Updated December 31, 2011
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1. Secret Sunshine ***
2. The Strange Case Of Angelica * 1/2
3. Welcome ***
4. Shoah ****
5. Downton Abbey (TV series) ***
6. The Red Riding Trilogy: 1980 ***/
7. The Red Riding Trilogy: 1983 ***
8. White Material (good Tindersticks score) ** 1/2
9. Everyone Else *** 1/2
10. Long Ride Home ***
11. Country Strong **
12. Howl * 1/2
13. Judge Hardy and Son (1939) * 1/2 (but good prayer scene for Mickey Rooney)
14. Bluebeard *** 1/2
15. Animal Kingdom ***
16. Inspector Bellamy *
17. Nowhere Boy ** 1/2
18. Cold Weather **
19. Oscar Animated Shorts * 1/2
Madagascar, A Journey Diary ***
Let's Pollute **
The Gruffalo *
The Lost Thing * 1/2
Day & Night ***
20. Oscar Live Action Shorts *** 1/2
The Confession ** 1/2
Wish 143 ***/
Na Wewe *
The Crush ***/
God Of Love *** 1/2
21. Potemkin at Film Forum ****
22. Sapphire (1959) ** 1/2
23. Elsewhere ** 1/2
24. Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1964) **
25. Bambi on BluRay (1942) ****
26. Morning Glory **
27. Unstoppable ***
28. Eyes On The Prize ****
29. Dexter Season One ****
30. Dexter Season Two ** 1/2
31. Dexter Season Three ***
32. Dexter Season Four ***
33. Songs Of America (Simon & Garfunkel TV special) ** 1/2
34. The Harmony Game: The Making Of Bridge Over Troubled Water) ****
35. The Killer Inside Me ** 1/2
36. Pioneers Of Television: Westerns **
37. Pioneers Of Television: Science Fiction *
38. Hereafter * 1/2
39. How Do You Know? * 1/2
40. The Tourist *
41. Terribly Happy ** 1/2
42. Dancing Co-Ed (1939) * 1/2
43. The Black Power Mixtape ***
44. Rejoice & Shout ***
45. Allegheny Uprising (1939) ***
46. Treme Season One ** 1/2 (very frustrating series)
47. Source Code **
48. Honolulu (1939) * 1/2
49. State Of The Union (1948) *** 1/2
50. The Frozen Limits (1939) * 1/2
51. I Walked With A Zombie (1943) ***
52. Sansho The Bailiff (1954) ***
53. Forbidden Games (1952) *** 1/2
54. The Big Heat (1953) *** 1/2 (great Glenn Ford)
55. Out Of The Past (1947) ****
56. The Reckless Moment (1949) ** 1/2
57. Out Of The Fog (1941) ***
58. Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) **
59. Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) * 1/2
60. Mr. Moto Takes A Vacation (1939) * 1/2
61. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) * 1/2
62. Everything Happens At Night (1939 w Sonja Henie) *
63. Out Of The Fog (1941) ***
64. Thor **
Cannes Film Festival 2011
65. Midnight In Paris **
66. Sleeping Beauty (2011) * 1/2
67. We Need To Talk About Kevin ** 1/2
68. Restless * 1/2
69. Polisse ** 1/2
70. The Fairy ** 1/2
71. The Slut **
72. Habemus Papam/We Have A Pope ***
73. Michel Petrucciani ** 1/2
74. Arirang zero stars
75. Jeane Captive/The Silence Of Joan ** 1/2
76. Hearat Shulayam/The Footnote *** 1/2
77. Wu Xia aka Swordsmen aka Dragon ** 1/2
78. Michael *** or maybe *** 1/2
79. 17 Filles/17 Girls **
80. La Fin Du Silence/The End Of Silence **
81. The Kid With A Bike/La Gamin Du Velo *** 1/2
82. The Artist *** 1/2
83. Take Shelter ***
84. Martha Marcy May Marlene ***
85. House Of Tolerance/L'Apolloniade * 1/2
86. The Tree Of Life ****
87. Hors Satan/Outside Satan **
88. Snowtown **
89. Le Havre ***
90. Skoonheid/Beauty **
91. Bonsai **
92. Hanezu No Tsuki *
93. Melancholia **
94. The Conquest/La Conquete ** 1/2
95. Oslo, 31 August **
96. Ichimei aka Hara-Kiri: Death Of A Samurai **
97. The Skin We Live In/La Piel Que Habito **
98. L'Exercice de L'etat/The Minister ** 1/2
99. Drive **
100. This Must Be The Place ***
101. Play ***
End Of Cannes Film Festival
102. X-Men: First Class **
103. Battle: Los Angeles ** 1/2
104. Chains (1949) ***
105. The Eagle * 1/2
106. Went The Day Well (1942 at Film Forum) ***
107. Way To The Stars (1945) ***
108. Let Us Live (1939) * 1/2
109. Follow Me Quietly (1949) **
