TV 2014: EHH

Oh hi look at all the TV shows I've watched so far this year that I give a solid rating of EHHHHH FINE I GUESS.

The Americans

Masters of Sex

Rectify

The Leftovers

Orphan Black

Mrs Cool Disguise

Is it lower tolerance or higher standards? WE'LL NEVER KNOW!

Ten MIFF 2014 Things I Saw

In order of best to not best:

Happy Christmas
Life Itself
The One I Love
Creep
Joe
Babylon
Night Moves
The Gold Spinners
Sepideh: Reaching for the Stars
Short Docos

MIFF 2014 Man of the Year is split with Mark Duplass (twice! best!) and Joe Swanberg (also best!) and Jude Swanberg (tiny best!)

 

MIFF 2014 Lady of the Year is the stranger I sat next to in Creep who did great jumps and loud gasps and watched half of it through her hands. Fun!

Special mention to Joel Alme who is now the only music I want to listen to, via the soundtrack to Happy Christmas.

5 Reasons that U TALKIN U2 TO ME? is a good podcast

These guys

1. Rambling banter between two good dudes
2. The Mini Eps
3. That one with Paul F Tompkins
4. Confirms that the music of U2 is terrible and boring and I hate it
5. Confirms that the music of U2 is terrible and boring and I hate it (worth repeating)

U Talkin U2 To Me?

Top 50 of 2013

Ooooh Feyonce'd

Coconut Holiday (could do with its own top 50)

Anything Paul F Tompkins related (see previous post)

Baby Gene!

Baby Abby!

Baby Juniper! even if that is pictures only

Birthday Footy miracle wins

Birthday pandas in Radelaide

All the FOTZ times incl. Werribee with Vaughan & Asher

Elephant feeding in malaysia

Dainty #3 Box Hill

David Byrne & St Vincent at MOFO

Neutral Milk Hotel at The Forum

Cory McAbeeeeeeeee/Captain Ahabs Motorcycle Club

Everything I saw at MIFF

Jessica Hische, Nick Felton & Seb Lester at Semi Permanent

That whole "Hipster Racism in Melbourne" debacle

VEEP

Eastbound & Down

Breaking Bad

Huuuuuuber & Schleeeeehuber! #waluigi

Grandparent hangouts at the farm

A day of movies with me Dad

Written it down!

Fenris snapchats llz

Mike Birbiglia at Melb Comedy Fest

Also Eddie Pepitone at Melb Comedy Fest!

Josh Fontaine doin Summerteeth at Pure Pop

Wake in Fright at Abbotsford Convent in that summah heat

Hate at Malthouse Theatre

@Seinfeld2000 & @Rudd2000

Ronna & Beverly

North Perth Bowls Club evenings, September 2013

Fuschia Dunlop dinner at Dainty

Squeez in Melbs

Community Cup!

You Am I at the forum

Rumi every time

My minis in melbs

Presentation Night with Murph & Paul Kelly!!

Presentation Night #2 with Richo & Timmy Rogers!!

Grandfolks' 50th Wedding Anniversary

Dockers making it to the Grand Final!

...and losing

961 Beer

Mr John Landis with Mr T Fids

Horrocks bday drinks with surprise KBOMB<3

Captain Coach!

Joey McKeeeeee visit

summahclub.tumblr.com

2013 Man of the Year: Paul F Tompkins

Guys, GUYSSSS there are few things that brought me greater joy this past year than a PFT moment. 

• Finally got around to listening to Laboring Under Delusions.
• His instagram #tbt school photos were like nothing else. So many bowties.

"First grade picture day. I was THRILLED about that tie."

• Found a new fan in Liam Ryan which is just great. #KingHat.
• Also got back into some Pod F Tompkast, those complicated character plotlines get so amazing.
• All of the Speakeasy episodes! Especially that one with Pablo Schreiber was a delightful suprise.
• His American Idol 2011 episode recaps were maybe the best thing I read all year.
• The Ghost of Richard Harrow
• An episode of any podcast with him as guest is easily the best episode of that podcast.
• Probably heaps more

My Best of 2013: MUSICS

Ooooh get ready to be shocked and amazed, Internet.

Oh HELLO AND GOOD DAY TO YOU Father John Misty. Okay firstly this album is my favourite of the year but because it was already a year old by the time I got to it, there is some kind of non existent rule that it can't be my #1 of the year, probably, I don't know. But Fear Fun was my best in 2013, and that's that. Moving on to things actually released in 2013, though I suppose...

Courtney Barnett yesssss der. Whether solo or with Fraser Gorman at that MMW gig in matching outfits or with her excellently named The Courtney Barnetts pretty much anything she did was the best A+++

Phosphorescent! This guy. Muchacho is a great album and I am quite certain I will love this Mr Cowboy Smiles forever. Bonus points for an old album Aw Come Aw Wry acquired this year which is also very great. Aghhh love you phossyyyy.

Super Wild Horses I really loved their album this year not that I didn't love the first one too but that is not the topic today. Crosswords is fun and now I am sad that these girls have called it quits :(

Venice Music - very lovely and amazing and I hope he one day makes my dream come true of marrying Lil Leonie it will be a supercouple to end all supercouples I am sure.

Honorable mentions to Kurt Vile, Bill Callahan, Beyonce, Kanye (that one grew on me). The new albums from these guys were all very good to me but for one reason or another did not 100% win me over? Too much noodling, flutes, something & ridiculousness. Still love you all though! I am sure they are all very relieved to hear that.

My Best of 2013: FILMS

A lot of my favourite films I saw in 2013 were almost all at MIFF which seems like Something!

Sarah Polley <333

#1 Stories We Tell. 

#2 Drinking Buddies

#3 Frances Ha

#4 Nebraska

#5 Enough Said

#6 Before Midnight

#7 Ain't Them Bodies Saints

#8 Blue Jasmine

#9 Prince Avalanche

#10 The Act of Killing

#11 Sleepwalk With Me

#12 Gravity

Runners up in no particular order: Monsters University, Prisoners, The Heat, Mood Indigo & The East.

Okay that is all the ones that were new (at least in Australia) in 2013. Some olds that I saw for the first time and loved include Before Sunrise (I KNOW), Before Sunset (I KNOWWWWW), Wake In Fright & Winter's Bone.

Excuse me where have these two been all my life?

The worst thing I watched in 2013 is a toss up: Twilight 5 vs Spring Breakers.