Now Playing

Things I'm listening to, reading, just read, will see, rediscovered, etc... The date is when I added that entry to the list, not necessarily when I took it in.

Movies

The 40 Year Old Virgin (February 10, 2006)
Wonderfalls (January 29, 2006)
Melinda and Melinda (January 18, 2006)
Shaun Of The Dead (January 10, 2006)
March Of The Penguins (January 7, 2006)
Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy (January 7, 2006)
Sense and Sensibility (December 19, 2005)
In The Mood For Love (December 19, 2005)
NASA 50 Years of Space Exploration, Disc 1 & 2 (November 30, 2005)
War Of The Worlds (November 30, 2005)
The Jerk (November 30, 2005)
Tootsie (November 16, 2005)
Serenity (October 2, 2005)
His Girl Friday (October 2, 2005)
Microcosmos (September 24, 2005)
Northern Exposure: Season 1 (September 15, 2005)
Northern Exposure: Season 2 (September 15, 2005)
Northern Exposure: Season 3 (September 15, 2005)
Dirty Pretty Things (August 30, 2005)
Deliverance (August 14, 2005)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (August 14, 2005)
Kinsey (August 14, 2005)
The Real Blonde (July 24, 2005)
Animal House (July 24, 2005)
Primer (July 23, 2005)
Closer (July 23, 2005)
William Gibson: No Maps For These Territories (July 23, 2005)
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 2 (July 23, 2005)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (July 23, 2005)
City Lights (July 23, 2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (July 23, 2005)
Revolution OS (July 23, 2005)
Sideways (July 23, 2005)
The Corporation (May 8, 2005)
Midnight Run (May 8, 2005)
Bright Young Things (May 8, 2005)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (April 16, 2005)
Mean Girls (March 8, 2005)
Sexy Beast (March 8, 2005)
The Last Picture Show (March 8, 2005)
American Experience: Riding the Rails (March 8, 2005)
In Good Company (March 8, 2005)
Garden State (February 2, 2005)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (February 2, 2005)
Smokey and the Bandit II (February 2, 2005)
Smokey and the Bandit (February 2, 2005)
Flirting with Disaster (January 10, 2005)
Napoleon Dynamite (January 10, 2005)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (December 25, 2004)
American Splendor (December 17, 2004)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (July 6, 2004)
Saved! (July 6, 2004)
Midway (July 4, 2004)
Mystery, Alaska (July 1, 2004)
Super Size Me (July 1, 2004)
Control Room (July 1, 2004)
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1 (July 1, 2004)
Tully (July 1, 2004)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (July 1, 2004)
Finding Nemo (July 1, 2004)
Endless Summer (April 11, 2004)
Harrison's Flowers (April 11, 2004)
Pieces Of April (March 29, 2004)
Pollock (March 29, 2004)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (March 29, 2004)
Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (March 29, 2004)
National Geographic: The Photographers (March 29, 2004)
Barton Fink (February 29, 2004)
The Dreamers (February 27, 2004)
Pecker (February 8, 2004)
War Photographer (February 3, 2004)
Insomnia (February 2, 2004)
Style Wars (January 31, 2004)
Personal Velocity (January 25, 2004)
The Endurance (January 25, 2004)
Annie Hall (January 25, 2004)
Whale Rider (January 25, 2004)
Bend It Like Beckham (January 18, 2004)
24 Hour Party People (January 18, 2004)
Holes (January 18, 2004)
When Harry Met Sally (January 16, 2004)
An American in Paris (January 16, 2004)
All the Real Girls (January 12, 2004)
Winged Migration (January 10, 2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King (January 8, 2004)
Devil's Playground (January 8, 2004)
Maryam (January 6, 2004)
Lilo and Stitch (January 6, 2004)
Big Fish (January 6, 2004)
Peter Pan (January 6, 2004)
Pirates of the Caribbean (December 26, 2003)
The Human Stain (December 15, 2003)
The Majestic (December 14, 2003)
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (December 13, 2003)
Smoke Signals (December 10, 2003)
Party Girl (December 7, 2003)
In America (December 6, 2003)
The Deer Hunter (December 2, 2003)
On The Beach (December 1, 2003)
The Reagans (December 1, 2003)
Two Jakes (November 2, 2003)
Sabrina (November 2, 2003)
The Independent (November 2, 2003)
The Office, Season One (October 13, 2003)
Delores Claiborne (October 13, 2003)
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (October 8, 2003)
CQ (October 8, 2003)
