Art 2006  #
Sunday, 01 Jan 2006 03:45PM
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Dec '06

Read
[average] Greg Egan, "Luminous"
[great] Greg Egan, "Quarantine"

Watched
[great] Black Books (Season 1, Episodes 1-4)
[average] Little Britain Live!
[good] Lano & Woodley: The Island
[average] Madagascar
[embarassing] Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
[average] 1984
[good] Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
[good] Slither
[great] Six Feet Under: Season 5
[bad] Colour Me Kubrick
[average] The Hills Have Eyes
[good] The Descent

Listened
[good] Soulfly, "Prophecy"
[good] Slipknot, "Iowa"
[average] Richard Hayman, "Star Wars"
[average] Senser, "SCHEMAtic "
[good] Various Artists (Kerrang magazine), "Remastered" (Metallica "Master Of Puppets" cover album)

Nov '06

Read
[great] Greg Egan, "Axiomatic"
[good] Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"

Watched
Dawn Of The Dead (remake)
[great] The Butterfly Effect
[average] BoyTown
[bad] Wedding Crashers
[great] The Last Temptation Of Christ

Listened
[good] Dr Hook's Greatest Hits
[good] Bee Gees Greatest Hits
[good] Taeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys, "Let's Go Classics"
[bad] Mako, "Scuba Diving"
[good] Juggernaut, "Burn"

Oct '06

Watched
[great] Metalocalypse, Season 1
[average] Squidbillies, Season 2
[good] Hellraiser
[excellent] Venture Bros, Season 2
[good] Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
[good] Near Dark

Listened
[average] Roger Taylor, "Fun In Space"
[good] End, "The Sounds of Disaster"
[good] N.E.R.D., "In Search Of..."
[great] Jump 2 Lightspeed, "Spooky Fun"
[good] Various Artists, "Rocky IV" (Soundtrack)
[average] Jerry Goldsmith, "Gremlins 2" (Soundtrack)
[average] DPI, "Found Objects" (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry and Paul iLL)
[great] Brian Tyler, "Bubba Ho-Tep" (soundtrack)

Read
[average] Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, "Hunters Of Dune"
[good] Jamie Smart, "Bear" (Collection 2, issues 6-10 + extra)

Go
Glow in the dark mini-golf @ Knox Ozone
Go Karts at GoKart Sport

Sep '06

Listened
[great] Paul Anka, "Rock Swings"
[average] Apocalyptica, "Apocalyptica"
[good] Various Artists, "Rogue's Gallery"
[good] Missy Elliot, "Respect M.E."
[good] Wu Orleans
[average] Darkness, "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" (single)
[average] Tom Jones, "Reload"
[great] Serge Gainsbourg, "Initials S.G."
[good] Sissor Sisters, "Ta-Dah"

Gig
[great] Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Australian production) @ Athenaeum 17th Sep 2006

Watched
Howl's Moving Castle
[good] You Shoot, I Shoot
[great] Venture Bros - Season 2: Ep 1-8
[good] Ice Pirates
[good] Jojo in the Stars
[good] Trust

Read
[great] "Hocus Pocus", Kurt Vonnegut
[good] "The Jesus Incident", Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom

Aug '06

Gig
[good] Pretext @ Pony, 31st August 2006

Listened
[good] Gomez, "How We Operate"
[average] Starship, "Built This City" (Best Of)
[bad] Triple J's "Like A Version" vol 2
[great] Hedwig and the Angry Inch cast recording

Read
[average] Philip José Farmer, "The Classic Philip José Farmer" (1952-1964)
[great] Jules Verne, "From the Earth to the Moon"
[good] Robert Silverberg, "Tom O'Bedlam"
[great] Grant Morrison, "Invisibles: The Invisible Kingdom (Collection 7)"

Watch
[good] Snakes On A Plane
[great] Amores perros (Love's a Bitch)
[good] Brick
[good] The Libertine
[great] Princess Mononoke

