Of course I am!

(I think this marks the end of my 12-year tradition of posting every three years on my birthday. I can't think of anything much to say about any multiple of three after 42... maybe 90...)

Book of the Year - The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
Film of the Year - Cabaret - Bob Fosse
Music of the Year - Concert, Le Poisson Rouge, Dec. 20 - Kevin Barnes (ohdeargod, this video features me very audibly cracking up after "Bolero" in "St. Sebastian")
TV Show of the Year - The OA - Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling

Book of the Year - Wheel of Time Liveblog - neuxue/Lia
Film of the Year - This is England - Shane Meadows
Music of the Year - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood - of Montreal
TV Show of the Year - Avatar: The Last Airbender - Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko

Okay, so apparently Jenna Moran has read my review of Magical Bears in the Context of Contemporary Political Theory.

I mean, look, given that it is literally the only review of the book on Goodreads (awkwardly, as I mentioned on Goodreads), yes, I was wondering ( Read more... )

Saw Dear Evan Hansen last week, because I realized it was a musical that sounded like a YA novel and because I realized that if I am willing to go see theater in London by myself, why shouldn't I also be willing to do it in NYC? It was a good decision - the first half in particular gave me the same sort of feeling as the third quarter of The Wings ( Read more... )

Book of the Year - The Crown of Dalemark - Diana Wynne Jones
Film of the Year - Black Swan - Darren Aronofsky
Music of the Year - "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" - anonymous, with help from the White Stripes
TV Show of the Year - Mr. Robot - Sam Esmail

I hasten to assure anyone reading this that I do not in any way identify with the sentiments described in the poem, but I feel obligated to post it as a fan of the younger Romantics turning 36.

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I have never actually read any China Miéville, but this is a great piece of criticism on some of his work. It was constantly full of insight, and it even made me cry (I mean, not that that's too difficult, but still).

In of Montreal songs, Kevin Barnes makes all sorts of obscure artsy references to things that I've never even heard of (just read the lyrics to "Art Snob Solutions"), as well as plenty of literary references, such as those to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf or A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man and Jacobean drama (my hope is that it's Jacobean ( Read more... )

. . .And pray to God to have mercy upon us
And pray that I may forget
These matters that with myself I too much discuss
Too much explain
Because I do not hope to turn again
Let these words answer
For what is done, not to be done again
May the judgement not be too heavy upon us