Tuesday, December 31, 2019

2019 Reading List Monthly Update: December (Finale)

Books read in December of 2019:
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"Find Me" (André Aciman) 12-1-19
"World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age" (Philip Parker) 12-2-19
"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" (Ocean Vuong) 12-8-19
"The Magician: Art Companion Book" (Christopher Zeischegg/Gina Canavan/Matthew Kaundart/Luka Fisher) 12-8-19
"The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" (edited by Peter Clayton & Martin Price) 12-15-19
"No Longer Human" (Junji Ito) 12-17-19
"If You Have Ghosts" (Douglas Payne) 12-18-19
"The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt" (Toby Wilkinson) 12-21-19
"24 Hours in Ancient Egypt" (Donald P. Ryan) 12-30-19
"Ancient Egypt: Everyday Life in the Land of the Nile" (Bob Brier/Hoyt Hobb) 12-31-19
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2019 Reading List Total:
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1. "The Paintings of William Blake" (Raymond Lister) 1-1-19 
2. "Fascination" (Kevin Killian) 1-10-19
3. "Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Women's Fashion" (Justin Isis) 1-11-19
4. "Halyartes and Other Poems in Prose" (Éphraïm Mikhaël) 1-12-19
5. "In the Stillness of Marble" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 1-13-19
6. "Harlem Smoke" (James Champagne) 1-18-19 *
7. "The Shadow" (Maurice Level) 1-20-19
8. "Batman: A Death in the Family" (Jim Starlin/Marv Wolfman) +
9. "Death Mort Tod: A European Book of the Dead" (Steve Finbow/Karolina Urbaniak) 1-26-19
10. "Of Kings and Things" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock/ed. David Tibet) 1-27-19
11. "Batman: Sword of Azrael" (Dennis O'Neil) 1-30-19
12. "The Rita: Anatomical Charisma" (Sam McKinlay/Gabrielle Losoncy) 2-1-19
13. "Sea of Love" (Simon Morris) 2-3-19
14. "Inside the Castle" (Josiah Morgan) 2-4-19
15. "War with the Newts" (Karel Čapek) 2-5-19
16. "Granite City Blues" (Josh Peterson) 2-8-19
17. "Bloom" (Kevin Panetta/Savanna Ganucheau) 2-8-19
18. "The Metapheromenoi" (Brendan Connell) 2-10-19
19. "Batman: Prelude to Knightfall" (Chuck Dixon/Doug Moench) 2-13-19
20. "Tosh: Growing up in Wallace Berman's World" (Tosh Berman) 2-24-19
21. "The Ballet of Dr. Caligari and Madder Mysteries" (Reggie Oliver) 2-26-19
22. "Negrophobia: An Urban Parable" (Darius James) 2-27-19
23. "The Secret History of Twin Peaks" (Mark Frost) 3-7-19
24. "This Planet is Doomed: the Science Fiction Poetry of Sun Ra" (Sun Ra) 3-8-19
25. "Batman: Knightfall Volume 1" (Doug Moench/Chuck Dixon) 3-13-19
26. "Four Circles" (Meg McCarville) 3-16-19
27. "The Purple Cloud" (M.P. Shiel) 3-24-19
28. "Death in Midsummer" (Yukio Mishima) 4-2-19
29. "Faustina and Other Stories" (Renée Vivien and Helène de Zuylen de Nyevelt) 4-3-19
30. "The Invention of Dreams" (Tom Champagne) 4-7-19
31. "Batman: Knightfall Volume 2" (Chuck Dixon/Doug Moench/Alan Grant) 4-9-19
32. "Some Pink Star" (Sophie Essex) 4-16-19
33. "The Man Who Murdered His Muse" (James Champagne) 4-17-19 *
34. "The Pale Ape and Other Pulses" (M.P. Shiel) 4-18-19
35. "Third Instar" (David Gullen) 4-20-19
36. "Smashed" (Junji Ito) 4-21-19
37. "The War Within" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-25-19
38. "The Life of Tomorrow" (Fillia) 4-25-19
39. "Love, Sleep & Dreams" (Count Stenbock) 4-26-19
40. "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies" (C.G. Jung) 4-27-19
41. "Amico Di Sandro" (Baron Corvo) 4-30-19
42. "Star" (Yukio Mishima) 5-2-19
43. "White" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-3-19
44. "Plan for the Abduction of J.G. Ballard" (Jeremy Reed/Audrey Szasz) 5-7-19
45. "Myrtle, Rue & Cypress" (Count Stenbock) 5-8-19
46. "The Call: Art and Speculative Literature" (editor: Ben Robinson) 5-18-19
47. "The Holy Bible" (David Evans) 5-19-19
