So many of the topics and discussions in The Gulch are of a serious nature, which is completely understandable considering the direction this once-great country is heading. So I thought I'd do something just for fun, just to give people something distinctly "un-serious" to think about.

Assume that you're about to be stranded on that proverbial deserted island, with nothing for entertainment except an unlimited supply of batteries, a boombox that would never break, and ten CDs that will never wear out or get damaged. What would be the ten you would choose? Here's my list.

Dark Night of the Soul, Philip Wesley

Book of Secrets, Loreena McKennitt

Lightdance, Nightingale (on Higher Octave); songs from several different new age/electronic artists: Bruno Reuter, Martin Oberschlep, Werner Hagen, Matthias Krause

Shell Game, Don Harriss

Return of the Guardians, David Arkenstone

Steppenwolf Live

Rare Earth In Concert

Aqualung, Jethro Tull

Turn of the Cards, Renaissance

Tea for the Tillerman, Cat Stevens