Category: reading watching listening

reading
collected ghost stories – m.r. james
fábulas de una abuela extraterrestre – daína chaviano
inverting the pyramid – jonathan wilson
don’t know mind: the spirit of korean zen – richard shrobe
always in trouble: an oral history of esp-disk – jason weiss
written on the body – jeanette winterson
wool – hugh howey
the winds twelve quarters – ursula k. le guin
shift – hugh howey
the mysteries of pittsburgh – michael chabon
dust – hugh howey

watching
pumas unam!
a documentary about rush of all things
battlestar galactica – we are so close to finally finishing this thing. then there will be tears.
red stars!
fire!
swansea!
rupaul’s drag race season 6

listening
eras – juana molina
matangi – m.i.a.
the chicago project – matana roberts
compiled 1981-1984 – malaria!
replicants – gary numan/tubeway army
invisible life – helado negro
lots of albums by boris
awe naturale – theesatisfaction
complete discography – moss icon
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reading
birthday of the world and other stories – ursula k. leguin
el prisionero del cielo – carlos ruiz zafon
river of stars – yosano akiko
no beginning no end – jakusho kwong
the ball is round, a global history of football – david goldblatt
a stranger in olondria – sofia samatar

watching
the mediocrity that was the chicago fire this year
the awfulness that is pumas this season
the beauty that is swansea city fc

listening
enter the 37th chamber – el michels affair
tomorrow – tomorrow
electric lady – janelle monae
4 – dungen
el objeto antes llamado disco – café tacuba
hesitation marks – nine inch nails

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!)