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Monday, 19 Dec 2011 09:11AM
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December '12

Listened
[average] [1992] My Dying Bride, "As the Flower Withers"*
[average] [1993] My Dying Bride, "Turn Loose the Swans"*
[good] [1995] My Dying Bride, "The Angel and the Dark River"*
[average] [1996] My Dying Bride, "Like Gods of the Sun"*
[average] [2000] Asphyx, "On The Wings of Inferno"*
[average] [2008] Coffins, "Buried Death"*
[average] [2006] Daylight Dies, "Dismantling Devotion"*
[good] [2005] Moonsorrow, "Verisäkeet"*
[great] [2009] Vektor, "Black Future"*
[good] [1980] YES, "Drama"
[average] [2012] Down, "VI Part 1 EP"
[good] [2012] Tori Amos, "Gold Dust"
[good] [2012] Soundgarden, "King Animal"
[average] [2011] Demonic Death Judge, "The Descent"
[average] [2012] El Doom & The Born Electric, "El Doom & The Born Electric"
[bad] [2012] Skunk Anansie, "Black Traffic"
[good] [2011] Thin Lizzy, "Black Rose (Deluxe Remaster)
[excellent] [2010] Grand Magus, "Hammer Of The North"
[good] [2008] Grand Magus, "Iron Will"
[good] [2000] David Bowie, "Bowie at the Beeb (1968-1972)"

Read
[good] Mick Wall, "Enter Night" [Unauthorised Metallica biograpy]

Watched
[bad] [1986] Poltergeist II: The Other Side
[bad] [2011] The Rum Diary
[great] [1982] Poltergeist
[bad] [2012] Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Magazines
[2012] Metal Hammer - January 2013 (Issue 239) - 27 December - #larsface!
[2012] Classic Rock - January 2013 (Issue 179) - 21 December

November '12

Watched
[average] [2012] Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
[great] [2012] The Cabin In The Woods
[good] [2000] Farscape (Season 2)

Magazines
[2012] Classic Rock - December 2012 (Issue 178) - ? November
[2012] Metal Hammer - December 2012 (Issue 238) - ? November
[2012] Metal Hammer - November 2012 (Issue 237) - 1st November

Listened
[average] [2012] Mike Patton and Ictus Ensemble, "Laborintus II"

October '12

Watched
[average] [2012] Iron Sky
[average] [2012] The Avengers
[average] [2012] Doctor Who (Series 7)

Listened
[good] [2011] Nirvana, "Nevermind" (Butch Vig Devonshire Mix) [iTunes]
[average] [1977] Foreigner, "Foreigner"
[bad] [1978] Foreigner, "Double Vision"
[bad] [1979] Foreigner, "Head Games"
[average] [1981] Foreigner, "4"
[average] [1984] Foreigner, "Agent Provocateur"
[average] [2001] Muse, "Origin of Symmetry"
[average] [2012] Muse, "The 2nd Law"
[good] [2011] Black Mirror
[average] [2011] Bohren & der Club of Gore, "Beileid" [iTunes]
[average] [2006] Iron Butterfly, "Rhino Hi-Five" [iTunes]
[good] [2012] The Tea Party, "Live in Australia 2012" [Pledgemusic]

Read [average] [1813] Pride and Prejudice

Magazines
[2012] Classic Rock - November 2012 (Issue 177) - 18th October
[2012] Classic Rock - "Re-Machined - A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head"

September '12

Magazines
[2012] Metal Hammer - October 2012 (Issue 236) - 27th September
[2012] Classic Rock - October 2012 (Issue 176) - 19th September

Watched
[good] [1999] Farscape (Season 1)
[average] [2012] Gainsbourg

Listened
[average] [1999] Metallica, "S&M"
[good] [1974] Nightlife
[good] [1975] Fighting
[good] [1976] Jailbreak
[good] [1976] Johnny The Fox
[good] [1977] Bad Reputation
[average] [1999] YES, "The Best of YES 1970 - 1987"
[good] [2012] The Darkness, "Hot Cakes"
[average] [2012] Slash, "Apocalyptic Love"
[great] [2011] Ronnie James Dio, "The Ronnie James Dio Story"
[average] [2008] Iron Maiden, "Somewhere Back in Time The Best of: 1980 - 1989"
[bad] [2004] Nirvana, "With the Lights Out"

