Stories & SNippets : 2011
…and observations, journals, & musings on music, film, books, art, and pretty things. and life in general.
January 2011
February 2011
March 2011
April 2011
Listening to Mouthful of Diamonds by Phantogram
May 2011
June 2011
June 21
Hung, S1E1
June 25
Watched Chuck season 3, episode 2
July 2011
July 15 : How to receive compliments from a 4-year old
She is really into baseball. We split our time amongst chores, school, artmaking, and baseball.
She caught sight of a Facebook image I posted of her, and nodded:
“Let me see that…oh, I like it Dodi! That’s really nice!”
She has been wanting to photograph various scenes herself. Mostly flowers, rocks, grass, and dirt.
We will have her ‘friend birthday party’ soon. Thanks to our…planning, most of them will be absent (vacation, events in our social ecosystem, etc.). She is very excited (“whoo-hoo!”) to hang out with her friends and no adults, except for “…uncles and aunties.”
Listening to Django Reinhardt.
Joys: Del Taco $.49 cent bean and cheese burritos.
Our 1-year old is teething. Mama is at the top of his list. Not feeling good.
July 17
She and I were watching a video clip from 1988.
Who is that? I asked.
-Granda, she replied. But he looks different?
Different in what way? I inquired of our 4-year old.
-His nose. She said. His nose is, umm, shaped different.
Right. I said. You’re right.
And she was. He broke his nose in a completely unpreventable incident involving a nail gun left on an overhead beam falling on his face, and he had his nose rebuilt…in other words, a new, different nose. I have never spoken of this to her.
July 21
Shall we wrestle to see who gets to ride on the tire swing in Tillamook first? I asked.
Actually, she said, I would prefer to wrestle Uncle Jeremy.
Huh? I said. What?!
Yeah, she told me. I would prefer to wrestle Uncle Jeremy first, and then I can wrestle you. Does that sound like a good idea?
August 2011
September 2011
October 2011
October 21 - a Friday
A 15-month old deftly maneuvers breakfast with a spoon. He’s decided today to be a southpaw. Uncle Jonny visits; enveloped in a pink blanket, they snuggle and play with wood blocks. Later, Countess Becca reads poetry in the car while we drive to a secret spot on the Oregon Coast. There, we are greeted warmly and provided a warm bed.
November 2011
A November playlist : listening all month long
Life in Technicolor - Coldplay
Back In Your Arms - Bruce Springsteen
The Alley - DeVotchKa
Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love - Coldplay
Everybody’s Changing - Keane
All the Sand in all the Sea - DeVotchKa
Lost? - Coldplay
November 4
Short, high-pitched, self-aware wit. That girl of ours. Love it. Love her.
Dave Sedaris at Arlene Schnitzer. Rain dumping, racing through flashing crosswalks, trying to guide my wife’s body, hand in small of her back.
Merrygoers scurrying around, me, retaining boyish, childish romanticism: ‘Rainstorm? Lovers in the city? Pure cinema.’
November 07
A November playlist : Driving home
Cherbourg - Beirut
Antichrist Television Blues - Arcade Fire
Things the Grandchildren Should Know - The Eels
History of Lovers - Iron & Wine / Calexico
Astair - Matt Costa
Up The Wolves - the Mountain Goats
Something’ For The Kids - Astronautilus
Jeanne, If You’re Ever in Portland - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
The Greatest - Cat Power
The Air Is Thin - Jesse Sykes
Chemicals Collide - Cloud Cult
December 2011
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2011
FILMS
My most treasured
50/50
The Adjustment Bureau
Attack the Block
Bridesmaids
Contagion
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Hugo
Source Code
Warrior
Honorable mention
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Bernie
Hanna
The Help
The Ides of March
Limitless
Margin Call
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Rango
War Horse
Guilty pleasures
Limitless
Super
All ages
Adventures of Tin Tin
Cars 2
Hugo
The Muppets
Rango
Holiday
coming soon
Want to see, or in some cases, feel like I should want to see (note the italics)
30 Minutes or Less (Jesse Eisenberg bomb & pizza guy)
A Separation
Another Earth
The Artist
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Herzog documentary)
Cedar Rapids
Damsels in Distress
The Descendants
The Enemy
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Fright Night (Colin Farrell, David Tennant vampires)
The Guard (Cheadle, Brendan Gleeson cop comedy)
Kill List
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda documentary)
Like Crazy
Margaret
Melancholia
Midnight in Paris
Morning Glory
Nostalgia for the Light (Chile)
The Raid: Redemption (started, haven’t been able to finish since the hammers came out…)
Shame
Take Me Home Tonight (Topher Grace, Anna Faris comedy)
Take Shelter
Tree of Life
The Trip (Steve Coogan road trip)
Win Win (Paul Giametti wrestling coach)
Disappointing / underwhelming
coming soon
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MUSIC
Albums
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
the Antlers - Burst Apart
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Hysterical
Colorblind Soldiers & J.M. Long - Cacophony & Cold Night Air E.P.
