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January 26, 2011

listening: black sheep

Artist: Metric. Album: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

listening: ghosts

Artist: The Hundred In the Hands. Album: This Desert – EP.

January 25, 2011

watching: downton abbey

Love at first slight.

January 17, 2011

saw: the king's speech

So fucking British, so bloody fucking British, but excellent. Grade: A-

saw: the tourist

Wherein Angelina Jolie transitions from Elizabeth Taylor to Joan Collins. Grade: D

listening: no fear of heights

Artist: Katie Melua. Album: The House.

listening: life is beautiful

Artist: Vega4. Album: You and Others.

January 15, 2011

read: little bee

Author Chris Cleave is a well-meaning observer of the human condition but he has a tin ear: His characters speak in clunky, confessional tones—and they don't so much converse as give each other lectures. Meanwhile, the narrative jumps around chronologically in what feels like a contrived attempt at intrigue but results chiefly in the story foundering between Nick Hornby-esque Brit-com and jarring Flannery O'Connor-ish reversals—with melodramatic results.

January 12, 2011

listening: i'm all over it

Artist: Jamie Cullum. Album: The Pursuit.

January 11, 2011

listening: smart girls

Artist: Weezer. Albums: Hurley.

listening: schizophrenia

Artist: Jukebox the Ghost. Album: Everything Under the Sun.

listening: sunlight

Artist: Harlem Shakes. Album: Technicolor Health.

listening: you've changed

Artist: Rosie & The Goldbug. Album: Rosie & The Goldbug.