The Year in Review
For the last few years, inspired by others (I can't remember who) I've posted - at the end of the year - a list of the various books, movies, tv shows and music that I've erstwhile "consumed" during the year.
2008 saw me read a whole bunch of new books (I cant' help spending Borders vouchers) and actually go out to quite a few music gigs and Fringe shows. Fewer movies this year as URGA have been somewhat more selective about what we see, but there's still been quite a few :)
So here's how I've wasted my free time in 2008 (with links to journal entries where appropriate).
BOOKS READ
His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
Glasshouse - Charles Stross
When True Night Falls - Celia Friedman
Dr. McNinja - Surgical Strike - Chris Hastings and Kent Archer
Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman
Wigu - The Bravest Boy in the World - Jeffrey Rowland
Wigu - The Case of the Missle Crisis - Jeffrey Rowland
Wigu - The Case of Atlantis - Jeffrey Rowland
Wigu - The Case of Mars - Jeffrey Rowland
Sam and Max - Surfin the Highway - Steve Purcell
Xombie: Reanimated - James Farr and Nate Lovett
Soon I Will Be Invincible - Austin Grossman
First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
Interworld - Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Iron Sunrise - Charles Stross
I Am America (and So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Absolute Sandman Vol 3 - Neil Gaiman
Bone - One Volume Edition - Jeff Smith
Sandman: Endless Nights - Neil Gaiman
The Dangerous Alphabet - Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly
The Bromeliad - Terry Pratchett
The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon
Fray - Joss Whedon
M is for Magic - Neil Gaiman
Wicked - Gregory Maguire
Momo - Michael Ende
Who's Afraid of Beowulf - Tom Holt
Nation - Terry Pratchett
My Hero - Tom Holt
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
Accelerando - Charles Stross
Signal to Noise - Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
The Absolute Sandman Vol 4 - Neil Gaiman
Ministry of Space - Warren Ellis
Geodesica Ascent - Sean Williams with Shane Dix
Ocean - Warren Ellis
[ Books purchased but not yet read:
Crown of Shadows - Celia Friedman
Sandman: Dream Hunters - Neil Gaiman
Son of a Witch - Gregory Maguire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J K Rowling
The Illustrated Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Player
The Folklore of Discworld - Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson
The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
Geodesica Descent - Sean Williams with Shane Dix
]
DVDS PURCHASED
Farscape The Peacekeeper Wars
X-Men The Last Stand
Sam and Max Freelance Police - The Complete Animated Series
Stardust
CDS PURCHASED
Tinpan Orange - Aroona Palace
Tinpan Orange - Death, Love and Buildings
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Santogold - Santogold
Holly Throsby - A Loud Call
The Grates - Teeth Lost Hearts Won
Sophie Koh - All Shook Up
Josh Pyke - Memories and Dust
Josh Pyke - Chimneys Afire
Sam and Max Season Two Soundtrack
Kate Miller-Heidke - Little Eve
Kate Miller-Heidke - Circular Breathing (gift from Ian)
Kate Miller-Heidke - Curiouser
GIGS AND THEATRE
Adelaide Fringe Festival
Operator Please + Little Red + Flamingo Crash
Tinpan Orange + Matt Macbeth
The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour
Holly Throsby
Clare Bowditch
Tinpan Orange (again!)
Holly Throsby (again!)
Josh Pyke
The Grates + The John Steel Singers + Vasco Era
Sophie Koh + Grand Salvo
Kate Miller-Heidke + The Boat People
TV
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Ashes to Ashes
Battlestar Galactica
Burn Notice
Black Books
Californication
Chuck
Dexter
Doctor Who
Eureka
Flashpoint
Flight of the Conchords
Fringe
Heroes
Jpod
Kyle XY
Moonlight
My Name is Earl
Newstopia
No Heroics
Numb3rs
Primeval
Pushing Daisies
ReGenesis
Robot Chicken
Rome
Sam and Max: Freelance Police
Sanctuary
Stargate Atlantis
Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
The 4400
The Daily Show
The Hollowmen
The IT Crowd
The Middleman
The Mighty Boosh
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Torchwood
Trippin' the Rift
True Blood
Farscape The Peacekeeper Wars (DVD)
Stargate - The Ark of Truth
Stargate - Continuum
Futurama - Bender's Big Score
Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs
Futurama - Bender's Game
Doctor Horrible's Sing-along Blog
Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death
MOVIES
Juno - 9/10
Enchanted
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 8/10
Jumper - 6/10
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - 8.5/10
Iron Man - 8.5/10
21 - 7/10
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 8/10
Speed Racer - 8.5/10
Mongol - 9/10
The Onion Movie
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Get Smart - 8.5/10
Kung Fu Panda - 7/10
Batman: Gotham Knight - 5/10
The Dark Knight - 9/10
The X-Files: I Want To Believe - 4/10
Wanted - 5/10
The Bank Job - 9/10
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - 8.5/10
In Bruges - 8.5/10
The Mummy : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - 4/10
Wall-E - 9.5/10
Burn After Reading - 8/10
Quantum of Solace - 6/10
My Name is Bruce
COMPUTER GAMES
Sam and Max Season 2 (5 episodes plus bonus DVD, soundtrack, case file, poster)
Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People (5 episodes)
Portal
2008 saw me read a whole bunch of new books (I cant' help spending Borders vouchers) and actually go out to quite a few music gigs and Fringe shows. Fewer movies this year as URGA have been somewhat more selective about what we see, but there's still been quite a few :)
So here's how I've wasted my free time in 2008 (with links to journal entries where appropriate).
