Art 2007  #
Monday, 01 Jan 2007 11:06AM
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Dec '07

Watch
[great] Robot Chicken (Season 2)
[great] Dexter (Season 1)
[average] Futurama: Bender's Big Score
[good] Aliens vs Preditor: Requirem
[average] The Rocky Horror Picture Show
[good] Die Hard 4.0
[average] The Number 23
[good] 1408
[good] Pan's Labyrinth

Read
[great] Greg Egan, "Diaspora"

Listen
[good] Primary, "Watching The World"
[average] The Rolling Stones, "Hot Rocks 1964-1971"*
[bad] The White Stripes, "White Blood Cells"*
[average] The Who, "Tommy"*

Nov '07

Listen
[average] Yes, "Highlights - The Very Best of Yes"*

Watch
[good] Halloween (2007)
[great] The Host

Read
[great] Greg Egan, "Distress"

Oct '07

Listen
[average] Serj Tankian (System Of A Down), "Elect The Dead"
[average] Ween, "La Cucaracha"
[average] William Shatner, "Has Been"
[average] Vast, "Turquoise & Crimson"
[good] Estradasphere, "Palace Of Mirrors"
[great] Dethklok, "DethAlbum"

Watch
[bad] Thunderbirds
[good] Kenny
[bad] Dead and Buried

Sep '07

Read
[average] Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, "Sandworms Of Dune"

Listen
[good] Diablo Swing Orchestra, "The Butcher's Ballroom"
[good] Dragonforce, "Inhuman Rampage"
[good] Brokenhead (Ben Ely), "Locarno"
[good] Pangaea, "Raggacore" EP
[good] Apocalyptica, "Worlds Collide"
[good] Enter Shikari, "Take To The Skies"
[bad] Regurgitator, "Love and Paranoia"
[great] Flight Of The Conchords, "The Distant Future"*
[good] Children Of Bodom, "Hate Crew Deathroll"
[average] Belinda Carlisle, "The essential"
[average] Billy Idol, "The essential"
[bad] Eagles of Death Metal, "Death by Sexy"
[good] Justin Timberlake, "Future/Sex, Love/Sounds"
[average] Marilyn Manson, "Antichrist Superstar"
[good] Mika, "Life In Cartoon Motion"
[bad] Skin, "Fake Chemical State"
[average] Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "The Is Is" EP

Watch
[great] The Call of Cthulhu
[good] Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD
[average] The Simpsons Movie
[good] Robot Chicken (Season 1)

Aug '07

Listen
[average] Vangelis, "Odyssey - The Definitive Collection"*
[average] The Kinks, "Kinks Greatest Hits"*
[average] Saturnus, "For the Loveless Lonely Nights"*
[average] Saturnus, "Martyre"*
[good] The Police, "Zenyatta Mondatta"*
[good] Ministry, "The Last Sucker"*
[average] Saturnus, "Veronika Decides To Die"*
[bad] Smashing Pumpkins, "Zeitgeist"*

Watch
[average] Black Sheep
[good] Ross Noble, "Randomist"

Jul '07

Watch
[good] Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny
[bad] The Micallef Program (Season 1)

Listen
[bad] R.E.M., "Around The Sun"*
[great] Simon & Garfunkel, "The Essential Simon & Garfunkel"*
[average] Sparks, "The Hell Collection"*
[good] Dub Trio, "New Heavy"
[average] Mark Knopfler, "Local Hero"*
[good] Ween, "the friends ep"
[great] Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, "In Glorious Times"
[average] They Might Be Giants, "Cast Your Pod To The Wind"
[good] They Might Be Giants, "The Else"
[bad] Sparks, "In Outer Space"*
[bad] Nirvana, "Sliver (The Best Of The Box)"
[average] Tenacious D, "The Pick Of Destiny"
[average] Sparks, "Introducing Sparks"*
[bad] Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space*
[average] Sparks, "Indiscreet"*
[average] Sparks, "Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins"*

Jun '07

Read
[good] Mojo Classic (magazine), "60 Years of David Bowie Special Birthday Tribute"
[good] Susanna Clarke, "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell"

Do
[good] Melbourne Zoo 24th June 2007

Gigs
[good] Peeping Tom @ The Forum, 23rd Jun 2007
[good] Peeping Tom @ The Forum, 22nd Jun 2007

Watch
[great] Transformers
[average] Firecracker

Listen
[good] Secret Chiefs 3, 2007 7" singles*
[bad] Dream Theater, "Systematic Chaos"
[good] Tomahawk, "Anonymous"
[good] Megadeth, "United Abominations"
[average] Forged In Steel (Road Runner 2007 various artists promo)
[average] Queens Of The Stone Age, "Era Vulgaris"
[average] William Shatner, "The Transformed Man"*
[good] William Shatner, "Has Been"*
[good] Cult Fiction Royale (Original TV & Movie Themes)*
[bad] Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin III"*
[average] Joe Jackson, "Very Best Of Joe Jackson"*
[bad] Icehouse, "Code Blue"*
[average] Sparks, "Interior Design"*
[bad] Sparks, "Halfnelson"*
[average] Sparks, "Balls"*

