John Orchard's Sports Injury Site

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10 Favourite Australian Sporting Arenas:

1. MCG

2. SFS (Aussie Stadium)

3. SCG

4. Telstra Stadium

5. Telstra Dome

6. Suncorp Stadium

7. Gabba

8. Adelaide Oval

9. WACA

10. Bruce Stadium

10 Favourite Australian Golf Courses:

1. Royal Melbourne West

2. Royal Melbourne East

3. New South Wales

4. The Australian

5. National Ocean Course

6. Royal Sydney

7. Joondalup

8. Royal Canberra

9. Camden Lakeside

10. Cypress Lakes

10 All-time Favourite Movies (as of today):

1. The Blues Brothers

2. Austin Powers Spy Who Shagged Me (just ahead of Wayne's World)

3. Something About Mary (just ahead of Ferris Bueller's Day Off)

4. Basic Instinct

5. Play It Again Sam (or Hannah And Her Sisters or Annie Hall or Crimes and Misdemeanors)

6. Muriel's Wedding

7. Silence of the Lambs (just ahead of Alien)

8. The Fellowship of the Ring (just ahead of Wizard of Oz)

9. Dead Poet's Society

10. Raiders of the Lost Ark OR Live and Let Die

10 All-time Favourite Rock Albums (as of today, sorry there are more than 10):

1. Abbey Road - The Beatles (just ahead of Sgt Pepper's)

2. Gold - Cold Chisel (too many good albums to split)

3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (just ahead of The Wall)

4. Hot August Night - Neil Diamond

5. Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder (just ahead of anything by Michael Jackson)

6. Throwing Copper - Live (just ahead of U2's Rattle and Hum)

7. Tapestry - Carole King (just ahead of anything by Carly Simon)

8. Hotel California - Eagles (title track is overrated but the rest of the album is superb)

9. The Very Best of Cat Stevens (just ahead of Best of Jackson Browne)

10. Gossip - Paul Kelly (just ahead of The Swing - INXS and 10.9.8 - Oils)

 

10 All-time favourite fictional books:

1. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkein (Lord of the Rings the novel WAS too long)

2. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgahov

3. Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth (just ahead of Marquis de Sade - Juliet)

4. The Godfather - Mario Puzo (scariest story ahead of Day of the Triffids)

5. House of God - Samuel Shem

6. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

7. Animal Farm - George Orwell (just ahead of 1984 and Huxley's BNW)

8. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

9. My Uncle Oswald - Roald Dahl (OK his short stories are even better)

10. Puberty Blues - Kathy Lette (token Aussie entry just ahead of April Fool's Day)

NB All time favourite book is non-fiction (Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins)

10 Best Cities in the World to hang out in:

  1. Sydney

  2. Melbourne

  3. Seattle

  4. London

  5. Perth

  6. San Francisco

  7. Paris

  8. Washington DC

  9. Cape Town (haven't been there but it sounds good)

  10. New York

    11. 10 All time best TV comedy series:

    1. Black Adder

    2. Seinfeld

    3. The Simpsons

    4. Fawlty Towers

    5. The Games (just ahead of Frontline)

    6. Wonder Years

    7. Cheers

    8. Absolutely Fabulous

    9. Get Smart (just ahead of Police Squad)

    10. Merry Melodies/Warner Bros/Bugs Bunny/Road Runner

    20 Rock & Pop songs I could listen to all day:

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Dreadlock Holiday - 10CC

bulletWild World - Cat Stevens
bulletRapture - Blondie
bulletDon't Stand So Close to Me - The Police
bulletLove Bites - Def Leppard
bulletLive Without It - Killing Heidi
bulletSister Goldenhair - America
bulletGirl You'll be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
bulletGolden Slumbers - The Beatles
bulletNew Kid in Town - Eagles
bulletReckless - Australian Crawl
bulletBilly Jean - Michael Jackson
bulletNo Aphrodisiac - The Whitlams
bulletBridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel
bulletAll I Want Is You - U2
bulletDon't Speak - No Doubt
bulletPretty Fly for a White Guy - The Offspring
bulletAfrica - Toto
bulletVertical Horizon - Everything You Want
bulletVienna - Ultravox