August '12

Magazines
[2012] Metal Hammer - September 2012 (Issue 235) - 24th August
[2012] Classic Rock - September 2012 (Issue 175) - 24th August
[2012] Metal Hammer - August 2012 (Issue 234) - 1st August
[2012] Classic Rock - August 2012 (Issue 174) - 10th August

Watched
[average] [2009] [REC]2

Read
[great] [2011] Neal Stephenson, "Reamde"

Listened
[good] [2012] Metallica, "2011-12-05 to 10 San Francisco, CA" [4 live shows]
[average] [2012] They Might Be Giants, "Album Raises New and Troubling Questions"
[average] [2012] Smashing Pumpkins, "Pisces Iscariot [Re-release]
[average] [2009] Flight Of The Conchords, "I Told You I Was Freaky"
[average] [1974] David Bowie, "Diamond Dogs"
[good] [2012] The Shadows, "Essential"
[good] [1975] Fleetwood Mac, "Fleetwood Mac"
[average] [1988] Masters Apprentices, "The Very Best"
[bad] [2009] Nirvana, "Live at Reading"
[average] [1996] Nirvana, "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah"

July '12

Listened
[average] Monster Truck, "Monster Truck EP"
[average] Monster Truck, "The Brown EP"
[good] [2012] MC Frontalot, "Favoritism"
[good] [2012] Jonathan Coulton, "Jonathan Coulton's Greatest Hit (Plus 13 Other Songs)"
[bad] [201?] Hitoshi Sakimoto, "Best of the Valkyria Chronicles"
[bad] [2009] Christopher Tin, "Calling All Dawns"
[average] [2008] Ween, "At the Cat's Cradle"
[average] [1999] Ween, "Paintin' the Town Brown"
[bad] [2012] Heart of a Coward, "Hope and Hindrance" [Free with Metal Hammer]
[average] [2012] Smashing Pumpkins, "Oceania"
[good] [2012] Gojira, "L'enfant Sauvage"
[average] [1980] David Bowie, "Scary Monsters"
[bad] [2012] Grand Magus, "The Hunt"
[great] [2012] Diablo Swing Orchestra, "Pandora's Pinata"
[average] [2011] Anvil, "Monument of Metal: The Very Best of Anvil"
[average] [2003] Ween, "All Request Live"
[good] [2010] Dillinger Escape Plan, "Option Paralysis"

Magazines
[2012] Metal Hammer - June 2012 (Issue 233) - 6th July
[2012] Classic Rock - June 2012 (Issue 173) - 5th July

Watched
[good] [2010] Tudors (Season 4)
[good] [2009] Tudors (Season 3)
[good] [2012] Walking Dead (Season 2)
[bad] [2011] Shameless (UK, Season 8)
[average] [2011] Supernatural Season 2
[good] [2012] Dexter (Season 6)

Read
[good] [2012] So What!/Metal Hammer, "Metallica 30th Anniversary"
[average] [2010] William Gibson, "Zero History"

June '12

Watched
[average] [2008] Tudors (Season 2)
[average] [2012] Prometheus
[good] [2010] Hot Tub Time Machine
[average] [2011] Game of Thrones (Season 1)
[average] [2012] True Blood (Season 4)
[bad] [2012] Being Human (UK, Season 4)
[good] [2012] Grant Morrison/Frank Whitley, "Flex Mentallo" (2012 re-issue)

Listened
[average] [2012] Hot Chip, "In Our Heads"

Read
[average] [2009] Stephen King, "Under The Dome"

May '12

Read
[good] [2012] Animal Man: The Hunt (Issues 1-6 Trade Paperback)
[average] [2010] Shaun Micallef, "Preincarnate"
[good] [1985] Orson Scott Card, "Ender's Game"

Watched
[average] [2011] Supernatural (Season 7)
[good] [2011] Treme (Season 2)
[average] [2012] Dark Shadows
[bad] [1990] Predator 2

