Favourite things of 2008
Papers
- Lawrence (1930) “A Propos Of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’”. Fascinating nonsense.
- Milanovic (2006), “Global Income Inequality”
Books
- The Penguin Book of English Verse
- Famine, Affluence, and Morality by Peter Singer
- Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
- Complete Poems by DH Lawrence
- Collected Poems Vol. 1 by William Carlos Williams
- Thud! by Terry Pratchett
- The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Keywords by Raymond Williams
- Logic by Paul Tomassi
Essays
- https://ranprieur.com/essays/dropout.html
Worst book: The Da Vinci Code.
Films / TV
- Synecdoche, New York
- In Bruges
- The Dark Knight
- The Wrestler
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Happy-Go-Lucky
- Generation Kill
- Moral Orel
Albums
- 20 Years of Dischord by Various
- CSI Ambleside Half Man Half Biscuit
- Dear Science TV on the Radio
- Dim Lit Polar Bear
- Instant Coffee Baby, Wave Pictures
- JoCo Looks Back Jonathan Coulton
- Little Death Pete & the Pirates
- Made in the Dark Hot Chip
- Midnight Organ Fight Frightened Rabbit
- Provisions Howe Gelb
- Ringleader of the Tormentors Morrissey
- Stainless Style Neon Neon
- The Stand-ins Okkervil River
- Untrue Burial
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
- Cross by Justice
- The Crane Wife (2006) - Decemberists
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Agaetis Byrjun (1999) - Sigur Ros
- Eels - Meet The Eels: Essential Eels Vol. 1 1996-2006
- The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
- Hot Chip - Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese
- The Just Joans - Hey Boy…You’re Oh So Sensitive
- Dead To Me - Little Brother
- Freschard - Moonstone
- Hot Club De Paris - Live at Dead Lake
- Billie The Vision & The Dancers - I Used to Wander These Streets
- Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
- The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
- Santigold - Santogold
- Neon Neon - Stainless Style
- Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
- Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
- Malcolm Middleton - Sleight of Heart
- Stanley Brinks And The Wave Pictures - Stanley Brinks And The Wave Pictures
- Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
- Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
- Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth
- Sōtaisei Riron - Chiffon Capitalism
- Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
- Various Artists - Enjoyed: A Tribute to Björk’s Post
Songs
- Gila by Beach House
- Little Child Runnin Wild by Curtis Mayfield
- Days to Come by
- Black Swan by Thom Yorke
- Money by Jesca Hoop
- Club Thing by Yoav
- The Water by Feist
- 23 by Blonde Redhead
- I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire,
- The State I Am In,
- Crimson and Clover,
- Good Luck,
- For What is Chatteris