The Movies, Books, Theater, Concerts, CDs I've Seen/Read/Heard So Far In 2026

 Updated as of January TK, 2026  

KEY: star rating is on the four star scale
          meaning of "/" or "\"
          *** is three stars out of four
          ***/ is three stars leaning towards  3 1/2
          ***\ is three stars leaning towards 2 1/2


The Movies, Books, Theater, Concerts, CDs I've Seen/Read/Heard So Far In 2025

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(Increasingly, I am sampling books, reading 10%, 20% or even 40 or 50% before deciding to move on. The books below are only the ones I've read completely. That also explains what looks like generous grading–more and more, if I sense a book is not going to be among my favorites, I stop reading. Too many books; too little time!)

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(Not TV movies, of course, but movies and TV shows -- and TV movies if it comes to that. Mostly I only list TV shows when I've tackled an entire season at once or reappraising an entire series after it's over. This doesn't really capture my ongoing watching of current TV.)

1. Night Moves (1975) *** 1/2 

2. She Done Him Wrong (1931) ***/ 

3. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) ***/ 

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(The names after the shows are the people who joined me at the event.)

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1. U-Roy–Version Galore (1971) **** 

2. Culture–Two Sevens Clash (1977) **** 

3. The Gaylads–Soul Beat (1967) **** 

4. The Skatalites–The Skatalite! (1969) *** 1/2 

5. Tim Buckley–Goodbye and Hello (1967) **  

6. The Skatalites–Essential Artist Collection (2023, Trojan) **** 

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