- mixtapes count as albums, jsyk
- * = shit I love(d)
January :
- Fever Ray -- Fever Ray
- Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager -- Kid Cudi
- The Family Jewels -- Marina and the Diamonds*
- ViCKi LEEKX MIXTAPE -- M.I.A.*
- In The Mix for Benji B (on BBC Radio 1, 5th Jan '11) -- Jamie XX
- Versicolour -- Aidan Knight
- 21 -- Adele
- Whip It OST
- XX -- The XX
- Treats -- Sleigh Bells*
February :
- The Black Cat Neighborhood -- Fallulah*
- Oh Land EP -- Oh Land
- self-titled -- James Blake
jan 9 2011 ∞
apr 17 2011 +
key: brilliant, good, eh, shit
January
- Little Fockers -- shit
- Glorious 39 -- good (Romola Garai = excellent, though)
- Like Minds -- good (the homoerotic tension = A+, though)
- True Grit -- brilliant (Jeff Bridges & Hailee Steinfeld = phenomenal)
- Never Let Me Go -- brilliant (Carey Mulligan & Andrew Garfield = so fantastic, heartbreaking)
- Four Lions -- brilliant (wickedly smart & funny)
- Rebecca -- brilliant
- Due Date -- good
- The King's Speech -- brilliant! (Colin Firth = fantastic)
- Death At A Funeral (2007) -- brilliant
- A Single Man -- good (Colin Firth = great, though)
- The Painted Veil -- good/eh
- Whip It -- brilliant/good (SO MUCH FUN, I WANT TO JOIN A ROLLER-DERBY TEAM ASAP; also, the soundtrack was A+++++)
dec 26 2010 ∞
apr 9 2011 +
key: brilliant, good, eh, shit
January:
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro -- good
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood -- brilliant/good
- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee -- brilliant (I can't stop thinking about it)
dec 26 2010 ∞
jan 21 2011 +
- Fringe
- The Wire [CURRENTLY WATCHING]
- Breaking Bad
- Parks and Recreation
- Six Feet Under
- True Blood (finish season 2 & season 3)
- Life on Mars (finish season 1 & season 2)
- Deadwood
- Carnivale
- Arrested Development (REWATCH)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (REWATCH)
- The X-Files
- An Idiot Abroad
- Boardwalk Empire
- Rome
- The Tudors
- Sons of Anarchy
- Being Human (season 1) (REWATCH)
- Twin Peaks
dec 26 2010 ∞
apr 9 2011 +
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- Reading : The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- TV Watching : The Wire
dec 26 2010 ∞
apr 2 2011 +
- "Oh No!" - Marina and the Diamonds (12/25/10)
- "I Am Not A Robot (Passion Pit Remix)" - Marina and the Diamonds (1/3/11)
- "Hold It Against Me" -- Britney Spears (1/10/11)
- "Gen N-E-Y" & "Bad Girls" -- M.I.A. (1/10/11-->)
- "Rumour Has It" -- Adele (1/17/11)
- "Dancehall Queen" -- Robyn (1/21/11)
- "Crown on the Ground" -- Sleigh Bells (1/29)
- "Words I Never Said" -- Lupe Fiasco ft. Skylar Grey (2/8)
- "Use It For Good" -- Fallulah (2/10)
- "A Sunday Kind of Love" -- Etta James (2/12)
- "Heart Skipped A Beat" -- The XX (3/10)
- "Ms. Fat Booty" -- Mos Def (3/14-3/17)
- "New In Town" -- Little Boots (3/19-3/20)
dec 26 2010 ∞
apr 9 2011 +
- Moon
- Bright Star
- The Trial (1962)
- Never Let Me Go (after reading the book)
- Love in Thoughts
- Hunger
- The Fall
- In Bruges
- Blue Valentine
- Black Swan
- The Tempest
- The King's Speech
- A Single Man
- Man on Wire
- Volver
- Un Prophète
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- La Vie en Rose
- Half Nelson
- Children of Men (REWATCH)
- My Beautiful Launderette
dec 26 2010 ∞
apr 9 2011 +
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jan 9 2011 ∞
apr 5 2011 +
key: brilliant, good, eh, shit
- Upstairs/Downstairs (season 1) -- eh/good
- Downton Abbey (season 1) -- brilliant
- The Pillars of the Earth -- good (Eddie Redmayne = A+++++++++++ FOREVER, THOUGH)
- Miranda (seasons 1 & 2) -- brilliant/good (takes socially awkward to new levels I can only dream to achieve; a bit silly, but quite fun; also, Gary = dreamy)
- Green Wing (season 1) -- brilliant! (hilarious & smart; also, Guy/Mac need their own spin-off show)
- Grandma's House (season 1) -- brilliant!
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl (season 2) -- good (stupidly enjoyable and fun, as usual)
- Southland (seasons 1-3) -- brilliant! (I can't articulate my love for this show)
- Friday Night Dinner (season 1) -- eh/good (seems too much like 'Grandma's House,' but still amusing)
- The Wire
- season 1 -- brilliant! (I don't have enough words to describe h...
jan 4 2011 ∞
apr 15 2011 +
- Helmet for My Pillow -- Robert Leckie
- With the Old Breed -- Eugene Sledge
- Never Let Me Go -- Kazuo Ishiguro [CURRENTLY READING]
- Blindness -- Jose Saramago
- The Satanic Verses -- Salman Rushdie
- Crush -- Richard Siken (poetry)
- A Fine Balance -- Rohinton Mistry
- Snow -- Orhan Pamuk
- Unaccustomed Earth -- Jhumpa Lahiri
- No Country for Old Men OR The Road -- Cormac McCarthy
- On Beauty -- Zadie Smith
- A Small Place -- Jamaica Kincaid (anything besides Lucy)
- Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays -- Zadie Smith
- Anna Karenina -- Leo Tolstoy [CURRENTLY READING]
- The Brothers Karamazov -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
dec 26 2010 ∞
feb 14 2011 +
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