Des autres goûts: mai 2006
I'd like to give credit where credit is due. This "meme" was borrowed by permission from . Thanks, Kate.
My monthly entertainment retrospective for May 2006
Literary
I had never been much of a reader, but that will be changing. Everything is Illuminated was completed in a span of three days in late March. There's nothing to report since then but in progress I have...
* The Facts of Winter (Paul La Farge)
* Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
Visual
I love those French films. Mmmmmmhmmm. So most of the month's views had been comprised of just that.
* L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)
* Everything Is Illuminated *pick of the month (tie)*
* Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles (A Very Long Engagement) *pick of the month (tie)*
* X-Men: The Last Stand
* L'Homme du Train (Man on the Train)
* Masculin Féminin: 15 faits précis
Auditory
There are some months in which you seem not to find anything decent. Others blow you away with the amount of good finds throughout them.
* Burning Airlines - Mission: Control!
* Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
* Dressy Bessy - Sound Go Round *pick of the month (tie)*
* Editors - The Back Room
* Electrelane - The Power Out
* The Fiery Furnaces - EP *pick of the month (tie)*
* Forget Cassettes - "The Catch" +2
* Silversun Pickups - Pikul EP
Library checkouts:
* Beck - Guero *pick of the month*
* blur - Think Tank
* The Clash - London Calling
* Daft Punk - Discovery
* Mudhoney - Since We've Become Translucent
* Pulp - We Love Life
* Squirrel Nut Zippers - Bedlam Ballroom
* The Wrens - Meadowlands
Loved tracks of the month:
"Booksmart Devil", Silversun Pickups
"Let's Get Out of This Country", Camera Obscura
"Market Place", De Novo Dahl
"Nobody", Monsters are Waiting
"Smelling Cigarettes", The Fiery Furnaces
"The Catch", Forget Cassettes
"The Pestilence is Coming", The Minor Leagues
My monthly entertainment retrospective for May 2006
Literary
I had never been much of a reader, but that will be changing. Everything is Illuminated was completed in a span of three days in late March. There's nothing to report since then but in progress I have...
* The Facts of Winter (Paul La Farge)
* Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
Visual
I love those French films. Mmmmmmhmmm. So most of the month's views had been comprised of just that.
* L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)
* Everything Is Illuminated *pick of the month (tie)*
* Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles (A Very Long Engagement) *pick of the month (tie)*
* X-Men: The Last Stand
* L'Homme du Train (Man on the Train)
* Masculin Féminin: 15 faits précis
Auditory
There are some months in which you seem not to find anything decent. Others blow you away with the amount of good finds throughout them.
* Burning Airlines - Mission: Control!
* Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
* Dressy Bessy - Sound Go Round *pick of the month (tie)*
* Editors - The Back Room
* Electrelane - The Power Out
* The Fiery Furnaces - EP *pick of the month (tie)*
* Forget Cassettes - "The Catch" +2
* Silversun Pickups - Pikul EP
Library checkouts:
* Beck - Guero *pick of the month*
* blur - Think Tank
* The Clash - London Calling
* Daft Punk - Discovery
* Mudhoney - Since We've Become Translucent
* Pulp - We Love Life
* Squirrel Nut Zippers - Bedlam Ballroom
* The Wrens - Meadowlands
Loved tracks of the month:
"Booksmart Devil", Silversun Pickups
"Let's Get Out of This Country", Camera Obscura
"Market Place", De Novo Dahl
"Nobody", Monsters are Waiting
"Smelling Cigarettes", The Fiery Furnaces
"The Catch", Forget Cassettes
"The Pestilence is Coming", The Minor Leagues