Media - Books, DVDs, Music, Television
Following is a list of what I've been reading, watching and listening to, and what I think about it or what it makes me think about.
Please feel free to comment with rebuttals, or more usefully, suggest other media that complements or contradicts anything you see here (or see-hear!).
General philosophy of this page is De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum, but more specific philosophy, based on rule #1 is Mea gustat regula
Books
| Title | Author | Genre | Notes |
| REAMDE | Neal Stephenson | Sci-Fi / Thriller | Not his best. Pretty good though. Thriller plot mixes up MMORPGs, Chinese Hackers, Russian Mafia, and Al-Qaeda. Does't match 'Snow Crash' or 'Cryptonomicon', or even the 'Baroque Cycle'. About on par with 'Zodiac' and 'Diamond Age', though the latter has special geek-apeal with allegories of historical computing theory (which admittedly may have a 'limited' audience.) |
| The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien | Fantasy | Great. Nth time through, still a page turner. I heard a rumor about a movie. |
| The Lost Gate | Orson Scott Card | Fantasy | A bit young (teen-ish), but quite good. Reminds me of cross between Card's 'Ender' series ('Ender's Shadow' in particular) and Pullman's 'Subtle Knife', with a smattering of Thor and Adam's Dirk Gently series. |
DVDs
| Title | Details | Notes |
| Harry Potter | 7.1 | Need to see 7.2 now, And 1 through 6. |
| Yes, Minister | s1e1 | Different opening credits |
| Robin Hood, Men In Tights | Was going to Match LOTR, but somebody removed it from the case! I figure this will be similar. (Later) It wasn't. In spite of Jean Luc Picard meeting up with Farmboy Wesley, it's among Mel Brooks' weaker effort. He's reused jokes from previous movies. He should have tried recycling, or reducing in this case. | |
| Yes, Minister | s1e2, s1e3 | e2 riffs on Stateroom scene from Night at the Opera e3 doesn't end with Humphrey saying 'Yes, Minister' |
Music
| Artist | Album | Notes |
| Pink Floyd | The Wall | Actually Pulse Disc 2, which is a live version of The Wall |
| Slipknot | All Hope Is Gone (Special Edition) | Sorry KID2, not my cuppa. |
| Glenn Gould | Art of Glen Gould - Bach, Beethoven, Haydn | Cure for Slipknot |
| Fleetwood Mac | Best of … | "Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow, Don't stop, it'll soon be here, It'll be, better than before, Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone" "Yes I can live today, If you give me tomorrow" |
| James Galway | Essential James Galway vol 2 | Pop-tunes and movie themes |
| Chicago | Greatest Hits 1982-1989 | Yeah, oldies. (Not the musical / movie) |
| Mozrt | Introducing Mozart | I thought we already knew him. Also, even oldier. |
| Bach | Brandeburg Concerti | Oldiest, so far |
Television
| Show | Season, Episode | Notes |
| Big Bang Theory | s5e22 | The Stag Convergence |
| Fringe | s4e19 | Letters of Transit |
| Fringe | s4e20 | Worlds Apart |
| Once Upon a Time | s1e20 | The Stranger |
| Amazing Race | s20e10 |
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