I was “tagged” (a term I don’t understand) for this “meme” (a term I also don’t understand). But it seemed like a fun exercise, so I of course cheated and added to it. Here goes:

4 movies you would watch over and over again:

comedies/musicals:

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Start the Revolution Without Me
Phantom of the Paradise
Harvey

dramas/mysteries:

Kiss Me Deadly
Vertigo
Gun Crazy
Anatomy of a Murder

4 places you have lived:

Jefferson Street
Fairacres Drive
Lord Avenue
Fairview Avenue
(all Muscatine Iowa)

4 TV shows you love to watch:

Slings & Arrows
Veronica Mars
Lexx
Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes (UK)
Morse/Lewis
Midsomer Murders
Poirot
Foyle’s War
Little Britain
SCTV
Spooks (MI-5)
Hustle
Leverage
Prisoner
Due South
Dragnet (‘50s)
Star Trek (original)
Sgt. Bilko
Maverick
Fawlty Towers
Perry Mason
Nero Wolfe (A & E)
Crime Story
…is that four yet?

4 places you’ve been on vacation:

England
Italian alps
Hawaii
Nassau

4 of your favorite foods:

Italian
Mexican
Thai
German

4 web sites you visit daily:

Rap Sheet
Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine
Ed Gorman’s blog
If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger

4 places you would rather be right now:

on stage playing rock and roll
on a film set directing
in the editing suite working on a film
in my baby’s arms

4 things you want to do before you die:

Get an Edgar
Direct at least five more movies
Complete the Nathan Heller saga
Not die

4 books you wish you could read again for the first time:

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
The Bad Seed
One Lonely Night

And I’m adding this:

4 favorite bands:

The Beatles
Zombies
Blondie
Weezer

4 favorite male singers:

Bobby Darin
Frank Sinatra
Anthony Newley
Bobby Rydell

4 favorite female singers:

Julie London
Lene Lovich
Kim Wilde
Rachel Sweet

M.A.C.