Art 2005  #
Tuesday, 07 Jun 2005 10:43PM
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Dec '05

Watch
[good] The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
[bad] Dementia 13
[embarassing] Star Wars: IMPS The Relentless
[bad] The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special
[great] Army Of Darkness
[good] The Brothers Grimm (2005)
[excellent] Starship Troopers
[good] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
[average] Squidbillies (Ep 1 - 6)
[good] Tripping The Rift (various Season 1 and 2 episodes)
[average] Extras (Episode 1)

Listen
[good] Sufjian Stevens, "C'mon feel the Illonoise"
[great] Children Of Bodom, "Are You Dead Yet?"
[good]Roadrunner United, "All-Star Sessions"
[great]Soulfly, "Dark Ages"
Dresdon Dolls, "The Dresdon Dolls"
[good] Eyvind Kang and Tucker Martine, "Orchestra Dim Bridges"

Read
[good] Bear #10
[excellent] Ted Chiang, "Hell is the Absence of God" (part of "The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy")
[excellent] "Melbourne: Then and Now", Chapman and Stillman (2005)

Nov '05

Do
[good] Hedge End Maze
[average] Healesville antique shops

Listen
pandora.com (let me use you!)
[great] The Darkness, "One Way Ticket To Hell... and Back"
[excellent] Ween, "Shinola Vol 1"
[average] System Of A Down, "Hypnotize"
[average] Vince DiCola, "In - VINCE - ible"
[average] Vince DiCola, "The Protoform Sessions"

Watch
[good] Corpse Bride
[average] Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
[great] Happy Tree Friends, Volume 3: Third Strike
[good] Happy Tree Friends, Volume 2: Second Serving
[good] Soldier Of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje)
[good] The People Under The Stairs
[bad] Demons (Dèmoni)
[good] The Big Empty
[good] Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Read
[bad] Robert Silverberg, "Those Who Watch"
[excellent] Neal Stephenson, "Snow Crash"

Oct '05

Listen
[great] Twisted Sister, "Big Hits and Nasty Cuts" (Best Of)
[good] Coal Chamber, "Coal Chamber"
[average] Bjork, "Drawing Restraint 9 [SOUNDTRACK] "
[good] Bon Jovi, "Cross Roads (Best Of)"
[excellent] Alarm Will Sound, "Acoustica"

Do
[great] Healesville Sanctuary

Watch
[good] The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
[bad] Dead Bodies (2003)
[average] Napoleon Dynamite
[average] Drive (1997)
[great] Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (again!)
[great] Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
[average] American Graffiti
[good] Serenity
[average] Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
[excellent] Grant Morrison, "Invisibles Volume 4 : Bloody Hell In America"

Read
[excellent] Bill Watterson, "The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes"
[excellent] Bill Watterson, "The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes"
[excellent] Grant Morrison, "Animal Man (Volume 2): Origin Of The Species

Sep '05

Listen
[good] Various Artists, "Drum & Bass Sessions" (Unionsquare 2CD)

Gig
[excellent] Fantomas @ Palace, St Kilda, 13th September 2005

Watch
[good] Point Blank
[great] Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
[good] Bubba Hotep

Do
[great] State Library Of Victoria
[average] Old Treasury Museum
[good] St Patrick's Cathedral

Read
[for you to decide] Graeme Davison (Editor), "Melbourne On Foot: 15 walks through historic Melbourne" (1980 edition)
[good] Connie Willis, "Doomsday Book"

Aug '05

Watch
[good] Naked Lunch
[good] Six Feet Under: Season 3 (finished, started in June)
[good] Oldboy
[average] May
[good] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
[good] I [Heart] Huckabees
[average] Interstella 5555
[so bad it made me angry] Land Of The Dead

Do
[good] NGV International - Dutch Masters
[great] NGV International - Pictures of the Floating World
[bad] NGV International - Skin
[good] Melbourne Aquarium (I still prefer Sydney)

Read
Arthur C. Clarke, "The Fountains of Paradise"
Bill Watterson, "Calvin And Hobbes: It's A Magical World"
Bill Watterson, "The Essential Calvin and Hobbes"
Ursula LeGuin, "The Dispossessed"
Bear #9

Listen
Regurgitator, "#?*!"
Nirvana, "MTV Unplugged"

Jul '05

Watch
Sin City
Child's Play 2
Child's Play 3
War Of The Worlds (2005)
Save The Green Planet

Read
Frank Herbert, "Chapterhouse Dune"
Bill Watterson, "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection"
Frank Herbert, "Heretics Of Dune"
Bryan Lee O'Malley, "Scott Pilgram" Volume 2, "Scott Pilgrim vs The World"

Listen
AJ's "Eurotrash" compilation
Regurgitator, "My Ego" (single)

Do
Shira Nui, Japanese Sushi, Omakase. YUM!

