I'm an artist so I'll post some art while I think about movies and books Guernica by Pablo Picasso Michelangelo's Birth of Man The Mona Lisa I guess, Vitruvian Man because it's less boring and I bet you didn't know its name Van Gogh's Starry Night A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat
Dogs Playing Poker by C.M. Coolidge Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol He also coined the term "15 minutes of fame." "(In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.") The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali Betcha didn't know that title either and if you did you probably still didn't know it's about his dick. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst Just kidding. I can't stand Damien Hirst even if I'm trying to be objective here. Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix The cave paintings at Lascaux, France The Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright The Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon Paris' Arc de Triomphe The Eiffel Tower by an architect whose name escapes me Lavender Mist by Jackson Pollock because regardless of your appreciation or ability to name any of his individualworks, you should know who the drip painting guy is And Marge vs. the Monorail, episode 9F10 from the Simpsons, written by Conan O'Brien. Kinda burnt myself out on timeless the cultural landmarks so The Simpsons is my only pop culture contribution. Before anyone asks me if I'm illiterate, most of those are well known enough to have crossed over into the realm of pop culture in that they're quoted in TV and movies. Except Hirst.
Ah, you underestimate me. I know it specifically because of this bass: http://lamario.ca/lamario2009-contrebasse.php?lang=fr well, that and I'm a nerd. edit: to your art posts, I would add M. C. Escher's "Ascending and Descending', which shows up in so many places.Vitruvian Man because it's less boring and I bet you didn't know its name