2009.
2009 list of culture and whatnot. Bolded ones are favourites, except with the songs. If they made the list, I loved them. Happy to discuss, share opinions of anything listed below.
Movies:
No Country For Old Men (re-watch)
Yes Man
Ghost Town
Revolutionary Road
Let the Right One In (x2)
Slumdog Millionaire
The Truman Show (re-watch)
The Wrestler (x2)
Bombon (El Perro)
Starter For Ten
The Reader
Friday the 13th (2009)
Heckler
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Wayne's World (re-watch)
Juno (re-watch)
Star Trek
Samson and Delilah
Winter Passing
Night at the Museum 2
Mary and Max
Bruno
Rendition
24 Hour Party People
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Slacker Uprising
Just Buried
Coraline
Pineapple Express
District 9
Forbidden Lies
Inglourious Basterds (x2)
Doubt
The Invention of Lying
Where the Wild Things Are
Away We Go
Zombieland
The Hills Have Eyes
Night of the Living Dead
Sicko (re-watch)
The Princess Bride (re-watch)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (re-watch)
Gran Torino
Up
[Rec]
The Prestige (re-watch)
Airheads
Whatever Works
Nowhere Boy
The Hangover
Songs:
Deer Tick - Easy
Metric - Gimme Sympathy, Help! I'm Alive
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song, The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid
Smashing Pumpkins - A Song For a Son
The Low Anthem - To Ohio, Charlie Darwin
Ben Lee - Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe, Surrender
Pearl Jam - The Fixer
Rancid - Up to No Good, Dominoes Fall
Great Lake Swimmers - Still
The Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23
M. Ward - Jailbird
Non-2009 songs loved in 2009:
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Modern Skirts - Soft Pedals
Dan Wilson - Breathless
Books:
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
Going Solo by Roald Dahl
Beloved by Toni Morrison
White Like Me by Tim Wise
Coraline: The Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
The Philosopher and the Wolf by Mark Rowlands
The Collector by John Fowles
Things the Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett
Push: A Novel by Sapphire
Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson
(I also have about six other books in progress)
Concerts:
Gomez plays "Bring It On" / Old Man River / Epicure - Jan 10 at The Metro, Sydney
Ben Lee - iTunes Live - Mar 10 at the Sydney Apple Store
Ben Folds - Aug 31 at the Sydney Opera House
Social Distortion / Middle Class Rut - Oct 16 at Crocodile Rock Cafe - Allentown, PA
The Decemberists / Laura Veirs - Sept 21 at the Wellmont Theatre - Montclair, NJ
Skinny Puppy / Vverevvolf Greyv - Nov 19 at the Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
Josh Ritter / The Low Anthem - Dec 2 at Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Movies:
No Country For Old Men (re-watch)
Yes Man
Ghost Town
Revolutionary Road
Let the Right One In (x2)
Slumdog Millionaire
The Truman Show (re-watch)
The Wrestler (x2)
Bombon (El Perro)
Starter For Ten
The Reader
Friday the 13th (2009)
Heckler
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Wayne's World (re-watch)
Juno (re-watch)
Star Trek
Samson and Delilah
Winter Passing
Night at the Museum 2
Mary and Max
Bruno
Rendition
24 Hour Party People
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Slacker Uprising
Just Buried
Coraline
Pineapple Express
District 9
Forbidden Lies
Inglourious Basterds (x2)
Doubt
The Invention of Lying
Where the Wild Things Are
Away We Go
Zombieland
The Hills Have Eyes
Night of the Living Dead
Sicko (re-watch)
The Princess Bride (re-watch)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (re-watch)
Gran Torino
Up
[Rec]
The Prestige (re-watch)
Airheads
Whatever Works
Nowhere Boy
The Hangover
Songs:
Deer Tick - Easy
Metric - Gimme Sympathy, Help! I'm Alive
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song, The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid
Smashing Pumpkins - A Song For a Son
The Low Anthem - To Ohio, Charlie Darwin
Ben Lee - Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe, Surrender
Pearl Jam - The Fixer
Rancid - Up to No Good, Dominoes Fall
Great Lake Swimmers - Still
The Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23
M. Ward - Jailbird
Non-2009 songs loved in 2009:
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Modern Skirts - Soft Pedals
Dan Wilson - Breathless
Books:
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
Going Solo by Roald Dahl
Beloved by Toni Morrison
White Like Me by Tim Wise
Coraline: The Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
The Philosopher and the Wolf by Mark Rowlands
The Collector by John Fowles
Things the Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett
Push: A Novel by Sapphire
Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson
(I also have about six other books in progress)
Concerts:
Gomez plays "Bring It On" / Old Man River / Epicure - Jan 10 at The Metro, Sydney
Ben Lee - iTunes Live - Mar 10 at the Sydney Apple Store
Ben Folds - Aug 31 at the Sydney Opera House
Social Distortion / Middle Class Rut - Oct 16 at Crocodile Rock Cafe - Allentown, PA
The Decemberists / Laura Veirs - Sept 21 at the Wellmont Theatre - Montclair, NJ
Skinny Puppy / Vverevvolf Greyv - Nov 19 at the Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
Josh Ritter / The Low Anthem - Dec 2 at Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA