reading watching listening

reading
el capitán alatriste – arturo pérez-reverte
the passion – jeanette winterson
the book of the short sun – gene wolfe
as serious as your life – valerie wilmer
rocannon’s world – ursula k le guin
planet of exile – ursula k le guin
city of illusions – ursula k le guin
the left hand of darkness – ursula k le guin
the word for world is forest – ursula k le guin
john coltrane: his life and music – lewis porter
the ladies of grace adieu and other stories – susanna clarke
improvisation: its nature and practise in music – derek bailey

listening
universal consciousness/lord of lords – alice coltrane
electric ascension – rova orkestrova
oeuvres pour choeur et orchestre – giacinto scelsi
electric ladyland and band of gypsies – jimi hendrix
music from two basses – dave holland and barre phillips
mover ever onward – brother ah
one up one down live at the half note – john coltrane
black sheep – julian cope
lux and guider- disappears
christine abdelnour
geechee recollections/sweet earth flying – marion brown
silver year – shoppers
s/t – tony oxley/derek bailey quartet

watching
battlestar galactica (still)
rocky horror picture show (halloween night)
skratchcon 2000
(one night of) umbrella festival 2011 (this was my first show in a year! saw the franz hautzinger group (franz hautzinger, nick butcher, dave rempis) and the hans peter pfammatter trio (keefe jackson, hans peter pfammatter, jason roebke) hooray!)

kids shows

acceptable:
yo gabba gabba
wonder pets
oswald
peppa pig
backyardigans
ni hao kai lan
pocoyo

fucking atrocious abominations:
dora
go diego go
caillou
fresh beat band

notes -

• expect updates on these lists
• evan lurie does the music for backyardigans and oswald
• sesame street is clearly acceptable and needs no further mention. they recently showed video clips of families and included poc, multi-racial, and same sex parents.

reading watching listening

reading

enrique joven – el castillo de las estrellas
susanna clarke – jonathan strange and mr norrel
john crowley – little, big
gene wolfe – the fifth head of cerberus
timothy pauketat – cahokia: ancient america’s great city on the mississippi
christopher and jrr tolkien – the war of the ring: the history of the lord of the rings, part three – the history of middle-earth, vol 8
octavia butler – xenogenesis
charlotte joko beck – everyday zen

listening

nikki lynette – roses and guns
moonrises – coach house sessions
six finger satellite – machine cuisines companion cassette
white lung – white lung
bride of no no -b.o.n.n. apetit
monarch! – mer morte
this heat – s/t, deceit, etc.
pharoah sanders – tauhid
aphrodite’s child – 666
mountains – mountains
emergency – live in copenhagen
pärson sound – pärson sound
the melvins – gluey porch treatments (i am indeed way late to this party, but holy shit, this album is awesome!)

watching

the runaways
arrested development
firefly
mighty boosh
battlestar galactica
women’s world cup 2011