Last Orders (October 8, 2003)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (September 23, 2003)
Lost In Translation (September 22, 2003)
Barcelona (September 22, 2003)
Badlands (September 15, 2003)
A Life Less Ordinary (September 15, 2003)
Taxi Driver (September 15, 2003)
Empire Records (September 15, 2003)
Four Rooms (September 15, 2003)
Metropolis (September 15, 2003)
The Bourne Identity (September 15, 2003)
Brazil (July 27, 2003)
Hearts In Atlantis (July 27, 2003)
Straw Dogs (July 27, 2003)
Spellbound (July 5, 2003)
Highball (July 3, 2003)
Gigantic (July 3, 2003)
Bonnie and Clyde (July 1, 2003)
Broadcast News (July 1, 2003)
Hulk (July 1, 2003)
The Seventh Seal (June 10, 2003)
Who's Afriad of Virginia Woolf? (May 19, 2003)
Blood simple (May 19, 2003)
Matrix Reloaded (May 15, 2003)
Black & White (May 14, 2003)
Magnolia (April 28, 2003)
Rosemary's Baby (April 27, 2003)
The Manchurian Candidate (April 21, 2003)
The Good Theif (April 20, 2003)
The Untouchables (April 20, 2003)
Box of Moonlight (April 19, 2003)
Guinevere (April 12, 2003)
EdTV (April 6, 2003)
Brassed Off (April 6, 2003)
Midnight Cowboy (April 6, 2003)
Spider (March 15, 2003)
Double Indemnity (March 10, 2003)
Old School (March 7, 2003)
Nine Queens (March 4, 2003)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (February 27, 2003)
Breaking The Waves (February 5, 2003)
Chinatown (February 2, 2003)
Waking Life (January 30, 2003)
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (January 26, 2003)
The Man Who Wasn't There (January 24, 2003)
The Daytrippers (January 23, 2003)
Hard Eight (January 20, 2003)
The French Connection (January 18, 2003)
No Man's Land (January 14, 2003)
Enigma (January 13, 2003)
Y tu mamá también (January 13, 2003)
The Good Girl (January 13, 2003)
Minority Report (January 12, 2003)
Hollywood Ending (January 12, 2003)
Italian For Beginners (January 12, 2003)
Rat Race (January 11, 2003)
Haiku Tunnel (January 11, 2003)
Sherlock, Jr. (January 11, 2003)
Our Hospitality (January 11, 2003)
Bowling For Columbine (January 10, 2003)
The Shawshank Redemption (January 9, 2003)
Sling Blade (January 8, 2003)
I Am Sam (January 5, 2003)
About Schmidt (January 4, 2003)
Nicholas Nickleby (January 3, 2003)
Platoon (January 2, 2003)
The Hours (January 1, 2003)
Gangs of New York (December 29, 2002)
Catch Me If You Can (December 26, 2002)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (December 24, 2002)
Adaptation (December 22, 2002)
Serpico (December 21, 2002)
Winter Sleepers (December 21, 2002)
The Apartment (December 20, 2002)
Lawrence of Arabia (December 20, 2002)
Donnie Darko (December 15, 2002)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (December 8, 2002)
Visions of Light (December 7, 2002)
Spiderman (December 2, 2002)
Office Space (December 2, 2002)
Vanilla Sky (November 24, 2002)
The Sound of Music (November 24, 2002)
The Filth and the Fury (November 23, 2002)
Storytelling (November 16, 2002)
The Godfather (November 15, 2002)
Scotland, PA (November 12, 2002)
Maldone (November 9, 2002)
Ma Camera et Moi (November 9, 2002)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (November 3, 2002)
The Royal Tenenbaums (November 1, 2002)
The Third Man (October 27, 2002)
Igby Goes Down (October 26, 2002)
Punch-Drunk Love (October 25, 2002)
The Professional (October 18, 2002)
The General (September 13, 2002)
It's A Wonderful Life (September 3, 2002)
To Kill a Mockingbird (August 20, 2002)
The Last Temptation of Christ (August 20, 2002)
Next Stop Wonderland (August 20, 2002)
The Silence of the Lambs (August 20, 2002)
American Graffiti (August 20, 2002)
Fight Club (August 20, 2002)
Citizen Kane (June 21, 2002)
Single White Female (June 21, 2002)
Novocaine (June 21, 2002)
Coven (June 21, 2002)
American Movie (June 21, 2002)
Monsoon Wedding (June 21, 2002)
The Iron Giant (May 21, 2002)
Annie Hall (May 21, 2002)
Promises (May 21, 2002)
Star Wars (May 21, 2002)
Happenstance (May 19, 2002)
Topsy Turvy (May 19, 2002)
Emma (May 19, 2002)
Network (May 19, 2002)
Sweet and Lowdown (May 19, 2002)
Chuck & Buck (May 19, 2002)
Startup.com (May 19, 2002)
East Is East (May 19, 2002)
Medusa Challenger (May 19, 2002)
Mighty Aphrodite (Apr 27, 2002)
The City of Lost Children (Mar 4, 2002)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Feb 6, 2002)
Wilde (Feb 6, 2002)
Josie and the Pussycats (Jan 12, 2002)
Wag The Dog (Jan 12, 2002)
Amelie (Jan 12, 2002)
Mulholland Drive (Jan 12, 2002)