110. The Spiral Staircase (1946) ** 1/2
111. Grand Central Murder (1942) ** 1/2
112. Gambling Lady (1934) ***
113. Pale Flower (1964) *** 1/2
114. Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon *
115. Torchwood: Children Of Earth TV miniseries *** 1/2
116. Knight Without Armor (1937) **
117. Q Planes aka Clouds Over Europe (1939) ***
118. Home On The Prairie (Gene Autry)(1939) *
119. Las Acacias (Cannes film truck driver giving mom and baby lift) ***
120. Captain America: The First Avenger ** 1/2
121. Harlem Rides The Range (1939) no stars
122. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes ***
123. Metropolis (restored version 2010 w Alloy Orchestra live) ****
124. The Murder Man w Spencer Tracy ** 1/2
125. Trouble In Paradise at FF (1932) ****
126. Jewel Robbery at FF (1932) ***
127. The Immortal Battalion aka The Way Ahead dir by Carol Reed edited US version 91m (1944) ***
128. Girls Night Out at FF (1931) ***
129. Heat Lightning at FF (1934) ** 1/2
130. Union Depot at FF (1932) ** 1/2
131. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 3-D ***
132. They Made Me A Criminal (1939 John Garfield) * 1/2
133. Jane Eyre (2011 w Michael Fassbender) ***
134. Conan The Barbarian (2011) no stars
135. Rally Round The Flag, Boys (1958) *
136. King Of The Underworld (1939) **
137. Fallen Angel (1945) *** 1/2
138. Brute Force (grim prison movie) (1947) *** 1/2
139. Spy In Black (1939) **
140. Mysteries Of Lisbon ** 1/2
141. Intimidation (1960) ** 1/2
142. Smiles Of A Summer Night (1955) *** 1/2
143. Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941) ***
144. A Man's Castle (1933) ** 1/2
145. The Long Voyage Home (1940) ***
146. Harper (1966) **
147. We Can't Go Home Again (Nicholas Ray) *
148. Music According To Tom Jobim ** 1/2
149. Patience (After Sebald) **
150. Tahrir **
151. Dreileben: Beats Being Dead ***
152. Dreileben: One Minute Of Darkness ***
153. Dreileben: Don't Follow Me Around **
154. Society Lawyer (1939) * 1/2
155. Moneyball **
156. Stronger Than Desire (1939) * 1/2
157. Carnage (film version of God Of Carnage) ** 1/2
158. The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) **
159. Dexter Season Five *** 1/2
160. The Penguin Pool Murder (1932) * 1/2
161. All Creatures Great And Small Season One *** 1/2
162. All Creatures Great And Small Season Two ***
163. All Creatures Great And Small Season Three *** 1/2
164. Shanghai Express (1932) ***
165. Four Daughters (1938) ***
166. One Third Of A Nation (1939) **
167. Circo ***
168. They Were Expendable (1945) ***
169. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) ****
170. The Four Feathers (1939) ***
171. Koyaanasqatsi (1982) (live at Lincoln Center w orchestra and Glass Ensemble) ****
172. The Great Flood w Bill Frisell at Carnegie Hall ***
173. The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943) *** 1/2
174. The Earrings Of Madame De... (1953) *** 1/2
175. The Crowd at Film Forum w live piano (1928) ****
176. Hugo * 1/2
177. The Wind (1928 w Lillian Gish) ***
178. Pariah ***
179. Courageous Daughters (1939) **
180. Weekend ***
181. Arthur Christmas *** 1/2
182. The Muppets ***
183. Sherlock Holmes: Game Of Shadows **
184. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol ***
185. The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn **
186. The Bishop's Wife (1947) *
187. They Drive By Night (1940) ***
188. Tokyo Drifter (1966) *** 1/2
189. Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974) *** 1/2
190. Diary Of A Country Priest (1951) *** 1/2
191. Danton (1983) ****
192. High and Low (1963) *** 1/2
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by JRR Tolkein ****
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King by JRR Tolkein ****
3. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand *** 1/2
