It’s a bit too early to put together a yearly recap, but I can’t think of anything else to blog about so this will have to do it. Just think of it as a list of recommendations rather than a yearly recap.
Book: Wonder When You’ll Miss Me by Amanda Davis. This book is about revenge and leaving your dark past behind and starting anew (joining a circus!). It’s heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time. I borrowed this book from our local library but I wish I owned it so I could re-read it anytime I want. It’s that good.
Movie: Young at Heart, directed by Stephen Walker. This documentary proves that senior citizens, even the octogenarians, can rock-and-roll as hard as the rest of us. These senior citizens who belong to a chorus called Young at Heart will show you how to grow old gracefully with music.
Music: I can’t decide which band I like the most but Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, and Bowerbirds are the bands that I discovered this year and really enjoy. None of them is Canadian but I think I’ve written enough about Canadian artists as it is.
If you have any books, movies, or bands/artists you’d like to recommend, please post it in the comment and I’ll check it out. Boring post, huh? Hopefully I’ll be more interesting tomorrow, but probably not! Hehe.
Oh I’m first again but I have nothing smart to say… haha
After I’m done with my textbooks, I plan to read Night (Ellie Wiesel), a searing account of a man detained at a Nazi concentration camp.
speaking of cheetos… I miss chiki snack balls bad (only rasa ayam)!
…and I just found out today chiki is from fritolay??
I’ve read Night. Quite good. It’s part of a trilogy. Night, Dawn and Day. I haven’t read the last two yet.
@Troy: Thanks, I didn’t know that. I’ll raid the bookstores for the other books.
I have such a huge pile of books waiting for me to finish uni (well, not so much a pile as a huge bookcase full) and I can’t wait – all I’ve read recently is about ape “language”, abstract phonology and stats!
But at least I can listen to music while I work, and I recommend Beth Rowley – she’s my current studying music! The album’s called Little Dreamer, and it’s a huge grower.
A shameless plug ? yes.
Sad songs are my specialty. I recorded this sad lament recently, thought you might enjoy listening.
Sounds like Ian Brown goes to The Cambridge Folk Festival.
http://soundcloud.com/antiqcool/girl-in-a-room-1