Music

Death Cab For Cutie, Plans (November 30, 2005)
Ladytron, Witching Hour (November 30, 2005)
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods (November 30, 2005)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (November 30, 2005)
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (November 30, 2005)
Various Artists, Soundtrack for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (November 30, 2005)
Magnetic Fields, I (July 1, 2004)
Sufjan Stevens, Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (February 2, 2004)
Camera Obscura, Underachievers Please Try Harder (January 21, 2004)
The Raveonettes, That Great Love Sound (December 26, 2003)
Mojave 3, Spoon and Rafter (December 1, 2003)
Lost In Translation Soundtrack (December 1, 2003)
Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism (December 1, 2003)
Blonde Redhead, In An Expression Of The Inexpressible (December 1, 2003)
Mates of State, Team Boo (December 1, 2003)
Mates of State, My Solo Project (December 1, 2003)
New Pornographers, Mass Romantic (December 1, 2003)
The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (December 1, 2003)
Spoon, Girls Can Tell (December 1, 2003)
New Pornographers, Electric Version (November 2, 2003)
Belle & Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress (November 2, 2003)
Spoon, Kill The Moonlight (July 27, 2002)
Neko Case, Blacklisted (July 27, 2002)
The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight (May 25, 2002)
Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs (May 18, 2002)
Broadcast, Pendulum (May 18, 2002)
Saturday Looks Good To Me, Alcohol 7" (April 7, 2002)
Songs for Worship Modern Vol 1 (April 1, 2002)
Saturday Looks Good To Me, All Your Summer Songs (March 7, 2002)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Hearts of Oak (March 7, 2002)
Magnetic Fields, Get Lost (March 72, 2002)
Magnetic Fields, The Charm Of The Highway Strip (March 7, 2002)
Cat Power, You Are Free (March 7, 2002)
Bennett, Welcome To The Jungle (March 2, 2002)
Velocity Girl, Copacetic (March 2, 2002)
Vitesse, Chelsea 27099 (March 2, 2002)
Vitesse, You Win Again. Gravity! (March 2, 2002)
The Postal Service, Give Up (March 2, 2002)
Tim Hecker, Haunt Me (March 2, 2002)
Saloon, (This Is) What We Call Progress (March 2, 2002)
The Fall, The Wonderful And Frigtening World Of.. (February 8, 2002)
Magnetic Fields, Holiday (February 8, 2002)
The Sea And Cake, One Bedroom (February 8, 2002)
The Aislers Set, How I Learned To Write Backwards (January 24, 2002)
Midwest Product, Specifics (January 17, 2002)
The Aislers Set, Mission Bells EP (December 27, 2002)
New Order, Republic (December 21, 2002)
Death Cab For Cutie, You Can Play These Songs With Chords (December 21, 2002)
Loscil, Triple Point (December 21, 2002)
Now It's Overheard, Now It's Overhead (December 21, 2002)
Bright Eyes, Lifted (December 21, 2002)
Macha, See It Another Way (December 21, 2002)
New Order, The Best Of New Order (December 21, 2002)
Wilco, Being There (December 21, 2002)
Godspeed You Black Emperor, Yanqui, U.X.O. (December 21, 2002)
The Sex Pistols, Nevermind The Bullocks (December 21, 2002)
Beth Orton, Central Reservation (December 21, 2002)
His Name Is Alive, Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth (December 21, 2002)
Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted (December 4, 2002)
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds (November 14, 2002)
Stina Nordenstam, And She Closed Her Eyes (November 14, 2002)
Joy Division, Permanent (November 14, 2002)
The Clash, London Calling (November 14, 2002)
Sing-Sing, The Joy of Sing-Sing s(November 14, 2002)
Sigur Ros, () (November 14, 2002)
Bjork, Debut (November 14, 2002)
Bjork, Post (November 14, 2002)
Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (October 20, 2002)
Stina Nordenstam, Memories Of A Color and This Is Stina Nordenstam (October 7, 2002)
Boards Of Canada, Geogaddi (October 7, 2002)
Sleater-Kinney, One Beat (September 13, 2002)
Ultra Vivid Scene, Rev (September 13, 2002)
Now It's Overhead, misc. (August 20, 2002)
Vitesse, misc. (August 20, 2002)
His Name Is Alive, Stars on E.S.P. (August 20, 2002)
The Aislers Set, misc. (May 23, 2002)
The Ladybug Transistor, Argyle Heir (Apr 27, 2002)
Bob Mould,Modulate (Apr 27, 2002)
Saturday Looks Good To Me (Mar 25, 2002)
Lush, Gala (Mar 4, 2002)
Mates of State, Our Constant Concern (Feb 10, 2002)
Macha and Bedhead, Macha Loved Bedhead (Jan 12, 2002)
Appleseed Cast, Low Level Owl Volume I and Low Level Owl Volume II (Jan 12, 2002)
The Shins, Oh, Inverted World (Jan 12, 2002)
Cat Power, Moon Pix (Jan 12, 2002)

