the logs: 2011 movies, books, concerts
Movies
1.
Irreversible (2002)
Enter the Void (2010) *
Monsters (2010) *
Tiny Furniture (2010) *
The Illusionist (2010) *
2.
Greenberg (2010)
Somewhere (2010)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Four Lions (2010) *
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Blue Valentine (2010)
Another Year (2010)
True Grit (2010)
The Fighter(2010)
The American (2010)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Mother (2010)
Dogtooth (2010)
Restrepo (2010)
Inside Job (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
Bluebeard (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) (again)
Barney's Version (2011) *
3.
Rango (2011) *
LOTS OF MOVIES AT SXSW
Sucker Punch (2011) *
4.
Centurion (2010)
Hanna (2011)
Super (2011) *
Magic Valley (Tribeca Film Festival)
Water for Elephants (2011) *
Higher Ground (TFF)
Rid of Me (TFF)
Treatment (TFF)
5.
Biutiful (2010) *
Meek's Cutoff (2011) *
Hesher (2011) *
Bridesmaids (2011) *
Jackass Number Two (rewatch)
6.
X-Men: First Class (2011) *
Super 8 (2011) *
The Dark Crystal (1982) (rewatch)
Labyrinth (1986) (like, the zillionth rewatch)
Midnight in Paris (2011) *
The Tree of Life (2011) *
7.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) *
Serenity (2005) (for the zillionth time)
Captain America (2011) *
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
8.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Franklyn (2009)
Beginners (2011) *
Valhalla Rising (2010)
The Help (2011) *
The Green Hornet (2011)
The Big Uneasy (2011) *
Daybreakers (2009)
Columbiana (2011) *
9.
The Debt (2011) *
Inception (2010) (rewatch)
Drive (2011) *
Layer Cake (2005)
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (rewatch) *
10.
The Ides of March (2011) *
The Three Musketeers (2011) *
In Time (2011) *
11.
Take Shelter (2011) *
Immortals (2011) *
Shame (2011)
Twilight: Breaking Dawn (2011) *
A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (2011)
Hugo (2011) *
12.
Young Adult (2011) *
Rare Exports (2010) (rewatch)
Books
1.
The Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare (2010)
Winter's Bone, Daniel Woodrell (2006)
2.
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (1985)
Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness (2010)
3.
Chime, Franny Billingsley (2011)
Generation Loss, Elizabeth Hand (2007)
4.
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell (2006)
All-Star Superman Vol. 1, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Jamie Grant
The Art of Non-Conformity, Chris Guillebeau (2010)
5.
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan (2010)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales, ed. Kate Bernheimer (2010)
Don't Think, Smile! Notes on a Decade of Denial, Ellen Willis (2000)
Your Voice in My Head, Emma Forrest (2011)
Fat Vampire, Adam Rex (2010)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (2011)
6.
The Anna Papers, Ellen Gilchrist
A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (1996)
South of the Border, West of the Sun, Haruki Murakami (1999)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion (1968)
The White Album, Joan Didion (1979)
7.
A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (1998)
A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (2000)
A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin (2005)
8.
This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record, Susanna Felts (2008)
You Must Go and Win, Alina Simone (2011)
Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud (1993)
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (2011)
A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin (2011)
9.
Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (2010)
When She Woke, Hillary Jordan (2011)
The Inheritance, Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm (2011)
Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb (2010)
Dragon Haven, Robin Hobb (2010)
The Magicians, Lev Grossman (2010)
10.
Crossing Over, Anna Kendall (2010)
The Magician King, Lev Grossman (2011)
Dearly, Departed, Lia Habel (2011)
Midnight Picnic, Nick Antosca (2009)
The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt (2002)
11.
Ganymede, Cherie Priest (2011) *
Out of Oz, Gregory Maguire (2011)
The Apothecary, Maile Meloy (2011)
12.
