June 24, 2009
My Day in Media - Tuesday, June 23rd You may have noticed that there are an awful lot of “M” artists in my “currently listening to” category. There’s a reason for this. I’ve been going through a lot of my music, trying to listen to stuff I haven’t had a chance to hear yet. It’s been a pretty terrific experience, really. I’m currently at “M”, and will actually have to loop back around eventually as I accumulate more stuff. Currently Reading:Steer Toward Rock - Fae Myenne NgThe Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano Currently Listening To:Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright (album)Massive Attack - “Teardrop” (song)Matt Hires - “Honey Let Me Sing You a Song” (song)Matt Nathanson - “Weight of it All” (song)Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy - “Blood Embrace” (song)The Matthew Herbert Big Band - ”The Story” (song)MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (album)Menahan Street Band - “The Traitor” (song)Messy - “Police State” (song)Metallica - Death Magnetic (album)Mic Harrison and the High Score - Push Me On Home (album)Mikis Theodorakis - Z & State of Siege (album) Currently WatchingPonyo movie trailerSamantha Who?Better Off Ted HighlightsProbably the largest highlight of my “media” day was Death Metallic by Metallica. It’s a great album, though I think it might be utterly forgettable other than The Unforgiven III. So that’s actually a problem. I can see myself listening to it on bad mood days, though. Of course, that’s not taking into consideration that the trailer for Ponyo hit the Internet on Tuesday. Hayao Miyazaki is a master of animation, and I’ve seen almost everything he’s ever done, from Castle of Cagliostro to his most recent movie prior to Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle. Ponyo looks terrific, and reminds me in tone of his wonderful My Neighbor Totoro. I can’t wait to see it in August (assuming it comes to our little art house theater that quickly). Incidentally, that will be a fantastic month for Miyazaki in general, as one of our local theaters will be showing Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away on the big screen.

My Day in Media - Tuesday, June 23rd

You may have noticed that there are an awful lot of “M” artists in my “currently listening to” category. There’s a reason for this. I’ve been going through a lot of my music, trying to listen to stuff I haven’t had a chance to hear yet. It’s been a pretty terrific experience, really. I’m currently at “M”, and will actually have to loop back around eventually as I accumulate more stuff.

Currently Reading:
Steer Toward Rock - Fae Myenne Ng
The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano

Currently Listening To:
Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright (album)
Massive Attack - “Teardrop” (song)
Matt Hires - “Honey Let Me Sing You a Song” (song)
Matt Nathanson - “Weight of it All” (song)
Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy - “Blood Embrace” (song)
The Matthew Herbert Big Band - ”The Story” (song)
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (album)
Menahan Street Band - “The Traitor” (song)
Messy - “Police State” (song)
Metallica - Death Magnetic (album)
Mic Harrison and the High Score - Push Me On Home (album)
Mikis Theodorakis - Z & State of Siege (album)

Currently Watching
Ponyo movie trailer
Samantha Who?
Better Off Ted

Highlights
Probably the largest highlight of my “media” day was Death Metallic by Metallica. It’s a great album, though I think it might be utterly forgettable other than The Unforgiven III. So that’s actually a problem. I can see myself listening to it on bad mood days, though.

Of course, that’s not taking into consideration that the trailer for Ponyo hit the Internet on Tuesday. Hayao Miyazaki is a master of animation, and I’ve seen almost everything he’s ever done, from Castle of Cagliostro to his most recent movie prior to Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle. Ponyo looks terrific, and reminds me in tone of his wonderful My Neighbor Totoro. I can’t wait to see it in August (assuming it comes to our little art house theater that quickly). Incidentally, that will be a fantastic month for Miyazaki in general, as one of our local theaters will be showing Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away on the big screen.

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