4. The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin ****
5. Two Adolescents by Alberto Moravia *** 1/2
6. King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard ** 1/2
7. Cart & Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones ** 1/2
8. A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin ****
9. A Clash Of Kings by George R.R. Martin ***1/2
10. Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg * 1/2
11. Dodsworth in Rome by Tim Egan ***
12. Prince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-1938 by Hal Foster ***
13. Prince Valiant Vol. 2: 1939-1940 by Hal Foster ***
14. Prince Valiant Vol. 3: 1941-1942 by Hal Foster *** 1/2
15. A Storm Of Swords by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2
16. Queen Of The Falls by Chris Van Allsburg ** 1/2
17. A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2
18. The Greater Journey: Americans In Paris by David McCullough ***
19. The Great Night by Chris Adrian ** 1/2
20. Empire State Of Mind by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
21. The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel * 1/2
22. 21: The Story Of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago ** 1/2
23. The Siege Of Washington by John Lockwood & Charles Lockwood ***
24. Malcolm X; A Life Of Reinvention by Manning Marable ****
25. Dawn, Dusk or Night by Yasmina Reza ** 1/2
26. Unforgivable by Phillipe Djian **
27. On Being: A Scientist's Exploration Of The Great Questions Of Existence by Peter Atkins **
28. Mygale by Thierry Jonquet **
29. Berlin, 1961: Kennedy, Kruschev And The Most Dangerous Place On Earth by Frederick Kempe *** 1/2
30. High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and the Untold Story Of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry by Stephen Tignor ** 1/2
31. Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon ** 1/2
32. Death In A Strange Country by Donna Leon ***
33. My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara ***
34. Drive by James Sallis **
35. The Magicians by Lev Grossman ***
36. The Magician King by Lev Grossman ***
37. The Buddha In The Attic by Julie Otsuka ****
38. Fly By Night by Frances Hardinage ***
39. Thunderhead by Mary O'Hara *** 1/2
40. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler ** 1/2
41. Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller *** 1/2
42. East Of The West by Miroslav Penkov ***
43. Sum: Forty Tales From The Afterlives by David Eagleman ***
44. Green Grass Of Wyoming by Mary O'Hara ***
45. A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2
46. Willie & Joe Back Home by Bill Mauldin ***
47. The Cut By George Pelecanos ** 1/2
48. Grand Pursuit by Sylvia Nasar ***/
49. A Matter For Men: War Of the Chtorrs by David Gerrold **
50. A Rage For Revenge: War Of The Chtorrs by David Gerrold * 1/2
51. The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout ***
52. Sea Of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh *** 1/2
53. River Of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh *** 1/2
54. When The Emnperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka *** 1/2
55. The Sun Also Rises by Eernest Hemingway *** 1/2
56. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson *** 1/2
57. Cousins: A Memoir by Athol Fugard **
58. The Art Of Fielding by Chad Harbach *** 1/2
59. The Rings Of Saturn by W.G. Sebald ****
60. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse * 1/2
61. John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead ***
62. Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson ** 1/2
63. Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin ***
64. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides ** 1/2
65. Prince Valiant Vol. 4 1943-1944 by Hal Foster *** 1/2
66. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ****