Reamde, Neal Stephenson (2011) *
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, Brian Kellow (2011) *
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell (2011)
Concerts
1.8 Guilty Pleasures show @ Sam Bond's
1.14 Thermals, White Fang, The Blimp @ WOW Hall *
1.21 Typhoon, Ages and Ages @ Sam Bond's *
1.30 The Dismemberment Plant, Jukebox the Ghost, Bells @ Webster Hall
(2.5 My So-Called Prom with the Bayside Tigers @ Bell House)
2.8 And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Takka Takka @ Littlefield
3.3 The Get Up Kids @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
3.30 Warpaint, PVT @ Brooklyn Bowl
4.2 Bells, Horns of Happiness, Conversion Party, Gordon Withers @ Bruar Falls
4.16 Sharon Van Etten @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
4.29 Bells, Nick Jaina, Sea of Bees @ Cake Shop
5.6 Office of Future Plans, Bells, More Humans @ St. Stephen's Church, DC
5.18 Jason Webley, Duckmandu, Corn Mo @ Parkside Lounge
6.5 Against Me!, Screaming Females, Lemuria @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
6.7 Diehard @ Death By Audio
6.11 Family Curse @ Death By Audio
6.18 Diehard @ Matchless
6.23 Amanda Palmer @ The Bell House
6.27 The Gytters @ Bruar Falls
7.1 The Thermals @ Bell House
7.14 Bells @ Phillips de Pury
7.29 Ascetic Junkies @ Piano's
7.30 Bells, Moonmen on the Moon Man, Mcdonalds @ Bruar Falls
8.3 Frightened Rabbit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
8.10 Alkaline Trio, mewithoutyou, The Drowning Men @ Irving Plaza
8.24 Tim Kasher @ Mercury Lounge
9.11 Tu Fawning @ Rontoms, Portland
9.16 Rocky Votolato, Matt Pond PA, Marcellus Hall & the Hostages @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10.3 Shellac, Helen Money @ Bell House
10.8 Bells, J. Robbins, etc. @Bruar Falls
10.29 Office of Future Plans, Obits, Wrong Dots @ Glasslands
11.12 Bells, Diehard, Story of the Sea, Chumps @ Dead Herring
11.13 Bells, The Young, Office of Future Plans @ Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia
11.22 Devon Sproule @ Rockwood Music Hall
11.25 Sleep No More
12.13 The National, Sharon Van Etten @ Beacon Theatre
Asterisks indicate things reviewed or previewed for work.
1.
Irreversible (2002)
Enter the Void (2010) *
Monsters (2010) *
Tiny Furniture (2010) *
The Illusionist (2010) *
2.
Greenberg (2010)
Somewhere (2010)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Four Lions (2010) *
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Blue Valentine (2010)
Another Year (2010)
True Grit (2010)
The Fighter(2010)
The American (2010)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Mother (2010)
Dogtooth (2010)
Restrepo (2010)
Inside Job (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
Bluebeard (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) (again)
Barney's Version (2011) *
3.
Rango (2011) *
LOTS OF MOVIES AT SXSW
Sucker Punch (2011) *
4.
Centurion (2010)
Hanna (2011)
Super (2011) *
Magic Valley (Tribeca Film Festival)
Water for Elephants (2011) *
Higher Ground (TFF)
Rid of Me (TFF)
Treatment (TFF)
5.
Biutiful (2010) *
Meek's Cutoff (2011) *
Hesher (2011) *
Bridesmaids (2011) *
Jackass Number Two (rewatch)
6.
X-Men: First Class (2011) *
Super 8 (2011) *
The Dark Crystal (1982) (rewatch)
Labyrinth (1986) (like, the zillionth rewatch)
Midnight in Paris (2011) *
The Tree of Life (2011) *
7.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) *
Serenity (2005) (for the zillionth time)
Captain America (2011) *
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
8.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Franklyn (2009)
Beginners (2011) *
Valhalla Rising (2010)
The Help (2011) *
The Green Hornet (2011)
The Big Uneasy (2011) *
Daybreakers (2009)
Columbiana (2011) *
9.
The Debt (2011) *
Inception (2010) (rewatch)
Drive (2011) *
Layer Cake (2005)
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (rewatch) *
10.
The Ides of March (2011) *
The Three Musketeers (2011) *
In Time (2011) *
11.
Take Shelter (2011) *
Immortals (2011) *
Shame (2011)
Twilight: Breaking Dawn (2011) *
A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (2011)
Hugo (2011) *
12.
