What is the most recent:
Book you read?
Movie you watched?
Song you listened to?
You can feel free to just list 'em, or feel free to elaborate, but don't cheat. Don't go writing about something you liked more but didn't just read, watch, or listen to. It's gotta be the most recent. And I have Detect Lie memorized (do they still call it "memorization?"), just so you know I'm serious.
Here are my answers:
Book
Introduction to Functional Grammar, M.A.K. Halliday (The bible of my program: basically, I'm a grammarian.)
Movie
Ong-Bak (a kickass Thai martial arts movie from last year.)
Song
"A Little Less Conversation," Elvis Presley (the old version, not the remix)
Rich
I like this game a lot.
Book
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, or How Science Fiction Conquered the World by Thomas Disch.
Movie
Groundhog Day. (I'd really never seen the whole movie.)
Song
"Boxcar" by Jawbreaker.
Last actual book I read? Uh...I just read a Conan short story, "Iron Shadows in the Moon." Not one of the better ones, but good nonetheless. I'm very slowly working my way through the Iliad. But with grad school, I don't have time to devote myself fully to book-length stuff with any sort of "I'll finish this next week" dedication.
Last movie I saw: Hidalgo.
Last song I listened to: "Harold & Joe" by the Cure (from the b-sides & rarities box-set, Join the Dots).
Book - She by H. Rider Haggard
Movie - Hellboy "Cut to the end; how do I kill it?"
Music - Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Ooooh, my go....
Book
Eastern Standard Tribe by Cary Doctorow. www.craphound.com/
Movie
Shaun of the Dead Best zombie film EVER!
Song
Subfusc part 1 by Tarmvred.[/quote]
Book - Grunts, by Mary Gentle military satire, black humour, with orcs.
Film - Starsky and Hutch
Music Terrorvision - Regular Urban Survivors
Book
Last of the Templars - Eh, didn't do much for me.
Movie
Hellboy - "Boom."
Song
Postcard from a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits
Most recent, right? Not actually liked?
Book
Carol F. Karlsen, The Devil in the Shape of a Woman, about witchcraft in colonial New England -- one of the rare very good feminist takes.
Movie
Godzilla, King of the Monsters. Which I'd never actually seen.
Song
Billy Idol, "Nice Day for a White Wedding." Well, you did say most recent.
Book
China Mieville, The Scar, Perdido Street Station
Storm Constantine, Wraeththu
Movie
That I actually paid attention to, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast. For fun, Akira
Song
How bout album instead?
Varttina, Ilmatar
Book: One of The Ellis Peters "Brother Cadfael" An Excellent Mystery
Film: American Beauty (it was on TV the other night)
Song: The Tea Party, Splendor Solis (if you've never heard of them check them out!).
Hmm
The Last Book:
I am almost finished with this book called 'Rational Mysticism'.
It is OK-ish but not great or anything.
Last Completed Book I am pretty sure was 'The Dispossessed' by Ursula K. LeGuin
It was a great book
The Last Movie:
Hellboy- I could see how comic fans would get some coolness from recognizing things, but IMO it was a bad bad movie. I think it was because things like the romantic triangle and relationship with Hellboy's "father" didn't have time to develop, so it felt trite.
Last Song:
Wow, I am having a very hard time remembering.... I think it was that song by the Transplants that showed up in the hair care commercial, "Diamonds and Guns" and if it wasn't that then it was that new-ish Brittany Spears song "Toxic"
Hi all,
Most recent: Book = The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr. Movie = H.G. Wells' Time Machine (the recent remake). Song = Exodus, Bob Marley. Hm... I been making some pretty schizoid choices lately.
- W.
BookWhat is a book, anyway? Just last night I read Alex Robinson's indie-published comic,
Tales of Action and Adventure Which Will Leave Your Senses Shattered #1 (that I bought this past weekend at the awesome
Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo). The last thing with an ISBN on it...well, I read half of
Valentine, by Lucius Shepard before putting it aside. Before that I read
More Box Office Poison...all the way through :)
But the last thing that I read all the way through that was not a comic was
Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again, by Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Movie21 Grams
SongAC/DC, Shoot to Thrill
Paul
Book: (You do realize that I cannot give a straightforward answer to this one, right?)
Comics, Bigg time / Ty Templeton (also trying to get through the latest Cerebus compilation and I just cannot get past Sim's attempt at exegesis)
Fiction, The Weight of water / Anita Shreve
Non-fiction, currently reading From the beast to the blonde : on fairy tales and their tellers / Marina Warner
Movie: Hellboy
Song: Am I born to die? from the Cold Mountain soundtrack which is even now playing
Julie
Um, let's see.
Book: I just picked up Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe again. Before that....let's see...I think that it was an e-book called Mel Gibson vs. the Media by Gary North.