Jun '05

Do
First WALKEN jam since Dec '04!

Read
Grant Morrison, "Vinamarama" Issue 3
Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, "Dune: The Battle of Corrin"
Bill Watterson, "The Days Are Just Packed: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection"

Watch
Night Of The Hunter
Seed Of Chucky
Rosemary's Baby
Six Feet Under: Season 3, Episodes 1-3
Saw

Listen
System Of A Down, "Mezmerize"
Dälek, "Absence"
DJ Spooky vs. Dave Lombardo, "Drums Of Death"

May '05

Read
Douglas Adams, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"
Douglas Adams, "The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul"
Frank Herbert, "God Emperor of Dune"

Watch
Seven Days in May
Star Wars - Clone Wars 2
Star Wars - Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
Chinatown
Dogville

Gig
Love Cuts Kill @ Green Room, 6th May 2005
Tori Amos @ Hamer Hall, 12th May 2005
Look Who's Toxic @ Green Room, 20th May 2005
Love Cuts Kill @ Green Room, 20th May 2005

Apr '05
Watch
The Thing
Big Trouble In Little China
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Listen
Fantomas, "Suspended Animation"
Tori Amos, "Beekeeper"

Read
Bear #8
Jhonen V, "Filler Bunny #3"

Grant Morrison, "Invisibles" (Volume 2: Apocalypstic)
Grant Morrison, "Invisibles" (Volume 3)
Grant Morrison, "Animal Man" (Volume 1)

Gig
Ross Noble @ Athenaeum, 9th April 2005
Queenessential (Queen cover band) @ Dan O'Connell 24th April 2005

Mar '05

Do
Colonial Tramcar Restaurant (Early Dinner)
Housewarming...

Read
Bryan Lee O'Malley, "Scott Pilgram" Volume 1, "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life"
Grant Morrison, "Invisibles (Volume 1): Say You Want a Revolution"

Watch
Child's Play
Last House On The Left
Exorcist: The Beginning

Listen
Black Level Embassy, "Fear Like Young"
Eyvind Kang, "Theater Of Mineral NADEs"
Eyvind Kang, "Virginal Co-ordinates"
Underworld, "dubnobasswithmyheadman"
Batomeac!

Feb '05

Listen
Caligula, "Rubenesque"
General Patton Vs. The X-Ecutioners
DG's "Ladies" compilation
Slipknot, "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)"
X-Ecutioners, "Revolutions"
AJ's "Shivers" compilation

Read
Grant Morrison, "The Mystery Play"
Grant Morrison, "Vimanarama" (Issue 1)
Grant Morrison, "The Filth"
Grant Morrison, "JLA: Classified" (3 issues)
Grant Morrison, "7 Soldiers of Victory" (1 issue)

Watch
Les Triplettes de Belleville
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Kenn Stollery-Jones, "Fish Out Of Water" (short film)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Men In Black II (TV)
Battlestar Galactica (Part 1 and half of Part 2)
Mad Max
Undead

Jan '05

Watch
The Incredibles
Happy Tree Friends (DVD, Volume 1)
Little Britain (Season 1)
Drawn Together (Season 1)
Finding Neverland
Ulysses 31 (Episode 1)
Mysterious Cities Of Gold (Episode 1)
Bill & Teds Bogus Journey

Read
Shaun Micallef, "Smithereens"
Grant Morrison, "Flex Mentallo"
Grant Morrison, "We3"

Listen
The Christinas - Demo 2005
Regurgitator, "My Friend Robot" (Single)
The Streets, "Blinded By The Light" (Single)

Misc.
Thu 6th - The Christinas - The Elsternwick Hotel, 259 Brighton Rd, Elwood
Sun 9th - Melbourne Zoo