Young Adult (2011) *
Rare Exports (2010) (rewatch)
Books
1.
The Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare (2010)
Winter's Bone, Daniel Woodrell (2006)
2.
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (1985)
Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness (2010)
3.
Chime, Franny Billingsley (2011)
Generation Loss, Elizabeth Hand (2007)
4.
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell (2006)
All-Star Superman Vol. 1, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Jamie Grant
The Art of Non-Conformity, Chris Guillebeau (2010)
5.
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan (2010)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales, ed. Kate Bernheimer (2010)
Don't Think, Smile! Notes on a Decade of Denial, Ellen Willis (2000)
Your Voice in My Head, Emma Forrest (2011)
Fat Vampire, Adam Rex (2010)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (2011)
6.
The Anna Papers, Ellen Gilchrist
A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (1996)
South of the Border, West of the Sun, Haruki Murakami (1999)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion (1968)
The White Album, Joan Didion (1979)
7.
A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (1998)
A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (2000)
A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin (2005)
8.
This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record, Susanna Felts (2008)
You Must Go and Win, Alina Simone (2011)
Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud (1993)
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (2011)
A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin (2011)
9.
Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (2010)
When She Woke, Hillary Jordan (2011)
The Inheritance, Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm (2011)
Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb (2010)
Dragon Haven, Robin Hobb (2010)
The Magicians, Lev Grossman (2010)
10.
Crossing Over, Anna Kendall (2010)
The Magician King, Lev Grossman (2011)
Dearly, Departed, Lia Habel (2011)
Midnight Picnic, Nick Antosca (2009)
The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt (2002)
11.
Ganymede, Cherie Priest (2011) *
Out of Oz, Gregory Maguire (2011)
The Apothecary, Maile Meloy (2011)
12.
Reamde, Neal Stephenson (2011) *
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, Brian Kellow (2011) *
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell (2011)
Concerts
1.8 Guilty Pleasures show @ Sam Bond's
1.14 Thermals, White Fang, The Blimp @ WOW Hall *
1.21 Typhoon, Ages and Ages @ Sam Bond's *
1.30 The Dismemberment Plant, Jukebox the Ghost, Bells @ Webster Hall
(2.5 My So-Called Prom with the Bayside Tigers @ Bell House)
2.8 And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Takka Takka @ Littlefield
3.3 The Get Up Kids @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
3.30 Warpaint, PVT @ Brooklyn Bowl
4.2 Bells, Horns of Happiness, Conversion Party, Gordon Withers @ Bruar Falls
4.16 Sharon Van Etten @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
4.29 Bells, Nick Jaina, Sea of Bees @ Cake Shop
5.6 Office of Future Plans, Bells, More Humans @ St. Stephen's Church, DC
5.18 Jason Webley, Duckmandu, Corn Mo @ Parkside Lounge
6.5 Against Me!, Screaming Females, Lemuria @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
6.7 Diehard @ Death By Audio
6.11 Family Curse @ Death By Audio
6.18 Diehard @ Matchless
6.23 Amanda Palmer @ The Bell House
6.27 The Gytters @ Bruar Falls
7.1 The Thermals @ Bell House
7.14 Bells @ Phillips de Pury
7.29 Ascetic Junkies @ Piano's
7.30 Bells, Moonmen on the Moon Man, Mcdonalds @ Bruar Falls
8.3 Frightened Rabbit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
8.10 Alkaline Trio, mewithoutyou, The Drowning Men @ Irving Plaza
8.24 Tim Kasher @ Mercury Lounge
9.11 Tu Fawning @ Rontoms, Portland
9.16 Rocky Votolato, Matt Pond PA, Marcellus Hall & the Hostages @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10.3 Shellac, Helen Money @ Bell House
10.8 Bells, J. Robbins, etc. @Bruar Falls
10.29 Office of Future Plans, Obits, Wrong Dots @ Glasslands
11.12 Bells, Diehard, Story of the Sea, Chumps @ Dead Herring
11.13 Bells, The Young, Office of Future Plans @ Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia
11.22 Devon Sproule @ Rockwood Music Hall
11.25 Sleep No More
12.13 The National, Sharon Van Etten @ Beacon Theatre
Asterisks indicate things reviewed or previewed for work.