BOOKS READ
His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
Glasshouse - Charles Stross
When True Night Falls - Celia Friedman
Dr. McNinja - Surgical Strike - Chris Hastings and Kent Archer
Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman
Wigu - The Bravest Boy in the World - Jeffrey Rowland
Wigu - The Case of the Missle Crisis - Jeffrey Rowland
Wigu - The Case of Atlantis - Jeffrey Rowland
Wigu - The Case of Mars - Jeffrey Rowland
Sam and Max - Surfin the Highway - Steve Purcell
Xombie: Reanimated - James Farr and Nate Lovett
Soon I Will Be Invincible - Austin Grossman
First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
Interworld - Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Iron Sunrise - Charles Stross
I Am America (and So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Absolute Sandman Vol 3 - Neil Gaiman
Bone - One Volume Edition - Jeff Smith
Sandman: Endless Nights - Neil Gaiman
The Dangerous Alphabet - Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly
The Bromeliad - Terry Pratchett
The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon
Fray - Joss Whedon
M is for Magic - Neil Gaiman
Wicked - Gregory Maguire
Momo - Michael Ende
Who's Afraid of Beowulf - Tom Holt
Nation - Terry Pratchett
My Hero - Tom Holt
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
Accelerando - Charles Stross
Signal to Noise - Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
The Absolute Sandman Vol 4 - Neil Gaiman
Ministry of Space - Warren Ellis
Geodesica Ascent - Sean Williams with Shane Dix
Ocean - Warren Ellis
[ Books purchased but not yet read:
Crown of Shadows - Celia Friedman
Sandman: Dream Hunters - Neil Gaiman
Son of a Witch - Gregory Maguire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J K Rowling
The Illustrated Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Player
The Folklore of Discworld - Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson
The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
Geodesica Descent - Sean Williams with Shane Dix
]
DVDS PURCHASED
Farscape The Peacekeeper Wars
X-Men The Last Stand
Sam and Max Freelance Police - The Complete Animated Series
Stardust
CDS PURCHASED
Tinpan Orange - Aroona Palace
Tinpan Orange - Death, Love and Buildings
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Santogold - Santogold
Holly Throsby - A Loud Call
The Grates - Teeth Lost Hearts Won
Sophie Koh - All Shook Up
Josh Pyke - Memories and Dust
Josh Pyke - Chimneys Afire
Sam and Max Season Two Soundtrack
Kate Miller-Heidke - Little Eve
Kate Miller-Heidke - Circular Breathing (gift from Ian)
Kate Miller-Heidke - Curiouser
GIGS AND THEATRE
Adelaide Fringe Festival
- Men of Steel
- Fly
- How To Rig An Election
- Dave Callan - Daylight Savings For The Doomsday Clock
- Scapegoat!
- Josie Long - Trying is Good
- Random Buskers
- Northern Lights (Adelaide Festival of the Arts)
- The Huckleberry Swedes
- Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams
- Ali McGregor's Midnight Lullabies
- A Record or an OBE
- Sound and Fury's Cyranose!
- Pratchett Pieces 2: The Live Radio Play
- Lumina - Mediaeval Magic
- Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams (second time!)
- Every Film Ever Made"
Operator Please + Little Red + Flamingo Crash
Tinpan Orange + Matt Macbeth
The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour
Holly Throsby
Clare Bowditch
Tinpan Orange (again!)
Holly Throsby (again!)
Josh Pyke
The Grates + The John Steel Singers + Vasco Era
Sophie Koh + Grand Salvo
Kate Miller-Heidke + The Boat People
TV
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Ashes to Ashes
Battlestar Galactica
Burn Notice
Black Books
Californication
Chuck
Dexter
Doctor Who
Eureka
Flashpoint
Flight of the Conchords
Fringe
Heroes
Jpod
Kyle XY
Moonlight
My Name is Earl
Newstopia
No Heroics
Numb3rs
Primeval
Pushing Daisies
ReGenesis
Robot Chicken
Rome
Sam and Max: Freelance Police
Sanctuary
Stargate Atlantis
Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
The 4400
The Daily Show
The Hollowmen
The IT Crowd
The Middleman
The Mighty Boosh
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Torchwood
Trippin' the Rift
True Blood
Farscape The Peacekeeper Wars (DVD)
Stargate - The Ark of Truth
Stargate - Continuum
Futurama - Bender's Big Score
Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs
Futurama - Bender's Game
Doctor Horrible's Sing-along Blog
Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death
MOVIES
Juno - 9/10
Enchanted
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 8/10
Jumper - 6/10
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - 8.5/10
Iron Man - 8.5/10
21 - 7/10
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 8/10
Speed Racer - 8.5/10
Mongol - 9/10
The Onion Movie
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Get Smart - 8.5/10
Kung Fu Panda - 7/10
Batman: Gotham Knight - 5/10
The Dark Knight - 9/10
The X-Files: I Want To Believe - 4/10
Wanted - 5/10
The Bank Job - 9/10
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - 8.5/10
In Bruges - 8.5/10
The Mummy : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - 4/10
Wall-E - 9.5/10
Burn After Reading - 8/10
Quantum of Solace - 6/10
My Name is Bruce
COMPUTER GAMES
Sam and Max Season 2 (5 episodes plus bonus DVD, soundtrack, case file, poster)
Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People (5 episodes)
Portal