67. Habibi by Craig Thompson *** 1/2
68. The Vicar Of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith ** 1/2
69. The House Of Silk by Anthony Horowitz ** 1/2
70. George F. Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis ***
71. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien ****
72. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell ****
73. The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ***
74. The Leviathan by Joseph Roth (trans by Michael Hofmann) *** 1/2
75. Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir by John Paul Stevens * 1/2
76. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson ***
77. Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls **
78. Pogo: Through The Wild Blue Yonder -- The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 1 by Walt Kelly ****
79. Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes (trans by Edith Grossman) *** 1/2
80. The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden ***
THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS
1. The Importance of Being Earnest (w Brian Bedford) ** 1/2
2. The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson show) *** 1/2
3. Other Desert Cities (Jon Robin Baitz w Stockard Channing, Stacey Keach) **
4. John Gabriel Borkman (Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan) * 1/2
5. Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn ***
6. Fitz and the Tantrums at Bowery Ballroom ***
7. The New York Idea **
8. Blood From A Stone with Ethan Hawke ** 1/2
9. Gruesome Playground Injuries ***
10. The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore with Olympia Dukakis *
11. The Road To Qatar *
12. Nixon In China at the Met *** 1/2
13. The Whipping Man w Andre Braugher **
14. The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
15. The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
16. The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **
17. Small Craft Warnings Tennessee Williams revival zero stars
18. The Diary Of A Madman with Geoffrey Rush at BAM ***
19. Timon Of Athens with Richard Thomas at the Public ***
20. The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert ***
21. Nightingale at BAM dir Robert Lepage ***
22. Good People (w Frances McDormand) **
23. Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly at St. Ann's) **
24. The Civilians at Joe's Pub w work-in-progress Let Me Ascertain You ***
25. Three Sisters (w Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard) *** 1/2
26. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark at Terminal 5 ***
27. The Pogues at Terminal 5 ** 1/2
28. Room (Virgina Woolf piece at Women's Project) ***
29. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert -- The Musical * 1/2
30. Ghetto Klown (John Leguizamo show) ** 1/2
31. Cactus Flower (revival with Maxwell Caulfield) *
32. Teddy Thompson at City Winery *** 1/2
33. The Dream Of The Burning Boy ** 1/2
34. Double Flasehood (Shakespeare play) **
35. Macbeth (with John Douglas Thompson) **
36. Between Worlds/Entre Mundos (w Siudy) * 1/2
37. Arcadia (revival with Billy Crudup) *** 1/2
38. Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ***
39. Ron Sexsmith at Highline ** 1/2 (voice shaky that night; he's great)
40. How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (w Daniel Radcliffe) ***
41. Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (w Robin Williams) **
42. Amadou & Mariam at Cooper Square Hotel ** 1/2 (bad acoustics, hard to see them)
43. Anything Goes (w Sutton Foster) ** 1/2
44. The Divine Sister (w Charles Busch) *** 1/2
45. War Horse (at Lincoln Center) ***
46. Catch Me If You Can (w Aaron Tveit) *** 1/2 production of ** 1/2 musical
47. Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel) *** 1/2
