I noted in my last post on the topic that this list would contain things I discovered in 2010, rather than things released during the year. I’m sure many of you will understand what I mean by a to-read pile that grows faster than you can make it shrink. It’s hard to keep up with …
This time last year I put together a list of my favourite discoveries from 2009, and this year I’m going to do the same. As with last year’s list these are things that were new to me in 2010, not necessarily new releases during the year. They are also listed in no particular order – …
I went to see The Illusionist the other night (the recently released French animation, not the Ed Norton/Paul Giamatti film of a few years back – although that too is good). I’d strongly recommend a trip to the cinema for this one as the animation is beautiful and deserves to be marvelled at on the …
I’ve been travelling for a few days, so it wasn’t until just now that I came across the miserable news that Mark Linkous (aka Sparklehorse) died on Saturday. A good friend introduced me to Good Morning Spider in an art class when I was seventeen, and since then Sparklehorse songs have soundtracked many moments of …
Nineteen days after the year in question came to an end, I finally complete my list for 2009. Not particularly timely, I know, but here are my final three nevertheless. And although this list was never in any particular order, I do consider these three things to be my favourite discoveries of 2009. So without …