Listened
[average] [2012] Tenacious D, "Rize Of The Fenix"
[good] [1982] Scorpions, "Blackout"*
[average] [1983] Thin Lizzy, "Thunder and Lightning"*
[average] [2011] Kate Bush, "50 Words For Snow"*
[bad] [1984] Van Halen, "1984"
[bad] [1978] Boston, "Don't Look Back"
[good] [1989] Kate Bush, "The Sensual World" (part of Director's Cut collectors edition)
[good] [1993] Kate Bush, "The Red Shoes" (part of Director's Cut collectors edition)
[great] [2011] Kate Bush, "Director's Cut"
[good] [1992] WASP, "The Crimson Idol" (1998 reissue?)
[good] [2012] Soulfly, "Enslaved"
[good] [1997] Foo Fighters, "The Colour and the Shape"
[good] [1977] David Bowie, ""Heroes""
[great] [1973] David Bowie, "Aladdin Sane"
[average] [2005] They Might Be Giants, "A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants" (best-of)

Magazines
[2012] Metal Hammer - July 2012 - 31st May
[2012] Classic Rock - July 2012
[2012] Metal Hammer - 30th Anniversary Metallica special - 22nd May
[2012] Classic Rock Magazine - June 2012 - 4th May
[2012] Metal Hammer - June 2012 - 10th May

Magazines
[2012] Classic Rock Magazine #170 - May 2012 - ???
[2012] Metal Hammer Magazine - May 2012 - ???

April '12

Listened
[good] [2010] Steak Number Eight, "All Is Chaos"
[bad] [1990] Caligula, "Got One"
[average] [2012] Look Who's Toxic, "Whisky and Wine"
[good] [2012] Elysian, "Wires Of Creation"
[good] [1965] Bob Dylan, "Bringing It All Back Home"

Watched
[average] [2006] The Prestige
[good] [2010] Space Battleship Yamato
[good] [2010] The King's Speech
[average] [2011] Futurama Season 6
[good] [1994] Ed Wood
[average] [2009] Bruno
[bad] [2010] Lost Boys: The Thirst
[good] [2011] Attack The Block
[good] [1963] Charade
[average] [2011] Homeland (Season 1)
[average] [2005] Supernatural Season 1

Read
[good] [2011] Paul Trynka, "Starman: David Bowie: The Definitive Biography"

March '12
[Was on holidays]

Watched
[average] [2011] X-Men: First Class [edited for airline viewing]
[average] Life in a Day

February '12

Listened
[average] [2003] Elixir, "Elixir"
[average] [2002] The Stalkers EP
[average] [1990] Queensryche, "Empire"
[bad] [2002] Hellbats, "Fast'n'Heavy"
[good] [2004] Arch Enemy, "Dead Eyes See No Future"
[average] [1988] Blind Guardian, "Battalions of Fear"
[good] [1989] Savatage, "Gutter Ballet"
[bad] [2004] Edguy, "Hellfire Club"
[bad] [1992] House Of Pain, "House Of Pain"
[good] [1989] Annihilator, "Alice In Hell"
[great] [2011] Smashing Pumpkins, "Gish" (2011 edition)
[great] [2011] Smashing Pumpkins, "Siamese Dream" (2011 edition)

Watched
[good] [2010] American Horror Story (Season 1)
[average] [2008] Slumdog Millionaire
[average] [1976] Taxi Driver

Read
[average] [2010] Greg Egan, "Zendegi"

Magazines
[2012] Metal Hammer Magazine #228 - March 2012 - 15th February (extras!!!)
[2012] Classic Rock Magazine #168 - February 2012 - 14th February

January '12

Watched
[good] [2011] Hugo
[good] [2007] The Tudors (Season 1)
[bad] [2005] Constantine
[good] [2010] Toy Story 3
[average] [2011] Cowboys & Aliens
[good] [2010] Troll Hunter
[good] [2010] Animal Kingdom
[average] [2010] Inception
[good] [2008] Gran Torino
[bad] [2005] The Proposition
[average] [2006] Confetti
[good] [2008] Anvil
[bad] [2007] Rabbit Without Ears