48. "Mademoiselle de Maupin" (Théophile Gautier5-21-19
49. "Cari Mora" (Thomas Harris) 5-26-19
50. "Heliogabalus or, the Crowned Anarchist" (Antonin Artaud) 5-27-19
51. "Haunted Girlfriend" (James Nulick) 5-30-19
52. "Elsewhere and Other Stories" (G. Albert Aurier) 5-31-19
53. "After the Banquet" (Yukio Mishima) 6-7-19
54. "The Dreams of Cardinal Vittorini & Other Strange Stories" (Reggie Oliver) 6-9-19
55. "A Little White Book of Screams and Whispers" (Thomas Ligotti) 6-10-19 
56. "Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down" (Gina McIntyre) 6-14-19 
57. "Rum Punch" (Elmore Leonard) 6-15-19 * 
58. "Watching the Wheels" (Simon Morris) 6-18-19 
59. "Prince Zaleski" (M.P. Shiel) 6-23-19
60. "Clark" (Brendan Connell) 6-28-19 
61. "Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier" (Mark Frost) 7-2-19
62. "Graves" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-10-19
63. "Guide" (Dennis Cooper) 7-12-19 *
64. "The Adventure Zone 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited!" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-20-19
65. "The Call: Art and Speculative Literature #2" (Editor: Ben Robinson) 7-23-19
66. "Body to Job" (Christopher Zeischegg aka Danny Wylde) 7-26-19
67. "Antinous: Boy Made God" (R.R.R. Smith) 7-28-19
68. "POPism: The Warhol Sixties" (Andy Warhol/Pat Hackett) 8-4-19
69. "The Art of C.G. Jung" (Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung) 8-9-19
70. "Faunus: The Decorative Imagination of Arthur Machen" (edited by James Machin) 8-16-19
71. "To Rouse Leviathan" (Matt Cardin) 8-26-19 
72. "The Glass Key" (Dashiell Hammett) 8-27-19 *
73. "The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate" (Gichin Funakoshi/Genwa Nakasone) 8-28-19
74. "The Essence of Karate" (Ginchin Funakoshi) 8-29-19
75. "Karate-Do: My Way of Life" (Gichin Funakoshi) 8-31-19 
76. "Red Harvest" (Dashiell Hammett) 9-1-19 *
77. "Serpentine Supplications" (Stephan Friedman) 9-3-19
78. "The Shadow of Death" (Count Stenbock) 9-3-19
79. "The Maltese Falcon" (Dashiell Hammett) 9-8-19
80. "Isis" (Auguste De Villiers De L'Isle-Adam) 9-9-19
81. "The Secret Commonwealth" (Robert Kirk) 9-13-19
82. "The Turquoise Ring and Other Stories" (Rafaela Contreras) 9-16-19
83. "Modern Art" (J.-K. Huysmans) 9-18-19
84. "From a Faraway Land" (Remy De Gourmont) 9-24-19
85. "Houses Under the Sea" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-4-19
86. "Doomsday Clock Part 1" (Geoff Johns) 10-8-19
87. "Bad Judgment: Poems" (Cathleen Calbert) 10-8-19
88. "An Imp of Aether" (W.H. Pugmire) 10-24-19
89. "The Man from Düsseldorf: A Tribute to Claus Laufenberg" (Various/edited by Brendan Connell) 10-27-19
90. "The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham" (H.P. Lovecraft/edited by Leslie S. Klinger) 10-27-19
91. "The Illiterate Ghost" (Alan Price) 10-28-19 
92. "The Devils" (New Juche) 11-2-19
93. "Six Ghost Stories" (Montague Summers) 11-2-19
94. "The Call: Art & Speculative Literature #3" (edited by Ben Robinson) 11-7-19
95. "Distemper" (James Nulick) 11-4-19
96. "A Woman Appeared to Me" (Renée Vivien) 11-16-19
97. "Fards and Poisons" (Jean Lorrain) 11-28-19
98. "Find Me" (André Aciman) 12-1-19
99. "World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age" (Philip Parker) 12-2-19
100. "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" (Ocean Vuong) 12-8-19
101. "The Magician: Art Companion Book" (Christopher Zeischegg/Gina Canavan/Matthew Kaundart/Luka Fisher) 12-8-19
102. "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" (edited by Peter Clayton & Martin Price) 12-15-19
103. "No Longer Human" (Junji Ito) 12-17-19
104. "If You Have Ghosts" (Douglas Payne) 12-18-19
105. "The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt" (Toby Wilkinson) 12-21-19
106. "24 Hours in Ancient Egypt" (Donald P. Ryan) 12-30-19
107. "Ancient Egypt: Everyday Life in the Land of the Nile" (Bob Brier/Hoyt Hobb) 12-31-19