Jul '06

Gig!
[good] Pretext @ Noise Bar, 26th July 2006

Watch
[good] Aliens 3 (Special Edition)
[good] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
[good] Over The Hedge

Listen
[average] Jeff Martin, "Exile And The Kingdom"
[great] Stemage, Metroid Metal
[average] Xoc and Heavy Friends, Mizzle Raddish Motel

Read
[great] Grant Morrison, "Invisibles: Kissing Mister Quimper (Collection 6)"
[great] Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Hardcover collection)
[average] Stephen King, Cell

Jun '06

Do
[great] Melbourne Zoo

Read
[great] Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man
[good] Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs (Autobiography)

Watch
[good] Ĉon Flux
[good] Cars
[good] Tsotsi
[bad] King King (2005)
[good] The Devil's Rejects
[average] Night Watch
[great] X-Men: The Last Stand
[great] Spaced: Season 2: Episodes 3, 5-7

Listened
xoc, SMW
[good] Bloodhound Gang, One Fierce Beer Coaster
[good] System Of A Down, Lonely Day EP

May '06

Watch
[average] John Carpenter's Vampires
[great] Six Feet Under - Season 4

Read
[great] Grant Morrison, Invisibles: Counting To None (5)

Listened
[good] Sparks, Hello Young Lovers
[average] Peeping Tom, Peeping Tom
[great] Look Who's Toxic, Pleased To Eat You
[average] Meebar, will this ever be again?
[for you to decide] Patrick Rondat, An Ephemeral World
[good] Johnathan Coulton

Apr '06

Do
[great] Werribee Open Range Zoo - 26th April 2006

Read
[great] Steffan Chirazi, The Real Story the authorised biography of Faith No More
[great] Mark Dodson, Beds are Burning Midnight Oil: The Journey
[good] Jeff Noon, Needle In The Groove

Gig
[great] Look Who's Toxic CD Launch @ The Tote - 30th April 2006
[great] Ross Noble @ Melbourne Town Hall - 18th April 2006
[excellent] Tripod @ HiFi Bar - 15th April 2006
[great] Arj Barker @ Capitol Theatre - 14th April 2006
[great] Danny Bhoy @ Athenaeum Theatre - 13th April 2006
[excellent][excellent] The Darkness @ The Palace - 6th April 2006

Watch
[average] V For Vendetta
[bad] Final Destination 3
[good] Wild Safari 3D (iMax)
[average] Saw II
[good] Primer
[great] Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
[good] South Park, Season 8, Episodes 1-7
[good] Metallica's Some Kind Of Monster

Mar '06

Gig
[good] Bomba @ Alexandra Gardens, Soundshell - 24th March 2006
[average] Fly By Night @ Alexandra Gardens - 24th March 2006

Listen
[average] The Whitlams, Little Cloud
[good] Dream Theater, Octavarium
[good] Shadow Gallery, Room V (Bonus Disc)
[embarassing] Shadow Gallery, Room V

Watch
Ulysses 31 - Episode 2
Lost Highway
[great] This Is Spinal Tap
[great] Trainspotting

Read
[average] Kathy Reichs, Fatal Voyage
[good] A pile of Faith No More interviews

Feb '06

Listen
[average] Fear Factory, Archetype

Watch
[good] The Mighty Boosh (Season 2)

Read
[average] Terry Jones (writing for Douglas Adams), Starship Titanic

Jan '06

Do
[good] Apollo Bay
[great] Apollo Bay - Marriners Lookout
[good] Apollo Bay - glow worm tour
[good] Otway Fly
[excellent] Otway ranges
[average] Werribee Mansion

Read
[good] Chris Ware, Rusty Brown (Part 1)
[excellent] Grant Morrison, Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina

Watch
[good] Underworld: Evolution
[excellent] Bill Bailey: Part Troll
[great] Human Nature
[great] Lilo & Stich

Listen
Rush, Permanent Waves