On to the next one. Here are the top 5 things that left an impression on me this year.
Books read (Fiction)
Sometimes a Great Notion Ken Kesey
John Annie Baker
Crime and Punishment Fydor Doestoevsky
Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut
Rusty Brown Chris Ware
Books Read (Non-fiction)
Draft #4 John Mcphee
How to Do Nothing Jenny O’Dell
The Art of Dramatic Writing Lajos Erji
Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Marie Rilke
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel Van Der Kolk
Podcasts
How I Built This Gimlet Media
Armchair Expert Dan Savage
Off Camera Olivia Wilde
Big Think: Think Again Jenny Odell
Scriptnotes How to Write a Movie
TV Shows
Euphoria
Dead To Me
Fleabag
Killing Eve
Succession
Movies
Parasite
Little Women
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Music Videos
Sam Fender Dead Boys
Nao Orbit/Saturn (Air Studios)
Slowthai Gorgeous
Mujuice Die Young
Choker Juno (Live)
Albums
Magdalene FKA Twigs
Two Hands Big Thief
Filling Space EPs Choker
Norman Fucking Rockwell Lana Del Rey
Angel’s Pulse Blood Orange
Songs
This song takes the cake (and especially this version).
People
Those who inspired me and shaped me.
Annie Baker
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Kenneth Lonergan
Wolfgang Tillmans
Richard Brautigan