John Deutschendorf is known by his more famous name “John Denver”. Its always fascinated me how some people in show business change their names. In their normal everyday life, say with friends and family, do they go by their stage names or by their real ones? Like Shania Twain for example, who’s real name is apparently “Eileen Edwards”. Does she go by Shania or Eileen? I’m especially intrigued by those who totally change their names, not just drop a couple letters. Here’s a list of 182 “real” names of musicians (via). I picked out some that interested me:
Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman
Faith Hill - Audrey Faith Perry
Elton John - Reginald Dwight
Juvenile - Terious Grey
Marilyn Manson - Bruce Warner
Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana - Destiny Hope Cyrus
Nelly - Carnell Haynes
Joss Stone - Jocelyn Eve Stocker
Tina Turner - Anna Mae Bullock
And I have no idea who these two are, I just thought they were strange:
Englebert Humperdinck - Arnold Dorsey
Yngwie Malmsteem - Lars Lannerback
Another day, another 1001 list courtesy of Kottke. This time we’re talking movies. Here’s the list, and here’s a list of the ones I’ve seen off it:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fantasia (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Producers (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
M*A*S*H (1970)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Rocky (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Grease (1978)
Alien (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Jerk (1979)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Shining (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
Tootsie (1982)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Scarface (1983)
The Terminator (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
The Natural (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Stand By Me (1986)
Aliens (1986)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Bull Durham (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Naked Gun (1988)
Big (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
Batman (1989)
Say Anything (1989)
Goodfellas (1990)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
JFK (1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Casino (1995)
Babe (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Heat (1995)
Seven (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Independence Day (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Run Lola Run (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Rushmore (1998)
Pi (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Ring (1998)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Three Kings (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
Gladiator (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Traffic (2000)
Memento (2000)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Gangs of New York (2002)
City of God (2002)
So for those scoring at home thats 117 out of 1001. Yet again Kottke, with 214, beats me.I did pretty well in 1998 and 1999 but there’s still some egregious holes in my movie watching resume (yes, I’m the only person in the world who hasn’t seen Top Gun). In my defense though this list feels like its missing some classics (no Rounders?) and the movies listed end in 2003. Can’t imagine there are too many 1001 lists floating out there but if there are any good ones send ‘em along.
Ah, via Kottke, comes the kind of list I love: 1001 Books (fiction) That You Must Read Before Your Die. Kottke’s read 30 of them, here’s the one’s from the list I’ve read:
Atonement – Ian McEwan
Choke – Chuck Palahniuk
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh
The Bonfire of the Vanities – Tom Wolfe
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
Slaughterhouse-five – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
Franny and Zooey – J.D. Salinger
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
On the Road – Jack Kerouac
The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
Aesop’s Fables – Aesopus
I’ve read 27. Kinda pathetic, actually, but I’ve got the same excuse as Kottke in that I most read non-fiction. I should mix in more fiction now that I think about it, maybe start a 2 for 1 system.
Via Jason, the NY Times gets into the end of the year spirit by putting out their list of the “100 Notable Books of 2007″. Despite the fact that I consider myself an avid reader, I have embaressingly only read 2 books on the list:
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. By J.?K. Rowling
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION. By Michael Chabon
In my defense, some of the books that the NY Times considers “notable” are crap but even still, I’d have thought I would have read more then just that. I bet my Dad’s got 50 or so crossed off, I’ll have to ask him. Also, unlike Jason, I can’t claim having a child as an excuse either. Oh well, I’ll do better next year.