This was my first. Some of the reviews I saw on Goodreads suggested that her longer works are better.

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hillary Mantel, which I was pretty lukewarm about. She can obviously write well, but it was in service of short stories that by and large weren't very interesting.

The Futureheads – Trying Not To Think About Time
Portland Cello Project – That’s My Bitch
Tori Amos – Cooling
Bob Parks – Spiritual
Ladytron – Mirage (Mixhell Remix)
Aimee Mann – Par For The Course
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim with Sharon Jones – Dancing Together
Curve – Nothing Without Me
Juice Newton – Low Down and Lonesome
Davi…

Cassandra Wilson – It Would Be So Easy
The Chuck Dukowski Sextet – My War
Medicine – Cold Life
The Dandy Warhols – A Loan Tonight
Neil Innes – Protest Song
Neko Case – I Wish I Was The Moon
Franz Ferdinand – Evil Eye
Throwing Muses – Dripping Trees
Lil Bub – Intro
The Breeders – Cannonball
Bows - Uniroyal

I watched this when I was sick, and unable to keep anything down other than crackers. The kind of sick where even the mention of food makes you nauseous. Big Night managed to make me hungry.

Still working my way through Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus short story collection, The Beat Goes On. Wonderful so far.

Duran Duran - My Own Way [Night Version]
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Curve - Weekend
Richard Cheese - Three's Company Theme [Live]
Waterlillies - I Am Woman
Anna Kramer and The Lost Cause - You Think You Know Me
Ratatat - Countach
Rufus Wainwright - Wonderful/Song For Children
Basia Bulat - Heart…

As someone who works for USCIS, I spent much of that scene like, "That's not how this works!" But yes, I was also glad they at least got the form right.

My favorite Throwing Muses song!

Rasputina – Bad Moon Rising
Ryan Adams – Black Sheets of Rain (Live at Carnegie Hall)
Kinky – Cornman
Go-Go’s – Get Up and Go
Joe Jackson – Right and Wrong
Nouvelle Vague – Making Plans for Nigel
Ride – Dreams Burn Down
Sir Mack Rice – Love Sickness
SPC ECO – Another Day
Rufus & Carla – Birds and the Bees

Read Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories, which is actually a group of stories written by others and simply compiled by Dahl. Like most collections of this ilk, some were far better than others, but overall a decent read. Although I was slightly put off by Dahl's introduction where he expresses a little surprise at how…

Booker T. & The MG’s – Boot-Leg
Clogs – Lantern
The Creatures – Godzilla (Siouxsie and Budgie’s Girl Monster Mix)
My Brightest Diamond – Ceci Est Ma Main (Groundlift Remix)
Iron & Wine & Ben Bridwell – This Must Be The Place
Stomp – Ripper Sole
Feist – Anti-Pioneer
Richard Cheese – How Soon is Now?
Rasputina – Walk on the Moon
…

The Dead Milkmen – Laundromat Song
The Dambuilders – Itch It
Acoustic Ladyland – Trial and Error
Elbow – Can’t Stop
The Beach Boys – Boogie Woodie
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – More, More, More of Your Love
The Beach Boys – California Girls
Konk – Your Life [Party Mix]
Garbage – Untouchable
Spiritualized – All Of My Tears

When I saw Book of Shadows in the theater, for some reason I actually liked it. I watched it again a few years later and was like, was I high when I watched this before? I mean, I don't use drugs, but being high seems like the only way I could have enjoyed it the first time around. Maybe someone put something in my…

Nice Hooverphonic pick!

Lily Allen – Everything’s Just Wonderful
Youth Lagoon – The Hunt
Danielle Dax – Funtime
Röyksopp – Remind Me
Dave Brubeck – Indiana [Mono Version]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Sympathetic Noose [iTunes Session version]
SPC ECO – Playing Games
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Evol
The Bravery – Give In
SPC ECO – Fall Apart For…

Sure, I'll do a second shuffle.

I just finished The Martian over the weekend, in advance of seeing the movie last night. Really liked both. I’m not always a science-y person, but I liked how the book explained what Watney was doing and why, and managed to do it in an engaging manner.

Ooh, Hollow Hills. Great track.

Joy Zipper – Holy Diver
Queens of the Stone Age – You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire
My Brightest Diamond – Ice and the Storm
Trans Am – A Single Ray of Light on an Other Wise Cloudy Day
Wall of Voodoo – Back in Flesh
Howie B – Don’t Even Know She Got One
Primal Scream – If They Move, Kill ‘Em
Ruby…