48. Peter and the Starcatcher (dir by Roger Rees) *** 1/2
49. Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. ***
50. The Motherf**ker With The Hat (w Chris Rock) ***
51. Being Harold Pinter at La MaMa ** 1/2
52. kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge *** (would have been **** if she had played a full concert)
53. Wonderland *
54. Jerusalem w Mark Rylance ***
55. Alexandria reading ***
56. Young Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die ***
57. Baby It's You *
58. Die Walkure at the Met w Deborah Voigt ***
59. Born Yesterday revival w Jim Belushi ***
60. The Normal Heart w Joe Mantello ***
61. The House Of Blue Leaves * 1/2
62. Sister Act * 1/2
63. The School For Lies (w Mamie Gummer) *** 1/2
64. Carson McCullers Talks About Love (w Suzanne Vega) * 1/2
65. The People In The Picture (w Donna Murphy) *
66. King Lear at BAM (w Derek Jacobi) ***
67. Pygmalion w Rupert Everett in UK **
68. Lord Of The Flies (Open Air) * 1/2
69. Operation Greenfield (UK Christian rock band) ** 1/2
70. Much Ado About Nothing (UK Globe) ** 1/2
71. All's Well That Ends Well (UK Globe) ****
72. One Man, Two Guvnors (UK) ***
73. Much Ado About Nothing (UK West End w David Tennant) ** 1/2
74. Ladysmith Black Mambazo (UK) *** 1/2
75. The Cherry Orchard (w Zoe Wannamker) ** 1/2
76. The Book Of Mormon *** 1/2
77. Lysistrata Jones * 1/2
78. The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide To Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures ***
79. The Illusion (Tony Kushner at Signature) *
80. One Arm (Tennessee Williams screenplay) ***
81. Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark * 1/2
82. Broadway By The Year: 1996 (at Town Hall) ** 1/2
83. All's Well That Ends Well/Shakespeare In The Park ** 1/2
84. Unnatural Acts (at CSC) ***
85. Zarkana/Cirque Du Soleil at Radio City Music Hall **
86. Measure For Measure/Shakespeare In The Park ***
87. Rickie Lee Jones at City Winery ** 1/2
88. Master Class (w Tyne Daly) ***
89. Silence! The Musical **
90. Hair (revival on Broadway) ***
91. Olive and the Bitter Herbs ** 1/2
92. The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest) **
93. 2 Burn (FF) * 1/2
94. Parker & Dizzy's Fabulous Journey To The End Of The Rainbow (FF) ** 1/2
95. Civilian (FF) **
96. Rachel Calof (FF) ** 1/2
97. Walls And Bridges (FF) **
98. What The Sparrow Said (FF) ** 1/2
99. Hard Travelin' With Woody (FF) ***
100. Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending (FF) **
101. Books On Tape (FF) ** 1/2
102. Paper Cut (FF) ***
103. Leonard Cohen Koans (FF) *** 1/2
104. Yeast Nation (FF) ***
105. Hero: The Musical * 1/2
106. Cymbeline at Barrow St. Theatre ***
107. The Select (The Sun Also Rises) ERS at NYTW ** 1/2
108. Sweet And Sad **
109. Crane Story **
110. Septimus & Clarissa *** 1/2
111. Follies *** 1/2
112. Araby (FF) *
113. The Mountain Song *** 1/2
114. Pearl's Gone Blue (FF) ***
115. Lake Water **
116. The More Loving One (FF) **
117. Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon (New York Musical Festival) ** 1/2
118. Newsies at Paper Mill Playhouse **
119. Kissless (NYMF) * 1/2
120. Crazy, Just Like Me (NYMF) ***
121. Time Between Us (NYMF) * 1/2
122. The Pigeon Boys reading (NYMF) ***
123. Fucking Hipsters (NYMF) **
124. Ghostlight (NYMF) ** 1/2
125. Cyclops: A Rock Opera (NYMF) *
126. Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of A Wild Prairie Dame (NYMF) *** 1/2
127. We Live Here (Zoe Kazan play) **
128. The Submission (w Jonathan Groff) **
129. Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating) (NYMF) * 1/2
130. The Mountaintop ** 1/2
131. Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF) ** 1/2
132. Kiki Baby (NYMF) ** 1/2
133. Greenwood (NYMF) *
134. Madame X (NYMF) **
135. Tut (NYMF) * 1/2
136. Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading) ** 1/2