Movie: (I scratch my head.) I'm desperately hoping that I've watched a movie since I partook of Lost Highway last week, but I can't think of anything since then. My first time watching a David Lynch movie (with the exception of Dune)...and my last time.
Music: Well, right now I'm listening to the goa-psy trance station on Digitally Imported (http:www.di.fm), and the current track appears to be Battle of the Future Buddhas - Master of Deception
Seth Ben-Ezra
Great Wolf
M. John Harrison, The Pastel City.
Hidalgo
There was so much music at the seder last night I can't remember which song was last - somebody put on a Lyle Lovett cd, and the Pogues were on at one point, neither of which are anywhere in my music collection - but I do remember when we were telling the story at the dinner table and got to the ten plagues, I let my long hair out of my ponytail and gave an impromptu solo performance of Metallica's Creeping Death, complete with air guitar, to the general approval of the crowd.
Book: Skybowl by Melanie Rawn. Currently working on Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
Movie: Amelie
Music: Metallica's and Justice for All. (last song would by "Dyers Eve")
Simon W: Hell yes on the Tea Party!
Book: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. A troubling little book.
Movie: Secondhand Lions. A flawed movie with some endearing aspects.
Song: Sunshine of Your Love by Cream. A really kick ass classic.
Book - I'm not sure if I'm supposed to tell you the last book I finished or what I'm currently reading. I'm in the middle of: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (bedside table) by Robert E. Howard, Eric Meyer on CSS (desk), True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier (back of the toilet) by Vinge, et al, The Anger Management Sourcebook (shelves near the hot tub) by Glenn R. Schiraldi and Melissa Hallmark Kerr. The most recent book I finished was The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms & Violence by Don B. Kates, et al.
Movie - Alien Resurection (not the first time I've seen it, but my wife bought me the nine-disc Alien Quadrilogy boxed set for Xmas...bless her heart.)
Song - I think we cut the disc off this morning right after Baby Beluga by Raffi. The last adult song I listened to was Girl you Want by Devo.
Chris
Book you read?
Just finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Somehow i've never picked that book up before, shame on me.
Movie you watched?
Secret Window starring Johnny Depp. Not bad, Not bad.
Song you listened to?
Hmm, I guess I had a Pantera cd still running in the car on the way to work this morning. (ahh, the good old days) I wasn't totally with it so I'm not sure which song was playing.
Book
Computer Science for Java - don't get me started
Movie
Return of the King - again and again and again! (Will the rush that I get from the horsemen smashing into the orcs ever get old? I don't think so...)
Song
Uh... I was listening to a song from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack. Does that count?
book: second book of Dread Empire's Fall by Walter Jon Williams
movie: Hellboy
song: "Wouldn't Mama Be Proud," by the late *sniff* Elliott Smith
The latest ...
Book:
(first time read) In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch, a set of essays on film editing
(re-read) Dykes to Watch Out For (all the books) by Alison Bechdel, one of my favorite comics
Movie:
(theater) Hellboy
(rental) Wild Things
Music:
(radio) Bell Bottom Blues by Derek and the Dominoes
(tape/CD) Modern Love by David Bowie
Best,
Ron
Book I last finished: The Eternal Footman by James Morrow
Book I'm reading now: The Republic by Plato
Movie I just saw in the theater: Return of the King
Movie I just rented: Life or Something Like It
Music I listened to in the past few days:
.rod laver
Project 86
Book: last finished Dance For The Dead by Thomas Perry... working my way through the first volume of the uncut Howard Conan stories.
Movie: Hellboy... really nailed the feel of the comic, and Abe Sapien was perfect
Song: Currently, "Shipbuilding" by Elvis Costello... whoops, just rotated into "Gloria" by Patti Smith "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine"
Quote from: RDU Neil"Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine"
Is that a real song? What are the lyrics?
Quote from: quozlQuote from: RDU Neil"Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine"
Is that a real song? What are the lyrics?
Patti Smith, the punk rock Poet Laureate... she did a version of "Gloria"... you know G... L... O... R... I... A
Very first line of the kind of rambling discourse introduction is the line I quoted.
Off of her first album...
Horses or you can find it on the soundtrack to
WonderlandDamn fine song
Book:
Destiny by Elizabeth Haydon (pretty good, last book of a trilogy that starts with Rhapsody)
Movie:
(rent) LArceNY (ugh... more over the top than I prefer)
(theater) Ladykillers-- I'm not normally so harsh on movies, but another that wasn't very good
Music:
Natalie Imbruglia's Left of Middle (a favorite, though not top 5)
Quote from: RDU NeilPatti Smith, the punk rock Poet Laureate... she did a version of "Gloria"... you know G... L... O... R... I... A
Very first line of the kind of rambling discourse introduction is the line I quoted.