the Dears - Degeneration Street
DeVotchKa - 100 Lovers
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Glasvegas - EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\
Joseph Arthur - The Graduation Ceremony
Moby - Destroyed
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave
the Strokes - Angles
the Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
the Waterboys - An Appointment with Mr Yeats
Honorable Mention
Adele - 21
Chevelle - Hats Off To The Bull
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Das Racist - Relax
David Bazan - Strange Negotiations
Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Low - C’mon
Mates of State - Mountaintops
M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
The Rapture - In the Grace of Your Love
Rihanna - Talk That Talk
Vive Voce - The Future Will Destroy You
The 44 tracks you gotta hear
A Lack of Understanding by the Vaccines
All the Sand in all the Sea by DeVotchKa
Americano by Lady Gaga
Arise by Chevelle
Baby Missiles - The War on Drugs
Be the One by Moby
Black Water Falls by War on Drugs
Brighter Than the Sun by Colbie Caillat
Calgary by Bon Iver
Contrabanda by DeVotchKa
Corazon by J.M. Long & Colorblind Soldiers
Corsicana by Antlers
The Day by Moby
Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga
Euphoria, Take My Hand by Glasvegas
Hysterical by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Highway Unicorn (Road To Love) by Lady Gaga
Hoop + Wire by Boy Eats Drum Machine
Hungry Like A Tiger by Jared Mees & The Grown Children
I Feel Wrong by Glasvegas
Idiot by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Into Your Alien Arms by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Lacrimae by Moby
Lots Sometimes by Glasvegas
Love by Foster the People
No Widows by Antlers
On Battleship Hill by PJ Harvey
Palomino by Mates of State
Parentheses by Antlers
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
The Queen by Lady Gaga
Sail by AWOLNation
Shine Like Stars by Glasvegas
Skip the Charades by Cold War Kids
Someone Like You by Adele
Stella Maris by Moby
Stick With Me Kid by The Dears
Strange Negotiations by David Bazan
Sweet Dancer - The Waterboys
This Bright Flash by M83
Yesterday by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
You by Glasvegas
Wait by M83
Walk by Foo Fighters
The Witness’ Dull Surprise by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Haven’t invested enough listening to decide yet
The Black Keys - El Camino
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
2011 Playlists by Month
January
The Day - Moby
After - Moby
February
Lots Sometimes - Glasvegas
March
April
Baby Missiles - The War on Drugs
Stella Maris - Moby
May
June
July
August
September
October
Lacrimae - Moby
Best Night - The War on Drugs
Be the One - Moby
November
Victoria Lucas - Moby
December
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Spiritual
The Day - Moby
Be the One - Moby
Sevastopol - Moby
After - Moby
Stella Maris - Moby
Lacrimae - Moby
Metal
War of the Gods - Amon Amarth
Töck's Taunt – Loke's Treachery Part II - Amon Amarth
Destroyer of the Universe - Amon Amarth
Slaves of Fear - Amon Amarth
Live Without Regrets - Amon Amarth
For Victory or Death - Amon Amarth
Wrath of the Norsemen - Amon Amarth
