615. The Cover to Abbey Road

Another work about someone crossing something.

614. Napoleon Crossing the Alps

613. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

612. Crazy (the Aerosmith song)

611. The Unheard

A deaf Peace Corps volunteer has a series of catastrophes in Zambia.

610. Chain Reaction

Conveniently located across the street from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica.

609. The Three Musketeers

The first part in The Three Musketeers cycle. The third part includes The Man in the Iron Mask. The second one must not have been any good. Have you ever heard of Twenty Years After?

608. Country Band March

607. The Alamo

I was worried I would forget it.

606. Ken Burns's Civil War

A really excellent documentary, except that Ashokan Farewell will be stuck in your head for months.

605. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

604. Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones

Some of the most evocative imagery in the Bible.

603. Vampire Weekend (the album, not the band)

With a name like that, they kept my expectations low to begin with. I think that was key.

602. Grant's Tomb

I never did figure out who's buried there. Is it a trick question or isn't it?

601. Pagliacci

600. Romeo and Juliet

I meant to do Shakespeare on the 100s, but I think I missed a couple.

599. Little Red Riding Hood

Don't trust strangers, even if they claim to be your grandmother.

598. Venus de Milo

Mmm... Gummy Venus de Milo...

597. Do You Believe in Magic?

When the frontman plays the autoharp, you know it's going to be good. Listen here.

596. This Is Just To Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

595. Leaves of Grass

I particularly like the part about the barbaric yawp, but the whole thing is good.

594. Fantasia's Night on Bald Mountain sequence

A nice introduction to both Chernobog and Walpurgisnacht. Watch it here.

593. Treasure Island

The book, not the muppet reenactment of the book. (We'll do that one later.)

592. The Hagia Sophia

Listing architectural wonders tends to mean I've been playing too much Civilization.

591. The Silver Chair

My favorite of the Narnia stories.

590. The scene in the pawn shop from The Bicycle Thief

Rome in the 1940s was a rough place.

589. Swedish Fish

Why the hell not?

588. Rachel Getting Married

Shoot. I totally mistimed this and ended up with a depressing wedding entry for my actual wedding day. Perhaps it's best if you mentally switch this entry and the previous one.

587. Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters

Raise high the roofbeams, carpenters!

            Hymenaon, Sing the wedding song!

Up with them!

            Hymenaon, Sing the wedding song!

A bridegroom taller than Ares!

            Hymenaon, Sing the wedding song!

Taller than a tall man!

            Hymenaon, Sing the wedding song!

Superior as the singer of Lesbos—

            Hymenaon, Sing the wedding song!

—to poets of other lands.

            Hymenaon!

[In case you're feeling like you don't get it: The implication is that the carpenters have to adjust the roof of the house because a certain part of the groom's anatomy is much larger than usual.]

586. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

585. The Wedding Bride

The episode of How I Met Your Mother with the parody romantic comedy movie. Check out the movie's web site!

Also, I couldn't find a good picture of the episode, so that's Richard Nixon and his daughter.