137. Richard Serra exhibit at Gagosian ** 1/2 (space not tall and airy enough for piece)
138. The Agony & The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs (at Public) ** 1/2
139. Man and Boy (w Frank Langella) * 1/2
140. Rumer in concert ****
141. Relatively Speaking * 1/2
142. PigPen's The Nightmare Story *** 1/2
143. Milk Like Sugar ***
144. Love's Labor's Lost (at Public) ** 1/2
145. The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover) 1/2 *
146. Other Desert Cities (on Broadway w Rachel Griffiths) ** 1/2
147. 69 Degrees South (at BAM) * 1/2
148. Chinglish * 1/2
149. Sons Of The Prophet *** 1/2
150. Queen Of The Mist (w Mary Testa) ** 1/2
151. Godspell (on Broadway) ** 1/2
152. Hand To God ***
153. All-American **
154. King Lear w Sam Waterston (at Public) **
155. Satyagraha at Met w English National Opera production ****
156. Venus In Fur w Nina Arianda on Broadway ***
157. Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway ***
158. Fragments (Beckett plays) ***
159. Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays **
160. Radio City Christmas Spectacular ** 1/2
161. Private Lives (w Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross) **
162. Seminar (w Alan Rickman) **
163. White Christmas (at Paper Mill) ***
164. Wild Animals You Should Know ** 1/2
165. An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
166. Bonnie & Clyde **
167. The Cherry Orchard w Diane Wiest and John Turturro at CSC **
168. The Man Who Came To Dinner (at St. Clement's) **
169. Misterman w Cillian Murphy (at St. Ann's Warehouse) ** 1/2
170. Once (at New York Theatre Workshop) *** 1/2
171. Maple and Vine **
172. Krapp's Last Tape w John Hurt at BAM ***
173. Stick Fly **
174. Titus Andronicus (at Public) * 1/2
175. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (w Harry Connick Jr.) * 1/2
176. Shlemiel The First ** 1/2
177. Lysistrata Jones on Broadway *
178. Close Up Space *
CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS (Only the CDs I've listened to thoroughly and with a strong emphasis on the ones I like, so don't think I love everything I listen to -- I just don't bother really listening to the ones I don't like more than once and don't think it's fair to rate on a cursory listen)
1. Cake -- Showroom Of Compassion ** 1/2
2. Charles Bradley -- No Time For Dreaming **
3. Chris Riffle -- Introducing Chris Riffle ** 1/2
4. Cyndi Lauper -- Memphis Blues **
5. John Grant -- Queen Of Denmark ***/
6. Local Natives -- Gorilla Manor ** 1/2
7. Antony and the Johnson - Swanlights ** 1/2
8. Olof Arnalds -- Innundir Skinni **
9. Robert Wyatt -- For The Ghosts Within ***
10. Neil Diamond: The Bang Years ** 1/2
11. Adele -- 21 *** 1/2
12. The Low Anthem -- Smart Flesh *** 1/2
13. Voxhaul Broadcast -- Timing Is Everything **
14. Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell -- Lagrimas Mexicanas ** 1/2
15. Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Songs From A Zulu Farm *** 1/2
16. George Michael -- Faith reissue *** 1/2
17. Darlene Love -- The Sound Of Love: The Very Best Of Darlene Love ****
18. Robert Plant -- Band Of Joy *** 1/2
19. Amos Lee -- Mission Bell **
20. Charlie Haden Quartet West -- Sophisticated Ladies *** 1/2
21. The Poison Tree -- The Poison Tree ***
22. Rumer -- Seasons Of My Soul *** 1/2
23. Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Del McCoury Band -- American Legacies *** 1/2
24. David Wax Museum -- Everything Is Saved ***
25. Bruno Mars -- Doowops & Hooligans *** 1/2
26. The National - High Violet ***/
27. Tom Jones -- Praise & Blame *** 1/2
28. William Tyler -- Behold The Spirit ***/
29. Various Artists -- The Sounds of Siam ***/
30. Two Door Cinema Club -- Tourist History ***
31. Elvis Costello -- National Ransom ***/
32. 3 Fervent Travelers -- Time For Three *** 1/2
