culture, oh eight
Here is where I keep track of books read, television discovered, movies watched, and other new cultural things I become aware of in the year 2008. I usually forget by the time of the new year what all I’ve done the past year, so I figure this is a good way to keep track.
Books
How To Talk To a Widower by Jonathan Tropper
Standing Still by Kelly Simmons
The Late Bloomer’s Revolution by Amy Cohen
Rockabye: From Wild to Child by Rebecca Woolf
Little Children by Tom Perrotta
Wishbones by Tom Perrotta
Salvation by Lucia Nevai
Shows
-Explosions in the Sky (4/11 – The Norva)
Movies
1. Juno (x2)
2. Atonement (x2)
3. Waitress
4. The Departed
5. A Streetcar Named Desire *
6. All the King’s Men *
7. Birth of a Nation*
8. Inherit the Wind*
9. Nothing but a Man*
10. In the Heat of the Night*
11. A History of Violence
12. Beetlejuice
13.The Exorcism of Emily Rose
14. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [ 1974 ]
15. Hard Candy
16. Deliverance*
17. Blair Witch Project
18. Mississippi Burning*
19. Cloverfield
20. Killer’s Kiss*
21. The Vanishing
22. The Killing*
23. Once
24. Paths of Glory* (I LOVE THIS FILM NOW)
25. Chinatown*
26. Lolita*
27. Dr. Strangelove* (I add this even though I saw it once, specifically because I understood it SO MUCH BETTER this time)
28. A Clockwork Orange* (I add this too even though I saw it because I appreciated it much more upon second viewing)
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey*
30. War* (by Jake Mahaffy, former Hollins prof, just won a SXSW award)
31. Barry Lyndon*
32. Ararat*
33. Ruins
34. Memory Keeper’s Daughter
35. Trixie*
36. Snow Angels
37. Eyes Wide Shut*
38. Halloween [ 1978 ]
39. Strangers with Candy
40. Frailty
41. Zodiac
42. The Orphanage
43. Dan in Real Life
44. Signs
45. 27 Dresses
46. Indiana Jones IV
47. I Am Legend
48. Angels in the Outfield (original)
49. Sex and the City
50. Away From Her
51. They Shoot Horses Don’t They
52. The Dark Knight
53. My Blueberry Nights
54. Little Children
55. Jesus Camp
Albums I Love as of 2008
1. Jason Mraz – We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
2. Ben Lee – Something to Remember Me By
3. Modest Mouse – This is a Long Drive…
4. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
5. Modest Mouse – Lonesome Crowded West
6. Brian Eno – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Other
Magazine: BUST
* denotes: for a class
