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December 30, 2006

Year End Stats 2006

Year End Stats, 2005

Approximates All:

Movies Seen In Theatre: 40 (down from 49)
this can be chalked up to many factors, including more time spent travelling, with Aden and her wee one, and the closing of the Rep theatres

Comic Book Floppies purchased (98% read): 402 (down from 449)
it should be noted, however, that Aden and I had stopped buying duplicates of books in October, so in actuality I've probably read 30% more comics since

Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels purchased (95% appx. read): 76 (down from 102)
on the other hand, Aden doesn't buy many trades, but I did read some of her back catalogue, so another dozen or so trades were read

DVDs (movies) rented or purchased: 59 (down from 84)
this can be mostly attributed to moving away from my beloved Film Buff)

Television on DVD rented or purchased: 36 (up from 31)


Books purchased or borrowed (half read): 18 (down from 22)
Damn. I need to read more.

Magazines purchased: 0 (down from 5)
The internet has any magazine info covered

CDs purchased: (last year: 54)
I've broken things out a little differently. 36 music cds were purchased, along with 8 comedy cds and 4 records. I ripped 6 cds from friends. Total of 50. My cd purchases, much like last year, fluctuated greatly throughout the year. I find that in springtime I purchase more music, and in fall I barely purchase any.

Live (concert/musical/performance): 8 (down from 12)
call it a lack of interest as much as a lack of time. I tried to care but found I just couldn't. There are some bands I still want to see, sure, but overall my desire to gig has dwindled

New Stuff

Theatre/Dance attended: 4 (up from 2)

Action Figures purchased: 6 (heavy restraint used)

December 24, 2005

Year End Stats for 2005

Approximates All:

Movies Seen In Theatre: 49

Comic Book Floppies purchased (most read): 449

Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels purchased (80% appx. read): 102

DVDs (movies) rented or purchased: 84

Television on DVD rented or purchased: 31

Books purchased or borrowed (most read): 22

Magazines purchased: 5

CDs purchased: 54

Live (concert/musical/performance): 12

Approximate $ spent on the above: not even going to hazard a guess

November 9, 2004

New in rotation

Maroons - Ambush ***1/2
Feist - Let It Die ***1/2
Menomena - I Am The Fun Blame Monster ***1/2
The Hidden Cameras - I Believe In The Good Of Life ep ****
Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People ****1/2
Diane Cluck: Black With Green Leaves
Diane Cluck: Oh Vanille Ova Nil
Tom Waits: Real Gone
Ellen Allien: Berlinette
ESG: A South Bronx Story

October 5, 2004

what I git

De La Soul: Remixes, Rarities & Classics
Four Tet: my angel rocks back and forth cd ep/dvd
Peter Elkas: Party of One
The GO! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Solex: The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock
The Dears: Protest ep
Arcade Fire: Funeral
The Bell Orchestre: Trust Trust ep

one week later:
Stars
Solvent
De La Soul
the Futureheads
Broken Social Scene

August 31, 2004

from the mouth's cradle

pen and ink

The One (6 issue mini series) by Rick Vietch
Deathlok (4 issue prestige mini series) by Dwayne McDuffie and various
Neil Gaiman's Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman and various

on disc

Bjork: Medulla
Bjork: Livebox
The Magnetic Fields: I Thought You Were My Boyfriend ep

DeeVee

Invader Zim vol.2

Pages

Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure by Dave Gorman
Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

August 16, 2004

less is more

Even though I spent much of my day Saturday selling off a trove of cds and dvds I still acquired more stuff to fill the empty spaces in the shelves (and my heart)

CD

  • Hank (feat. the Hank Collective) - Ackrill/Venning '91
  • Hank (feat. the Hank Collective) - How To Prosper In The Coming Bad Years
  • Mum - summer make good
  • Ellen Allien - Remix Collection
  • Prince Po - The Slickness
  • They Might Be Giants - The Spine
  • The Beta Band - The Beta Band

DVD

  • Jonathan Richman - Take Me To The Plaza

Sequential Art

  • "Vertical" by Steve Seagle, Mike Allred, Philip Bond
  • "Undercover Genie" by Kyle Baker
  • "Kid Eternity" by Grant Morrison and Duncan Fregredo

July 27, 2004

Televideo

My Amazon package arrived. Let's have a look:

Of course I havn't actually started watching any of them yet, but I have been watching some of my backlog of TV on DVD, including the first disc of Kids In The Hall season 2 (it's gold baby!), the second disc of Sapphire and Steel (the second "assignment", as they are classified by, is far and beyond better than the first), and a few more episodes of Firefly along the way.
I'm still not even close to caught up yet though.
Oi.

July 11, 2004

bemusic

cds
MC Paul Barman: Paullelujah
Ratatat: self titled
Hidden Cameras: Mississauga Goddamn
Joanna Newsom - the Milk Eyed Mender
Atomic 7 - en Hillbilly Caliente
Beastie Boys - to the 5 boroughs
Atom and his Package - hair:debatable

books
Sock - Penn Jillette
The Evolution Man - Roy Lewis
Those Who Walk Away - Patricia Highsmith
Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction - Patricia Highsmith
A Series Of Unfortunate Events : The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket
A Series Of Unfortunate Events : The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket
The Evolution Man - Roy Lewis
The Cosmic Puppets - Philip K Dick

DeeVee
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Atom and his Package - hair:debatable
Kids In The Hall Season 2

recent watches and reads
Zen TV (DVD)
Def Jux (the revenge of the robots live cd/dvd)
The Works of Director Spike Jonze
Old School (unrated DVD)
Calender Girls (video)
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dick
Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Kyle Baker: Cartoonist - Kyle Baker

live
Amy Millan/Emily Haines @ el mocambo, july 24, 2004
Hidden Cameras @ trinity st. paul church, july 23, 2004

(upcoming)
Aug 04, 2004 - Modest Mouse @ kool haus
Aug 28, 2004 - The Hidden Cameras @ harbourfront centre

June 24, 2004

Acqs

Magnetic Fields Get Lost ****1/2
Magnetic Fields The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees **
Future Bible Heroes - Memories of Love
Future Bible Heroes - I'm Lonely (and I love it)
Future Bible Heroes - The Lonely Robot ep

June 3, 2004

neu for yeu

cds
animalmonster/Domaine D'or: Diamonds of Doom ***
Ninja High School: We Win! ****1/2
The Organ: Grab That Gun ****
!!!: Louden Up Now **1/2
The Magnetic Fields: Charm of the Highway Strip ***1/2