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What is a really good book, movie, or band that I may not have heard of?

Asked by bumwithablackberry (932points) August 27th, 2009

Always looking to expand on what I’ve discovered thus far. Obscure stuff is cool, like my food spicy.

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NaturalMineralWater's avatar

I thought The Terror was a good book.
I thought Hush was a good underrated movie. (if you don’t mind a tiny bit of violence)
I think Sprung Monkey and Brand New are excellent bands.

hex's avatar

Book: Ubik (PK Dick)
Movie: THX1138 (George Lucas)
Band: Eames Era

RareDenver's avatar

Book (well it’s a series) : Destiny’s Children

Film: The Acid House

Band: Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine admittedly the first two albums were GREAT the third was okay and the rest whatever. But the first two make them great anyway

ABoyNamedBoobs03's avatar

a really good book? Colossus

a really good movie? White Ribbon

a really good band? Buckethead and Friends
or The Black Angels (I highly recommend you click this link and give them a try)

RareDenver's avatar

I can’t help it but music this is a great album too

The Young Machines by Her Space Holiday

I’m guessing that you already know The Stone Roses and don’t have to nudge you in their direction

Piper_Brianmind's avatar

Great movies you probably haven’t seen: High Tension, Hostage, Aeon Flux.
Great bands you probably haven’t heard of: Tsunami Bomb, Uh Huh Her, Metric, Round Table, Maximum The Hormone, Snake River Conspiracy

fundevogel's avatar

Book : Food for the Dead – a folklorist digs into New England’s vampire lore with a taste for the truth behind the stories and the wonder in them

Band : Movits! – swedish hip hop swing jazz!

Movie : Fido – a story of a boy and his zombie

teh_kvlt_liberal's avatar

tbh I couldn’t stand Fido

filmfann's avatar

Book Day of the Triffids
Band Squirrel Nut Zippers
Movie: Dark City, Memento, Curdled , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen It’s hard to say what you haven’t heard of.

perplexism's avatar

@Piper_Brianmind Uh Huh Her is a great band. I got to see them perform live, they were pretty sweet. I also agree with High Tension, that movie was intense.

Hmm, let’s see.

Music: The Birthday Masscare, Sneaker Pimps, Giddy-up helicopter

saraaaaaa's avatar

Book: Generation x – Douglas Coupland
Band: A Fine Frenzy
Movie: Cold Mountain

:D

PerryDolia's avatar

Movie: Waitress

give_seek's avatar

The Fruit of Stone—book
Ghostdog—movie
Mint Condition—band

irocktheworld's avatar

Book? Twilight series,Harry Potter series,Deffying the Diva :)
Movie? Twilght,Step Up 2,Step Up,Bring It On 1–5! :) Love them!
Band? All time Low,White Tie Affair,Boys like Girls,Coldplay,Pussycat Dolls,Metro Station! :)

Anon_Jihad's avatar

I smell troll.

googlybear's avatar

Freakonomics is a fun book to read…

Peinrikudo's avatar

Book: Battle Royale
Band: Nightwish
Movie: Suicide Club, Battle Royale

ABoyNamedBoobs03's avatar

@Anon_Jihad I’d hope so, at least…

mascarraaa's avatar

in music go for the spanish rock && pop! groups like soda estereo, kinky, panda, los fabulosos cadillacs, moderatto, camila, liquits, panteon rococo, airbag, playa limbo…

deni's avatar

Band….The Fleet Foxes and The Avett Brothers. And Old Crow Medicine Show.

chelseababyy's avatar

Book: It’s Kind of A Funny Story.
Movie: True Romance, 50 Pills (though best to watch if you’re on something, otherwise you may think it’s dumb).
Music: Eyedea and Abilities, Sage Francis, Brother Ali.

perplexism's avatar

@chelseababyy I saw Eyedea & Abillites earlier this month, they put a good show. I hadn’t heard them before then ( I had mostly went to see Atmosphere).

For music, I’ll add Attracted to Gods, too.

wildpotato's avatar

Band: The 13th Floor Elevators, if you like groovy psychedelic rock.
Book: The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
Movie: Baraka unrelated to Obama

growler's avatar

Book: The Lies of Locke Lamora.

ABoyNamedBoobs03's avatar

@wildpotato great choices on all three! I got a chance to see 13thFE live a few months back, check out the black angels (I put a link in my previous post) I think you’d like them a lot

Piper_Brianmind's avatar

@Anon_Jihad The scary thing is, I don’t think they were joking.

kihara's avatar

Book : The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – interesting book
TV Series : Lie to me http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235099 and
Mentalist http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946 – great shows, must seen!
Movie: Home http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762
Mirrors http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790686
Wedding Crashers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396269
...too many to mention.

chelseababyy's avatar

@perplexism Right on. Rhymesayers has some good stuff.

bumwithablackberry's avatar

Anyone like The Mars Volta, saw them a while ago in concert…

ABoyNamedBoobs03's avatar

@bumwithablackberry great band. I wish they’d move a bit away from all the “we’re EEEVVVIILLLLLL!!!!’ thing though, their earlier stuff was awesome.

bumwithablackberry's avatar

Yeah what’s with that, At the Drive In was so much more pure progressive music. I don’t know if their what you said, but they are pretty edgy these days

kalafatic's avatar

Book: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Movie: Porco Rosso
Band: Melissa Ferrick
Play: Equivocation by Bill Cain

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