Category: lists

reading
before the revolution: america’s ancient pasts – daniel k. richter
tales from earthsea – ursula k. le guin
the other wind – ursula k. le guin
who fears death – nnedi okorafor
werewolves in their youth – michael chabon
the final solution – michael chabon
sexing the cherry – jeanette winterson
the nasty bits – anthony bourdain
zen women: beyond tea ladies, iron maidens, and macho masters – grace schireson
a long rainy season: haiku and tanka – leza lowitz, miyuki aoyama (editors)

watching
drag race 5
chicago fire!
atlas avoided the relegation! they finished 3rd or 4th.
chicago red stars 2013! and nwsl in general.

listening
the blow up – television
the terror – the flaming lips
damp face – la luz
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my vag, etc. – awkwafina
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laughing and crying – kosher dill spears
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reading
no regrets: writings on scott walker – rob young, editor
four ways to forgiveness – ursula k. le guin
the upper country: french enterprise in the colonial great lakes – claiborne skinner
jagannath – karin tidbeck
blue remembered earth – alastair reynolds

watching
portlandia
liga mx clausura 2013. vamos atlas! avoid the relegation!
wordgirl
yo gabba gabba
cat in the hat
drag race 5

listening
climate of hunter – scott walker.
tom sawyer – marina poleukhina and alexander chernyshkov
lustcats of the gutters – lustcats of the gutters
World Hip Hop Women: From The Sound Up – various

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reading
1493 – charles c mann
can’t stop won’t stop – jeff chang
a fisherman of the inland sea ursula k. le guin
a cook’s tour – anthony bourdain
ascension – john coltrane and his quest – eric nisenson
perfecting sound forever – greg milner
a wizard of earthsea – ursula k. le guin
the tombs of atuan – ursula k. le guin
the farthest shore – ursula k. le guin
tehanu – ursula k. le guin
an evil guest – gene wolfe
latro in the mist – gene wolfe
soldier of sidon – gene wolfe
the cat’s table – michael ondaatje
the prague cemetery – umberto eco
the potawatomis: keepers of the fire – r. david edmunds

watching
drag race all stars!
battle star galactica – we will never finish this.
chicago fire! we’re number 4!
my grandmother’s ravioli. so awesomely cute and fun!

listening
rock dream – boris with merzbow
volcano radar (live at the empty bottle) actually caught a show!
geography – front 242
pink friday… roman reloaded – nicki minaj (there are five tracks on here that rule)
smart bar chicago 1985 – sonic youth
vatican zombie – the lay llamas
transparente – otra carpeta
pretty much the entire back catalog of yo gabba gabba hits.

reading
cosmos – carl sagan
the founders of america – francis jennings
the middle ground: indians, empires, and republics in the great lakes region, 1650-1815 – richard white
french roots in the illinois country: the mississippi frontier in colonial times – carl j ekberg
the hundred thousand kingdoms – n.k. jemisin
inverted world – christopher priest
desolation road – ian mcdonald
aurorarama – jean-christophe valtat
land of big rivers: french and indian illinois 1699-1778 – m.j. morgan
a house in bali – colin mcphee
perfecting sound forever – greg milner

watching
drag race season 4 – sharon needles! latrice royale! chad michaels! yes!
battle star galactica – we will never finish this.
this will have been art love politics in the 1980’s – at the mca. awesome, awesome show!
moonrise kingdom – wes anderson. we finally saw a movie! in the theater! it’s only been two years, the last one was scott pilgrim. whoa! but this movie ruled. so good. like wes anderson finally moved a bit forward in his art.

listening
vision soundings – malcolm goldstein
sho cosmos – mayumi miyata
shikwa jawab’e shikwa – aziz mian
un uomo da rispettare – ennio morricone
the cassette chronicles – nitty scott mc
omens – monarch!
willi the pig – john tchicai/irene schweitzer
school children and the cosmo – tricot
asshole savant – running

reading
el capitán alatriste – arturo pérez-reverte
the passion – jeanette winterson
the book of the short sun – gene wolfe
as serious as your life – valerie wilmer
rocannon’s world – ursula k le guin
planet of exile – ursula k le guin
city of illusions – ursula k le guin
the left hand of darkness – ursula k le guin
the word for world is forest – ursula k le guin
john coltrane: his life and music – lewis porter
the ladies of grace adieu and other stories – susanna clarke
improvisation: its nature and practise in music – derek bailey

listening
universal consciousness/lord of lords – alice coltrane
electric ascension – rova orkestrova
oeuvres pour choeur et orchestre – giacinto scelsi
electric ladyland and band of gypsies – jimi hendrix
music from two basses – dave holland and barre phillips
mover ever onward – brother ah
one up one down live at the half note – john coltrane
black sheep – julian cope
lux and guider– disappears
christine abdelnour
geechee recollections/sweet earth flying – marion brown
silver year – shoppers
s/t – tony oxley/derek bailey quartet

watching
battlestar galactica (still)
rocky horror picture show (halloween night)
skratchcon 2000
(one night of) umbrella festival 2011 (this was my first show in a year! saw the franz hautzinger group (franz hautzinger, nick butcher, dave rempis) and the hans peter pfammatter trio (keefe jackson, hans peter pfammatter, jason roebke) hooray!)