33. Dennis Brown -- The Crown Prince Of Reggae: Singles 1972-1985 ***
34. Ron Sexsmith -- Long Player Late Bloomer *** 1/2
35. Simon & Garfunkel -- Bridge Over Troubled Water ****
36. Teddy Thompson -- Bella *** 1/2
37. Marsha Ambrosius -- Late Nights & Early Mornings ** 1/2
38. Various Artists -- Sucker Punch soundtrack **
39. Henry Wolfe -- Linda Vista ** 1/2 / (but want to listen to more)
40. Various Artists -- Everybody Wants To Be A Cat: Disney Jazz, Volume 1 ** 1/2
41. kd lang -- Sing It Loud *** 1/2
42. Anita O'Day -- Sings The Most ****
43. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues *** 1/2
44. The Secret Sisters - The Secret Sisters ***
45. Frank Sinatra -- Ring-A-Ding-Ding ***/
46. Arctic Monkeys -- Suck It And See **
47. Beastie Boys -- Hot Sauce Committee Part Two *** 1/2
48. The Bo-Keys -- Got To Get Back ***
49. Bright Eyes -- The People's Key ***
50. Fleet Foxes -- Helplessness Blues *** 1/2
51. Brad Paisley -- This Is Country Music *** 1/2
52. Theophilus London -- Timez Are Weird These Days **
53. The Coral -- Butterfly House *** 1/2
54. Cowboy Junkies -- Demons ** 1/2
55. Colin Hay -- Gathering Mercury ** 1/2
56. Art Pepper -- Meets The Rhythm Section ****
57. Field Dasy -- Projector **
58. Gretchen Parlato -- The Lost and Found **
59. Ian Axel -- This Is The New Year **
60. Ingram Hill -- Look Your Best **
61. Jared Mees & Grown Children -- Only Good Thoughts Can Stay **
62. James Carter -- Caribbean Rhapsody ***
63. Heidi Spencer -- Under Streetlight Glow **
64. Joan As Police Woman -- Deep Field **
65. John Martyn -- Heaven & Earth **
66. Young Presidents -- Freedom Of Speech * 1/2
67. John Shannon -- Songs Of The Desert River **
68. Justin Bond - Dendrophile **
69. Justin Hines -- Days To Recall ** 1/2
70. Kate Bush -- The Director's Cut ***
71. Keren Ann -- 101 ** 1/2
72. Khaira Arby -- Timbuktu Tarab ***
73. Kina Grannis -- Stairwells * 1/2
74. The Magic Numbers -- Runaway ***/
75. Chris Young -- Neon ***
76. Leonard Cohen -- The Complete Columbia Albums Collection *** 1/2
77. James Taylor -- Sweet Baby James *** 1/2
78. Paul Simon -- Songwriter *** 1/2
79. Kate & Anna McGarrigle -- Tell My Sister *** 1/2
80. Various Artists -- The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams ***
81. Tom Waits -- Bad As Me ****
82. Darrell Scott -- Long Ride Home ** 1/2
83. Hall & Oates -- all their singles, in order *** 1/2
84. The Jayhawks -- Mockingbird Time ** 1/2
85. Pistol Annies -- Pistol Annies ***
86. Wilco -- The Whole Love ** 1/2
87. Various Artists -- Boardwalk Empire ***
88. Beastie Boys -- Hot Sauce Committee Part Two ***
89. Dale Watson -- The Sun Sessions ** 1/2
90. Miranda Lambert -- Four The Record ***/
91. Radiohead -- King Of Limbs ***
92. Stevie Nicks -- In Your Dreams ** 1/2
93. Lil Wayne -- Tha Carter IV **
94. Mandy Barnett -- Winter Wonderland ** 1/2
95. Dave Stewart -- The Blackbird Diaries ** 1/2
96. Feist -- Metals ***
97. Miles Davis -- Bitches Brew Live *** 1/2
98. Thomas Dybdahl -- Songs **
99. Zuchero -- Chocabek ***
100. John Brown Trio -- Dancing With Duke ** 1/2
101. Emmylou Harris -- Hard Bargain ***
102. Various Artists - Live From The Old Town School Vol 1-4 *** 1/2
103. Toro Y Moi -- Underneath The Pine **
104. George Strait -- Here For A Good Time ***
105. Gregg Allmann -- Low Country Blues ***/
106. Dawes -- Nothing Is Wrong ** 1/2
107. Glen Campbell -- Ghost On The Canvas *** 1/2
108. PJ Harvey -- Let England Shake ***/
109. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins -- Diamond Mine *** 1/2
110. Lindi Ortega -- Little Red Boots ***/
111. She & Him -- A Very She & Him Christmas ** 1/2
112. Justin Bieber -- Under The Mistletoe ** 1/2
113. Mikal Cronin -- Mikal Cronin ***/
Updated December 31, 2011
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