Infoglut 2009

What got past my sensorium in 2009.

Read ...

  • A Pirate of Exquisite Mind - Diana & Michael Preston
  • Rewriting the Soul - Ian Hacking
  • Matter - Iain M. Banks
  • Misquoting Jesus - Bart Ehrman
  • Tournament of Shadows - Karl Ernest Meyer & Shareen Blair Brysac
  • More about Paddington - Michael Bond
  • Why Your Life Sucks - Alan Cohen
  • How Would You Move Mt Fuji? - William Poundstone
  • The Max Strategy - Dale Dauten
  • Miles To Go - Brian Tracy
  • Usagi Yojimbo, books 1-2 - Stan Sakai
  • And Never Stop Dancing - Gordon Livingston
  • Usagi Yojimbo, books 12, 14-16, 18, 20, 22 - Stan Sakai
  • Leadbelly - John Silvester & Andrew Rule
  • Celebrity - Marina Hyde
  • Hell Island - Matthew Reilly
  • Anthem - Ayn Rand
  • Errornomics - Joseph T Hallinan
  • Empire of Fear - Brian Stapleford
  • Someday My Ship Will Come In - Alex Fayle
  • Take the Cannoli - Sarah Vowell
  • The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Kate Summerscale
  • 59 Seconds - Richard Wiseman
  • Pictures for Sad Children - John Campbell
  • 30 minutes Before your Job Interview - June Lines

Saw ...

  • There Will Be Blood
  • 30 Rock, season 1
  • 30 Rock, season 2
  • Lost, season 4
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Homicide: Life on the Street, seasons 1-2
  • Beast Stalker
  • Amelie
  • Le Crime est Notre Affaire
  • The Champions
  • Max Payne
  • My Tutor Friend
  • Suspect X
  • MR73
  • Ikigami: the Ultimate
  • Quantum of Solace
  • Flight of the Conchords, season 2
  • Heroes, season 1
  • Deadset
  • Pornstar: The legend of Ron Jeremy
  • State of Play (2003)
  • The Golden Compass
  • Black Sheep
  • My Dinner With Andre
  • Ong Bak 2
  • Let the Right One In
  • Battlestar Galactica, season 2
  • Postal
  • Moon
  • Heimat
  • Hancock
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Banliue 13 Ultimatum
  • Nurse Jackie, season 1
  • Resident Evil: Extinction
  • Ne le dis à personne
  • Mesrine: L'instinct de Mort
  • District 9
  • The Good, The Bad, The Weird
  • Dead Snow
  • Fanboys
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • Hot Rod
  • Taxi 2
  • Mesrine: L'ennemi Public No. 1
  • Heroes, season 2
  • The Middleman, season 1
  • I Heart Huckabees
  • Mad Men, season 1
  • Down With Love
  • The Departed
  • Safe
  • Flightplan
  • Persepolis
  • Surrogates
  • Josie & the Pussycats
  • Mad Men, season 2
  • Battlestar Galactica, season 3
  • The Chronicles of Riddick
  • Southland Tales
  • King of Beggars
  • The Forgotten
  • Babylon A.D.
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Star Trek
  • Zombieland
  • In the Loop

Heard ...

  • Night in Torino - Parov Stelar
  • Remixed & Reimagined - Billie Holiday
  • Okemah and the Melody of Riot - Son Volt
  • Nuits de Saint-Germain-des-Prés - Django Reinhardt
  • Shine - Parov Stelar
  • You've Stolen My Heart - Kronos Quartet
  • Behind Us - Disinterested
  • Beat Romantic - Talk Demonic
  • Mas Amor! - Madrid de los Austrias
  • Burlesque - Bellowhead
  • Song to the Siren - Damon & Naomi
  • Tainted Love: Mating Calls Fight Songs - Shivaree
  • Carried to Dust - Calexico
  • Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! - Corb Lund
  • Genetica Electronica - Capucino
  • Seven and Storm - Parov Stelar
  • D'ici et D'Ailleurs - Soha
  • Alive - Sa Dingding
  • Poor Mans Heaven - Seth Lakeman
  • Koop Island - Koop
  • Taberly - Yann Tiersen
  • On Tour - Yann Tiersen
  • Middle Cyclone - Neko Case
  • Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer - Corb Lund
  • March of the Zapotec and Realpeople Holland - Beirut
  • Les Retrouvailles - Yann Tiersen
  • Good Bye Lenin! - Yann Tiersen
  • More Music for Films - Brian Eno
  • Drawn From Life - Brian Eno
  • Eallin - Maire Boine
  • It Ain't Necessarily Evil - Maire Boine Remixed Vol. II
  • Body of War
  • Point Zero - Liu Sola
  • Mish Maoul - Natacha Atlas
  • Homeland Songs A+B - Ofra Haza
  • So Jealous - Tegan & Sara
  • A Door in the Dark - Victoire
  • Nanne di Corsica - A Cumpagnia
  • Frifot - Lene Willemark
  • Vespertine Live - Bjork
  • First Rodeo - Honeyhoney
  • Mano Suave - Yasmin Levy
  • Possible Music - Hal Hartley
  • Love Tattoo - Imelda May
  • Black Gold - Nina Simone
  • Angel of the Morning - Nina Simone
  • Ana Hina - Natacha Atlas
  • Cranes - Cranes
  • Solace for the Lonely - RobinElla
  • Sakhalin: Vocal & Instrumental Music - Nivkh Ujl'Ta
  • Ten Thousand - Agnostic Gospel Mountain Choir
  • Distortion - The Magnetic Fields
  • Welcome to the Magnetic Fields - The Magnetic Fields
  • Key Principles - Nathan
  • We used to think the freeway sounded like a river - Richmond Fontaine
  • 87-dollars ... - Richmond Fontaine
  • Live at the Doug Fir Lounge - Richmond Fontaine
  • American Central Dust - Son Volt
  • Live at Lollapalooza 2007 - Son Volt
  • The Search - Son Volt
  • Lost Channels - The Great Lake Swimmers
  • Hands in Dirty Ground - The Great Lake Swimmers

Went to ...

  • Avenue Q (Gielgud Theatre, London)
  • Piney Gir Country Roadshow, Paul Handyside, Dan Korn (Come Down & Meet the Folk, London)
  • Trespassers William, Heligoland (The Luminaire, London)
  • The Jolenes, The Malingerers (Whats Cookin', London)
  • The Richwoods, The Union Canal String Band, The Dog Roses (Whats Cookin', London)

Visited ...

-Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Melbourne -Scottish highlands -North Devon -Copenhagen & Roskilde, Denmark -Antwerp, Belgium