The Three Questions of Tomasino

Tomasino has asked us these questions three[1] (very deliberate use

throughout this post of slightly archaic language to increase the

chances of everybody imagining the questions being read in Tomasino's

"dungeon master" voice from his CYOA radio show!).

1. Name one film that everyone should see at least once.

Fight Club. There are films that I personally enjoy more, and

certainly have seen more often, but if I'm prescribing something to

"everyone" then maybe Fight Club's message is something I'd consider

it slightly more pressing to get into many people's consciousness

than, say, the "what does it mean to be human?" ponderings of e.g.

Bladerunner. The question stipulates "at least once", but I think

Fight Club is best watched at least twice.

2. Name one book everyone should read at least TWICE.

Well, it's a bit of a cop-out as I've already done a lot to promote

this book in gopherspace, but what the hell. Bruce Sterling's

Schismatrix is an under-appreciated bit of sci-fi which is IMHO more

than readable enough to get through twice, and is actually probably

worth reading more than once because the second time through you can

spend a bit more effort trying to follow the various plot developments

and focus instead on the broader human themes of ambition and aging.

3. Name one song everyone should listen to at least once a year.

Pink Floyd's "Time", for a frequent reminder to start running before

it's too late.

[1] gopher://gopher.black:70/1/phlog/20190330-fun-questions