Off of her first album... Horses or you can find it on the soundtrack to Wonderland
Damn fine song
Thanks. Accoring to Google, this must be the intro:
QuoteJesus died for somebody's sins but not mine
meltin' in a pot of thieves
wild card up my sleeve
thick heart of stone
my sins my own
they belong to me, me
people say "beware!"
but I don't care
the words are just
rules and regulations to me, me
Very interesting....
Quote from: quozlBook I last finished: The Eternal Footman by James Morrow
Not to interrupt the flow, but, man, great book. James Morrow is in my top five favorite writers easily.
Book you read?
Transforming Mission by David J. Bosch (actually in the process of reading)
If you want finished, then it's The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
Movie you watched?
(rental) The Order: I thought it was an interesting concept and take on religion, and in some ways I feel it's a justified look at the seeming "inadequacies" of the misunderstandings attributed to traditional Christian orthodoxy, especially to the Roman Catholic Church.
(theater) The Passion of the Christ Brutal. Powerful. Intense. Best for personal devotion. Not a movie for casual perusal.
Song you listened to?
One Man Gets Around by Charlie Peacock (iTunes right now)
Goldeneye by Tina Turner (cd in car)
(editted to add "theater" and "in car" categories)
Book: Into the American Woods: Negotiations on the Pennsylvania Frontier by James H. Merrell (for my Native American History class, which rocks).
Movie: Starsky & Hutch, which also rocks
Music: Last night me and some friends sat around listening to the new Flecktones album, Little Worlds (rocks), some old-school Chinese rock compilations (Rock 'N Roll Classics: China, The 20th Century), and the 14-minute final track on the new Dream Theater album (Train of Thought) called Killing in the Name of God.
Book: Mm, lesse. Fiction: Alexander Irvine's A Scattering of Jades. Ending could've been written better, but a good read, especially if you like Tim Powers. Whoops, nope, I read Blaylock's collection of shorts after that, In For A Penny. Liked the Irvine better.
Graphic Novel: The 9 volume manga, Sanctuary, a bit out of order.
Non-fiction: Page proofs for the latest issue of the New York Review of Science Fiction, which actually has a theme, writers about writing. I am disagreeing with what Morrow says, and trying to figure out why. No typos there, so nothing to change.
Movie: Probably Return of the King. Josh is slowly working his way through 2nd season Buffy, and we saw School Hard recently, which is a good, strong episode.
Song: Whichever of Kathy Mar's was playing as I left -- it's Josh's wake up music. Which means either Spoon or Ship of Stone.
-Lisa
Book: The Briar King, Greg Keyes
Movie: Hidalgo
Song: "Brain Upside Down (Bonzo goes to Bitburg)", The Ramones
Gordon
Book:
(finished) Al Franken's last book (Lies and the Lying Liars ...)
(midway) Dead Inside RPG
(started) Thomas Jefferson's collected writings, James Branch Cabell's Cream of the Jest... not sure which I will focus on.
movie: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (again)
music: either "Yoshimi Versus the Pink Robots" by the Flaming Lips or "Beauty Queen" by Roxy Music. I had a bunch of songs on random, so I'm not sure which was the last that played.
it's moot now, because I just started "Yoshimi" again because thinking about it made me want to.
Evein'
Book Well, I actually re-read Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey to be prepared for the paper back printing of Kushiel's Avatar which I finished...Friday. Sunday I got to the end of Box Office Poison which I was reading at Paul's- fanTAStic!
Movie It was a few weeks ago now, but a few of us watched Sonatine (I think that's how it's spelled) that seeks to prove that even Japanese gangsters can be jovial and carefree...with guns. In the theater it would have to be [/i]21 Grams which was pretty darn good.
Song Well, the Yahoo Launch cast is playing "Girl, You've Got No Faith in Medicine" by the White Stripes. In the car coming over here I heard "867-5309 (Jenny)" by whoever that band is..
Oops! sorry about the terrible formating on that one...
Book: The Coming of Conan (I'm on the last story). First time ever reading Conan material. Powerful, powerful stuff and deeply immersive. The only unsettling thing was the racism in Vale of the Lost Women, and even that was /placed/ enough for me to be able to take a step to the left of it and continue reading.
Movie: Hellboy. I was a little disappointed. I wasn't looking for power so much from the material, than from the director. I've been following Guillome Del Toro for a while now, and am a big fan of his works. Blade 2 is one of my favorite action movies of all time because of the action scenes (save for the "rubbery" CG one against the two ninjas). I think that there was just plain Too Much to Include that he didn't have time for that "Del Toro Style".