Books

Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (January 7, 2006)
Michael Dawson, Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner (November 16, 2005)
Douglas Coupland, Microserfs (November 16, 2005)
Ayun Halliday, Job Hopper (September 26, 2005)
H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (July 23, 2005)
Michael Daisey, 21 Dog Years (May 8, 2005)
Hugh E. Williams and David Lane, Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL (May 8, 2005)
David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg, PHP Cookbook (May 8, 2005)
Eric Tyson and Jim Schell, Small Business for Dummies (July 1, 2004)
John Kaplan, Photo Portfolio Success (July 1, 2004)
Susan C. Zavoina, John H. Davidson, Digital Photojournalism (July 1, 2004)
Kenneth Kobré, Photojournalism: The Professional's Approach (July 1, 2004)
Bob Krist, Secrets of Lighting on Location (July 1, 2004)
Brian Horton, Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism (February 18, 2004)
M.T. Anderson, Feed (January 8, 2004)
Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity (December 15, 2003)
Mary Karr, The Liars' Club (September 15, 2003)
J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey (July 8, 2003)
Graham Swift, Last Orders (June 10, 2003)
Scott Carrier, Running After Antelope (May 20, 2003)
Chuck Barris, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: An Unauthorized Autobiograph (May 12, 2003)
William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (April 6, 2003)
W.D. Wetherell, Morning (March 16, 2003)
Graham Green, Brighton Rock (February 11, 2003)
Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt (January 15, 2003)
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher In The Rye
Richard Yates, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies (November 10, 2002)
David Rakoff, Fraud (November 5, 2002)
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (October 21, 2002)
Jim Crace, Being Dead (October 7, 2002)
Arthur Nersesian, The Fuck Up (October 7, 2002)
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (August 20, 2002)
Jay Rose, Producing Great Sound For Digital Video (June 21, 2002)
Scott Billups, Digital Moviemaking (June 21, 2002)
Steven D. Katz, Film Directing: Shot By Shot (June 21, 2002)
Mahoney et al, Building Cocoa Applications (May 25, 2002)
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (May 19, 2002)
Stephen Ambrose, Band of Brothers (May 19, 2002)
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (Apr 27, 2002)
Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon (Apr 27, 2002)
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (Mar 4, 2002)
Joseph Conrad, Heart Of Darkness (Feb 6, 2002)
E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News (Jan 12, 2002)
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Jan 12, 2002)
Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life (Jan 12, 2002)

Web

POYi 2003 (April 11, 2004)
Feinblog (December 26, 2003)
How About That (December 26, 2003)
My Struggle With Obesity (December 7, 2003)
Halfbakery (October 15, 2003)
Friendster (April 22, 2003)
Roadside Peek (April 12, 2003)
Lomohomes (January 25, 2002)
The Mirror Project (January 24, 2002)
Chicago Uncommon Photographs (January 24, 2002)
Dawn Mikulich (January 24, 2002)
Home Star Runner (January 16, 2002)
The Spam Letters (Mar 24, 2002)
Edison Gower (Mar 14, 2002)
24/7 restaurants in Chicago (Mar 13, 2002)
Apple's iPhoto Album Contest (Mar 4, 2002)
Evan's webpage (Jan 12, 2002)

Updated February 10, 2006