A Year In Consumption

harrisj@nimblecode.com (Jacob Harris) — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:43:32 -0800

This year, as an experiment I started living in public. By this, I don’t mean I jumped into the online exhibitionist extreme that seems to be required for MySpace users, but I have started tracking my media consumption of books/movies/music online. So, as a short post to tide everyone over until I gird myself to continue the never-ending newspapers series, here’s a review of my year in media.

In the last year, I read approximately 63 books, of which the most notable were:

The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson
The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers
La Perdida, by Jessica Abel
Maps of the Imagination, by Peter Turchi
Rip It Up And Start Again, by Simon Reynolds

This last year I also saw approximately 67 movies and TV shows (new and rentals), of which the following 5 were the best, in no ranked order:

The New World
Little Miss Sunshine
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Grizzly Man
Veronica Mars, seasons 1&2

Finally, here were the top 10 bands I listened to last year, courtesy of last.fm

Boards of Canada
Xela
Sigur Rós
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Ms. John Soda
Thom Yorke
The American Analog Set
Ulrich Schnauss
Aphex Twin
Ladytron

Anyhow, there you have it; my life as a consumer for one year (but am I going to go see movies this weekend? Yes!) Anyhow, happy new year and see you all next year! If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some more books to read.

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A Year In Consumption