May '07

Watch
[average] Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
[bad] Blue Velvet
[average] 28 Weeks Later

Gig
[great] Secret Chiefs 3 @ Corner Hotel, 13th May 2007
[good] Umlaut @ Corner Hotel, 13th May 2007
[excellent] Secret Chiefs 3 @ East Brunswick Club, 12th May 2007

Listen
[average] Sparks, "Lil' Beethoven"
[average] Gorillaz, "G Sides"
[average] Bjork, "Volta"
[good] Secret Chiefs 3, "The Path Of Most Resistance" (Best of and Rare)
[average] Tori Amos, "American Doll Posse"
[good] David Bowie, "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"
[bad] Ghostwriters, "Political Animal"

Apr '07

Read
[great] Grant Morrison, "Seven Soldiers" (Volumes 1 to 4)

Listen
Fleetwood Mac, "The Very Best Of"*
[bad] Electric Light Orchestra, "The Gold Collection" (best of)*
[bad] Cold Chisel, "Chisel" (Best Of)*
[good] Cyndi Lauper, "The Great Cyndi Lauper" (Disc 3)
[good] Cyndi Lauper, "The Great Cyndi Lauper" (Disc 2)
[good] Slayer, "Christ Illusion"
[good] Prince, "Ultimate Prince"
[great] Machine Head, "The Blackening"

Watch
[average] 21 Grams
[good] Sunshine

Gig
[good] Ross Noble @ Melbourne Town Hall 6th April 2007

Mar '07

Listen
[good] PJ Harvey, "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea"
[good] Rage Against The Machine, "Renegades"
[bad] The Black Sorrows, "Harley & Rose"*
[average] Slipknot, "Slipknot"
[good] Weezer, "Make Believe"
[good] Grinderman, "Grinderman"
[average] Mogwai, "Mr. Beast"
[average] The Bangles, "Everything"*
[average] The Bangles, "Different Light"*
[good] 10cc, "The Very Best of 10cc"*

Read
[average] Colin Wilson, "The Space Vampires"
[average] Bill Hitchings, "Grand Dreams and Grand Men"

Watch
[great] Hot Fuzz

Feb '07

Gig
[average] Scissor Sisters @ Vodafone Arena - 9th Feb 2007
[bad] Sneaky Sound System @ Vodafone Arena - 9th Feb 2007

Watch
The Prisoner (Episodes 1-4)
[good] My Sassy Girl
[average] Idiocracy
[good] Stranger Than Fiction

Read
[good] Chris Ware, Rusty Brown (Part 2)
[average] Worlds Of If (March 1969 edition)
[good] Bill Bryson, "The Life And Times of the Thunderbolt Kid"
[excellent] Greg Egan, "Permutation City"

Listen
[good] Swallow the Sun, "Hope"*
[average] Dissection, "Reinkaos"
[good] Deep Purple, "The Platinum Collection"*
[good] Muse, "Black Holes and Revelations"*
[average] Paul Simon, "Graceland"*

Jan '07

Read
[average] A.E. Van Vogt, "The Worlds Of"

Listen
[average] Neil and Tim Finn, "Everyone Is Here"
[average] Pharrell, "In My Mind"
[average] Cyndi Lauper, "The Great Cyndi Lauper"
[average] David Bowie, "Platinum Collection 1980 - 1987"
[good] Chidren Of Bodom, "Follow the Reaper"
[average] Soulfly, "Primitive"
[average] Tegan and Sara, "So Jealous"*
[good] Divinyls, "What a Life!"*
[average] John Mellencamp, "American Fool"*
[good] Lamb Of God, "Ashes of the Wake"*

Watch
[bad] Shark Tale
[good] Dylan Moran "Monster"
[good] Back to the Well: Clerks II
[good] Clerks II
[average] Thank You For Smoking
[good] Black Books (Season 3)
[good] Happy Feet
[average] In Enemy Hands
[great] Black Books (Season 2)

Do
NGV International: After Image Social Documentary Photography
NGV International: Tezuka the Marvel of Manga
NGV International: Sneakers
Melbourne Zoo 18th Jan 2007
Hanging Rock 12th Jan 2007
Twisted Maze (Creswick) 11th Jan 2007
Mt Buninyong (Buninyong) 9th Jan 2007
Kryal Castle (Ballarat) 8th Jan 2007