Of the year
book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
song Belle & Sebastian/I’m a Cuckoo, runners-up Beck/Round the Bend and Neil Finn/Into the Sunset
album Tool/Lateralus tied with Belle & Sebastian/Dear Catastrophe Waitress
movie Lost in Translation, runner-up Donnie Darko (Director’s Cut)
gig Turin Brakes @ Indigo (thanks Simon)
article Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg (thanks Kathy)
I’d love to hear yours.
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book: brave new world – aldous huxley
song: in christ alone – Stuart Townend
album: beautiful letdown – switchfoot
movie: meet me in st. louis w. judy garland.
of the year as in i discovered and enjoyed them this year… quotation key also broken
book: 1984 – George Orwell
song: Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
album: One Drop East – Salmonella Dub
movie: Big Fish
book: Out of the Silent Planet/Clive Staples Lewis
song: (dunno can’t think sorry)
album: Talkie Walkie/Air
movie: Goodbye Lenin
If anyone is interested, I was thinking maybe my Moment Of The Year might be either waking up on Milford Sound, or singing the last bits of Four Seasons In One Day with a thousand other people at a Finn Brothers concert.
book.A fine balance
Song.Australian National Anthem
Album.Era
Film.My fathers Den
I’m pretty sure my moment of the year occured at a Finn brothers concert this year too. It was like a two hour moment
book: harry potter and the prizoner of azkaban
movie: same as above
song: harry potter and the prizoner of azkaban, the theme
album: soundtrack to harry potter and the prizoner of azkaban
If ‘A Humorous Person’ is trying to be ironic, they’re dicks. For the record, I loathe all things Potter related – especially the books. But to give the recent movie some credit, it stands heads and shoulders above most of the other kid film schlock that has been released this year. The acting has improved significantly, and so has the directing.
Had you not said your name was ‘a humorous person’ I would have thought your list to be perfectly valid. Now I just think you’re a silly.
Book:
Two which I can’t decide between:
“On Religion” John Caputo
“Against Ethics” John Caputo
FWIW I also quite enjoyed:
“Philosophy as Responsibility” ed. Ronald Kuipers
“Religion with/out Religion” ed. James Olthuis
“On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness” Jacques Derrida
“The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida” John Caputo
more recently:
“Globalization and the Kingdom of God” Bob Goudzwaard
Movie: “The Passion”
Album:
Song: “Dante’s Prayer” Loreena McKennit
I like too much and too few to quantify any of it.
Book: even though only 15% into it same as RC ‘A Fine Ballance, closely followed by ‘The Age of Kali’
Movie: Barbarian Invasions
Song: Can’t think of any new stuff
Refer to my site for an absurdly comprehensive answer to your question. No way I could compress myself into individual options!
The above link, that I offered in January, is outdated. This is more appropriate.
What’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek about Matt?
book: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
song: I’m So Ronery – Kim Jong II, Team America
album: Fat Freddies Drop – based on a true story
movie: Devided We Fall
gig: Miniut and The Blackseeds in Petone (only one I been too this year)
article: n/a