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Books read, 2020

Friday, January 1, 2021, 12:03
Section: Arts & Entertainment

Jan. 9: Midnight Riot

Feb. 1: Earthquake Weather

Feb. 29: Guards! Guards!

March 26: We’re with Nobody

April 5: Wizards & Spells

April 14: Eric

June 26: The Once and Future King

June 30: Our Towns

July 31: Moving Pictures

Aug. 18: To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Sept. 14: Annihilation

Sept. 29: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Sept. 30: Magic for Liars

Oct. 11: Traveler: The Shining Blade

Oct. 18: Reaper Man

Nov. 20: Beasts & Behemoths

Nov. 23: The Hate U Give

Dec. 10: Moon Over Soho

Dec. 13: Squeeze Me

Dec. 30: Witches Abroad



iPod Top 100: 2019

Thursday, January 2, 2020, 0:03
Section: Arts & Entertainment

1. “Red Bull & Hennessy” – Jenny Lewis
2. “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” – Lana Del Rey
3. “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
4. “Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) [Remix]” – Lil Nas X
5. “bad guy” – Billie Eilish
6. “Younger” – The Mountain Goats
7. “What’s Up Danger” – Blackway & Black Caviar
8. “Gotta Get to Know Ya” – Seratones
9. “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” – The Bob Seger System
10. “Doin’ Time” – Lana Del Rey
11. “Change” – Mavis Staples
12. “Final Form” – Sampa the Great
13. “Holy Roller” – Emily Wolfe
14. “Lo/Hi” – The Black Keys
15. “Son of a Lovin’ Man” – Buchanan Brothers
16. “Pretty” – Ingrid Michaelson
17. “Grendel’s Mother” – The Mountain Goats
18. “Ashamed” – Omar Apollo
19. “Treat Her Right” – Roy Head & The Traits
20. “Los Angeles” – X
21. “Celebrity Skin” – Hole
22. “Game of Thrones” – Los Straitjackets
23. “Eia La” – Barefoot Natives
24. “Connection” – Elastica
25. “What You Need” – INXS

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Books read, 2019

Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 22:08
Section: Arts & Entertainment

Jan. 15: White Butterfly
March 3: Ready Player One
March 23: Sourcery
April 27: Starship Titanic
April 29: The Martian
May 30: Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
May 30: Wyrd Sisters
Aug. 7: Warriors & Weapons
Aug. 15: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Aug. 22: Monsters & Creatures
Aug. 26: Expiration Date
Sept. 5: Harry Potter: A History of Magic
Sept. 24: Pyramids
Oct. 6: Black Betty
Oct. 27: Horror Stories
Nov. 27: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Nov. 30: Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana
Dec. 10: His Majesty’s Dragon
Dec. 28: Dungeons & Tombs

I’ve been slogging through a novel by one of my favorite authors for the last few months. I love his work, and want to love this one, but it’s the kind of piece that reads like it’s something the writer is in love with, and can’t be dissuaded from. We’ll see if I make it through it in 2020.

The goal for 2020 is 20 books.



iPod Top 100: 2018

Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 17:25
Section: Arts & Entertainment

The name makes increasingly less sense as time goes on, and iPods join Walkmen as museum pieces, but the name is traditional at this point.

Daddy Issues

1. “Glue Sniffer” – Daddy Issues
2. “Make Me Feel” – Janelle Monáe
3. “Best Friend” – Sofi Tukker
4. “When the Tequila Runs Out” – Dawes
5. “Lucky Penny” – JD McPherson
6. “Hope the High Road” – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
7. “Wild and Reckless” – Blitzen Trapper
8. “Bikini” – Caroline Rose
9. “Kill of the Night” – Gin Wigmore
10. “Oldest Surfer on the Beach” – Jimmy Buffett
11. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Metalachi
12. “Island Song” – Adventure Time and Ashley Ericksson
13. “Hunt You Down” – The Hit House
14. “Flower of the Universe” – Sade
15. “Today is the Day” – The Eels
16. “Run to Your Mama” – Goat
17. “California Love” – 2Pac
18. “You Will Be Free” – The Thermals
19. “Matador” – The Buttertones
20. “Jenny Loves the Sun” – Dead Coast
21. “Bomb (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair
22. “Livin’ On a Prayer” – Metalachi
23. “Kelp Monster” – Babewatch
24. “Swedish Fish” – Bombón
25. “Suckerfish (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair

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Books read, 2018

Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 15:46
Section: Arts & Entertainment
I got fewer books read this year than I’d like. That’s partly because things got busy at times, but also because the final two Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser books — Swords & Ice Magic and The Knight and Knave of Swords — are real slogs. Like Heinlein, toward the end of his life, Leiber was probably over-sharing about his sexual proclivities, making for dissatisfying adventure stories that are also impressively anti-erotic. I’m glad that I read them, but I’d never recommend the last two or three of those books to others.

The book club with my son included The One and Only Ivan, which is set to be a Disney movie in the coming years, I believe, and was a really great book assigned at school. We also read Traveler: The Spiral Path, the illustrated version of the first Harry Potter novel, the House with a Clock in Its Walls, and Squirm all of which we enjoyed.

My goal for 2019 is 19 books, which makes it easy to remember.

  1. Jan. 22: The Big Sleep
  2. Feb. 16: Swords and Ice Magic
  3. March 15: The One and Only Ivan
  4. April 9: The Hobbit
  5. April 10: Traveler: The Spiral Path
  6. May 18: Mort
  7. June 24: The Adventure Time Encyclopedia
  8. June 24: Empire of Blue Water
  9. July 23: A Closed and Common Orbit
  10. Aug. 15: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (illustrated edition)
  11. Sept. 1: Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
  12. Sept. 22: The House with a Clock in its Walls
  13. Sept. 30: It Devours!
  14. Nov. 27: Squirm
  15. Dec. 27: Record of a Spaceborn Few
  16. Dec. 28: World of Warcraft: Chronicle 3
  17. Dec. 31: The Knight and Knave of Swords

 








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