126. The Song of Solomon

125. Sweet Home Alabama

The song, not the movie.

124. A Murder of One

The Counting Crows song. I feel like it was featured prominently in an episode of Scrubs, because every time I hear it I can almost see JD doing something. I can't quite figure out what that thing is, though.

123. Annabel Lee

This was Edgar Allan Poe's very last poem, and he distributed it widely to make sure it would be published. He even gave a copy to a friend to pay off a $5 debt he owed. I guess he really wanted the world to know about Annabel Lee.

122. The Riddle of the Sphinx

121. Cherries Jubilee

In honor of the upcoming royal wedding, even though I couldn't tell you anything about the couple and Cherries Jubilee were created for an unrelated Golden Jubilee celebration.

120. Trente

119. Mean Girls

Humans are cruel and brutal animals: Part 3.

118. Rollerball

Humans are cruel and brutal animals: Part 2.

117. Blood Meridian

Humans are cruel and brutal animals: Part 1.

116. Seven Swans

115. The Fifth Duino Elegy

114. Harrison Bergeron

113. Being John Malkovich

Pictures and commentary coming shortly.

112. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

111. Taxman

In honor of Tax Day.

110. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

109. The History of English Literature Chapter from Ulysses

It's the chapter called Oxen of the Sun. Sure, it's dense and impenetrable, but it's written in a progression of styles, starting at Chaucer and working forward. Worth a look, I think.

108. Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule

I have to tell you this, whoever you are:
that on one summer morning here, the ocean
pounded in on tumbledown breakers,
a south wind, bustling along the shore,
whipped the froth into little rainbows,
and a reckless gull swept down the beach
as if to fly were everything it needed.
I thought of your hovering saucers,
looking for clues, and I wanted to write this down,
so it wouldn't be lost forever -
that once upon a time we had
meadows here, and astonishing things,
swans and frogs and luna moths
and blue skies that could stagger your heart.
We could have had them still,
and welcomed you to earth, but
we also had the righteous ones
who worshipped the True Faith, and Holy War.
When you go home to your shining galaxy,
say that what you learned
from this dead and barren place is
to beware the righteous ones.

107. The Battle Hymn of the Republic

106. Tears in Heaven

105. The Lottery

104. Blue Dancers

(The Degas painting.)

103. Losing My Religion

102. The scene with the baptism from The Godfather

101. Princess Mononoke

100. The Mona Lisa

10% of the way there, baby!

99. Of Mice and Men

98. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

97. This version of Also Sprach Zarathustra

Seriously. Listen to this incredible rendition of Also Sprach Zarathustra.

Then read the Wikipedia article about the Portsmouth Sinfonia, the group behind this masterpiece.