Music I worship my iPod. Right now I'm listening to William Ackerman (I love Real, Solid new age music). Before that was some Japanese Soul and Hip-Hop. I don't know why people can dig J-Pop: It's the same shit we have here. But man, some Japanese bands have picked up the ball in the fields of Soul, Hip Hop, Ska and Techno and have really run with it, helped it evolve.
What is the most recent:
Book you read?
If I recall correctly, it was "Sea of Swords" by RA Salvatore.
Sue me. I like Drizzt.
Movie you watched?
I watched something on tv the other night, but don't recall what it was. Last movie I saw at the theaters was "Dawn of the Dead."...oh wait, just remembered, tv movie: "Black Sheep."
Song you listened to?
Whatever was playing on the radio last time I was in my car. Dunno. Something "Pop" no doubt. Though if "American Idol" counts, I heard George Huff singing an Elton John song I don't recall the title of, before I put my oldest daugther to bed.
Book: Intermediate Colloquial Chinese. Okay, not for class? The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany.
Movie: Raise the Red Lantern. Made me cry, nearly, which is hard to do.
Song. *pulls up iTunes...* Uhm... I don't have the name for this one. I think it's by Goo Goo Dolls *hits back button* "Crazy as F*ck" by Stephen Hawking... :-)
yrs--
--Ben
edit: P.S. on book -- forgot about my online writer's critiques. In that case, it's "Metropolis" by Marsha Morman (halfway read) or "Vale of Fire" by Izzy Kunkle. Sorry to forget you, guys! :-(
Last book: The Plantagenet Chronicles, a collection of cleaned-up medieval accounts. And a couple of the War against the Chtorr novels, if only to satisfy some old curiosity.
Last song: 'Cut Your Ribbons' by Sparta which I cam across on Radiostorm. Stuck in my head.
Movie: I watch very few movies; the last one I sat through was ROTK. I tried watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon the other night but it was dull as ditchwater so I went and did something more interesting.
Book: currently reading--Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich, and Glimpses of Abidharma by Chogyam Trungpa.
Movie: Last seen: The Ladykillers, which though fun was disappointing after the Cohen Bros. previous film offering--Intolerable Cruelty was the funniest thing I've seen in years.
Song: I don't remember who the crooner was on the radio last night singing "I'm putting all my eggs in one basket" and other romantic jazz standards, but it was fine to listen to.
--EC
Book: I just finished "The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, And Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It" by John J. Miller, Chris Mitchell, and Michael Stone. A long title, but a very informative read about the events, starting in the late 80s, that led up to 9/11. I've also nearly finished "hadow" by K.J. Parker.
Movie: Hellboy, which I was a little disappointed in. I thought it should have been more pulpish.
Song: Rotten Apple by Alice in chains is what I am listening to as I type.
Keith
Books
Just finished: God Against the Gods by Jonathan Kirsch (a history of monotheism through ancient Egypt and Classical Greece and Rome)
Reading: "Imagining the Soul: A History" and Matthew Fox's, "Creativity" and dipping into time and time again, W.H. Auden's "The Dyer's Hand."
Movie: Hellboy. (Never read the comic book; thought it was fine; spent the whole movie thinking, "Wow, we can really watch a guy jump from building to building in movies now, just they do in comic books... Cool!") But I'll add, since I see movies like some folks eat M&Ms, here's what I've seen in the past few weeks: "The Ladykillers," "Spartan," "Girl With a Pearl Earing," "Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind" "City of God" I don't own a TV or DVD players, but I just love going to the movies, being surrounded by people who chose to leave their homes and see *this* movie all together. I hit something new every week or two.
Song: Whatever was playing off Moby "18" when I walked out the door to hit Starbucks.
Books
Charles de Lint's Forests of the Heart and Onion Girl. Wonderful! (as are all I've read of his)
What a godsend after plowing through Robert Jordan's latest paperback bloatbook.
Movies
Return of the King was the last one I saw at the movies. Great Loved it...can't wait for the special edition DVD.
At home...let's see... If I remember right it was Shanghai Knights... which I laughed my way through.
Music
Lately the latest Seal album...and the pair of Rod Stewart American songbook albums (in a mix with Nat Cole and Brian Setzer)
Book you read?:
The Rising, Brian Keene
Movie you watched?:
Bought the DVD: End Of the Century-The Story of the Ramones
Paid for a Ticket: Sky Blue, then Sin City
Song you listened to?:
"Head On", The Pixies
-k
Book: If graphic novels count, the last one I finished was Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller. If not, then Underground Education by Zacks (I can't remember his first name).
Movie: Either Sin City or Mr. 3000. I can't remember which one came last.
Song: Eek! My wife was loading songs into her iPod and played a few of them too. I remember she was listening to the Killers. So it was probably one of their songs. The last song I actually consciously chose to listen to was probably "Messenger" by Blonde Redhead.