2013
A list of the tools of procrastination or of general enlightenment of the year two thousand and thirteen containing films seen, tv shows followed, books read and shows attended.
FILM
Django Unchained
Seven Psychopaths
Silver Linings Playbook
Boy
Reservoir Dogs
Trance
Iron Man 3
The Place Beyond the Pines
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Great Gatsby
Stoker
You Instead
Much Ado About Nothing
Pacific Rim
Downloaded
Mistaken for Strangers
The World's End
The Punk Singer
Mood Indigo
Frances Ha
Now You See Me
Elysium
Prince Avalanche
After Hours
Into the Night
Raising Arizona
An American Werewolf in London
The Big Lebowski
Blue Jasmine
Byzantium
Violet & Daisy
Gravity
Thor: The Dark World
The To-Do List
The Way, Way Back
War Horse
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Filth
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
American Hustle
Upstream Color
Spring Breakers
Prisoners
The Bling Ring
Don Jon
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Deep Blue Sea
Short Term 12
TV
Haven: S3, S4
The Almighty Johnsons: S1, S2
The Thick of It: S1, S2
The Fades
My Mad Fat Diary: S1
Twin Peaks: S1
Archer: S4
Mad Men: S5
Ultraviolet
Parks & Recreation: S5
Luther: S1
Arrested Development: S4
Orphan Black: S1
Game of Thrones: S3
Hannibal: S1
Adventure Time: S1, 2, 3, 4
Veep: S1, 2
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: S3
Breaking Bad: S1
BOOKS
The Crucible: Arthur Miller
Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury
Revolutionary Road: Richard Yates
Brighton Rock: Graham Greene
A Scanner Darkly: Philip K Dick
Othello: William Shakespeare
Ghost World: Daniel Clowes
Any Human Heart: William Boyd
Breakfast at Tiffany's: Truman Capote
GIGS/SHOWS
David Byrne & St Vincent at Hamer Hall; 14/01
Laneway Festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre; 03/02 (The Rubens, Of Monsters and Men, Alt-J, Yeasayer, Bat for Lases)
Divine Fits w/The Delta Riggs at the Corner Hotel; 04/02
Garbage w/Private Life at the Forum; 27/02
Bloc Party w/World End Press at Festival Hall; 14/03
James Blake w/Jonti at the Corner Hotel; 19/03
The Rubens w/Walk the Moon at the Forum; 10/05
Local Natives w/The New Gods at the Forum; 18/05
Everything Everything w/ at the Corner Hotel; 26/07
MS MR w/Twinsy at the Hi-Fi Bar; 29/07
alt-j w/City Calm Down, Snakadaktal at Festival Hall; 30/07
James Blake w/ at the Palais; 31/07
Jagwar Ma w/Guerre & Angelo Cruzman at the Corner Hotel; 01/08
CHVRCHES w/City Calm Down at the Corner Hotel; 05/08
RUFUS at the Corner Hotel; 24/09
Foals w/Alpine at the Palace, 27/09
Franz Ferdinand w/The UV Race at the Forum; 14/11
Metric w/Glass Towers at the Forum; 09/12
Deerhunter w/Bitches at the Hi-Fi Bar; 11/12
FILM
Django Unchained
Seven Psychopaths
Silver Linings Playbook
Boy
Reservoir Dogs
Trance
Iron Man 3
The Place Beyond the Pines
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Great Gatsby
Stoker
You Instead
Much Ado About Nothing
Pacific Rim
Downloaded
Mistaken for Strangers
The World's End
The Punk Singer
Mood Indigo
Frances Ha
Now You See Me
Elysium
Prince Avalanche
After Hours
Into the Night
Raising Arizona
An American Werewolf in London
The Big Lebowski
Blue Jasmine
Byzantium
Violet & Daisy
Gravity
Thor: The Dark World
The To-Do List
The Way, Way Back
War Horse
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Filth
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
American Hustle
Upstream Color
Spring Breakers
Prisoners
The Bling Ring
Don Jon
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Deep Blue Sea
Short Term 12
TV
Haven: S3, S4
The Almighty Johnsons: S1, S2
The Thick of It: S1, S2
The Fades
My Mad Fat Diary: S1
Twin Peaks: S1
Archer: S4
Mad Men: S5
Ultraviolet
Parks & Recreation: S5
Luther: S1
Arrested Development: S4
Orphan Black: S1
Game of Thrones: S3
Hannibal: S1
Adventure Time: S1, 2, 3, 4
Veep: S1, 2
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: S3
Breaking Bad: S1
BOOKS
The Crucible: Arthur Miller
Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury
Revolutionary Road: Richard Yates
Brighton Rock: Graham Greene
A Scanner Darkly: Philip K Dick
Othello: William Shakespeare
Ghost World: Daniel Clowes
Any Human Heart: William Boyd
Breakfast at Tiffany's: Truman Capote
GIGS/SHOWS
David Byrne & St Vincent at Hamer Hall; 14/01
Laneway Festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre; 03/02 (The Rubens, Of Monsters and Men, Alt-J, Yeasayer, Bat for Lases)
Divine Fits w/The Delta Riggs at the Corner Hotel; 04/02
Garbage w/Private Life at the Forum; 27/02
Bloc Party w/World End Press at Festival Hall; 14/03
James Blake w/Jonti at the Corner Hotel; 19/03
The Rubens w/Walk the Moon at the Forum; 10/05
Local Natives w/The New Gods at the Forum; 18/05
Everything Everything w/ at the Corner Hotel; 26/07
MS MR w/Twinsy at the Hi-Fi Bar; 29/07
alt-j w/City Calm Down, Snakadaktal at Festival Hall; 30/07
James Blake w/ at the Palais; 31/07
Jagwar Ma w/Guerre & Angelo Cruzman at the Corner Hotel; 01/08
CHVRCHES w/City Calm Down at the Corner Hotel; 05/08
RUFUS at the Corner Hotel; 24/09
Foals w/Alpine at the Palace, 27/09
Franz Ferdinand w/The UV Race at the Forum; 14/11
Metric w/Glass Towers at the Forum; 09/12
Deerhunter w/Bitches at the Hi-Fi Bar; 11/12