Via my Goodreads profile, these are (most of) the books I read in 2011:
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Favourite films released in 2011
Posted on December 2, 2011 by Tim Major
Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, USA) At first glance, ‘Black Swan’ appears similar to Aronofsky’s previous film, ‘The Wrestler’, with its shaky documentary style and focus on a single struggling performer. But soon enough the film reveals itself as an out-and-out horror film with a fresh treatment of genre tropes (transformation, mirrors and doubling). Perhaps what [...]
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Favourite tracks of 2011
Posted on December 1, 2011 by Tim Major
Click the image above for a Spotify playlist featuring all of these songs. Isabel – Baxter Dury I love Baxter Dury’s album, ‘Happy Soup’ as much as I did last year’s ‘Things To Do and Make’ by Ergo Phizmiz. Dury’s vocals have a sloppy, sub-rehearsal quality, he mutters, he’s cynical and he sounds wonderful. ‘Isabel’ [...]
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Reading list 2011
Posted on January 9, 2011 by Tim Major
2011 is, in terms of reading, off to a good start. I’m two novels in, just over one week into the year. Here’s a list of the books that I’ll try to make sure I read in 2011. I think this list of 13 ‘must-reads’ leaves plenty of room for impulse purchases, new publications and [...]
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