Osaka, 1994 (no, I didn't get hit by a tweak sweat-soaked mic stand, despite my appearance) 2. Every time the Ex-Boyfriends play the Eagle, of course 3. Yoko Nagayama in Kyoto, 1995. 4. Olivia Newton John at Feather Rivers Casino, this year (my b-day!) 5. Hedwig, San Francisco, 1999.

D. Top 5 Artists I Think More People Should Listen To: 1. Iron & Wine 2. Figurine (pimping for Senor Forster, as always) 3. Ex-Boyfriends 3. Aislers Set 4. The Shirelles 5. Dolly Parton (there's no such thing as too much!).

E. Top 5 Albums You Must Hear From Start to Finish: 1. "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This" by Eurythmics 2. "London Calling" by The Clash 3. "Pink Moon" by Nick Drake 4. "Homophonic" by Bjork 5. "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs" by Dolly Parton.

OK, that was pointless.