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Musical Picks (and pans) of 2019

My musical picks (and pans) of 2019:

Album of the year: Ladytron (Ladytron)

Runner-ups: Airless Space (Consumer Electronics), Leaving Meaning (Swans), On The Line, (Jenny Lewis), 2020 (Richard Dawson), Cause And Effect (Keane)

Other Notables: Cuz I Love You (Lizzo), Fine Line (Harry Styles), My Songs (Sting), Use Your Illusion III (Ceramic Hobs), No Home Record (Kim Gordon), Life Metal (Sunn 0))) ), uknowwhatimsayin (Danny Brown)

Okay, could have been better: Madame X (Madonna), Fear Inoculum (Tool), When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Billie Eilish)

Not that great:Amidst The Chaos (Sara Bareilles), She Is Coming (Miley Cyrus), The Highwomen (The Highwomen), Ghosteen (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

(On the soundtrack front, I highly recommend the soundtrack to the Tarantino film ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, which I feel is one of the best soundtracks for one of his films in years)

Sunday, December 1, 2019

2019 Reading List Monthly Update: November

Books read in November of 2019:
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"The Devils" (New Juche) 11-2-19
"Six Ghost Stories" (Montague Summers) 11-2-19
"The Call: Art & Speculative Literature #3" (edited by Ben Robinson) 11-7-19
"Distemper" (James Nulick) 11-4-19
"A Woman Appeared to Me" (Renée Vivien) 11-16-19
"Fards and Poisons" (Jean Lorrain) 11-28-19
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2019 Reading List Total:
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1. "The Paintings of William Blake" (Raymond Lister) 1-1-19 
2. "Fascination" (Kevin Killian) 1-10-19
3. "Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Women's Fashion" (Justin Isis) 1-11-19
4. "Halyartes and Other Poems in Prose" (Éphraïm Mikhaël) 1-12-19
5. "In the Stillness of Marble" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 1-13-19
6. "Harlem Smoke" (James Champagne) 1-18-19 *
7. "The Shadow" (Maurice Level) 1-20-19
8. "Batman: A Death in the Family" (Jim Starlin/Marv Wolfman) +
9. "Death Mort Tod: A European Book of the Dead" (Steve Finbow/Karolina Urbaniak) 1-26-19
10. "Of Kings and Things" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock/ed. David Tibet) 1-27-19
11. "Batman: Sword of Azrael" (Dennis O'Neil) 1-30-19
12. "The Rita: Anatomical Charisma" (Sam McKinlay/Gabrielle Losoncy) 2-1-19
13. "Sea of Love" (Simon Morris) 2-3-19
14. "Inside the Castle" (Josiah Morgan) 2-4-19
15. "War with the Newts" (Karel Čapek) 2-5-19
16. "Granite City Blues" (Josh Peterson) 2-8-19
17. "Bloom" (Kevin Panetta/Savanna Ganucheau) 2-8-19
18. "The Metapheromenoi" (Brendan Connell) 2-10-19
19. "Batman: Prelude to Knightfall" (Chuck Dixon/Doug Moench) 2-13-19
20. "Tosh: Growing up in Wallace Berman's World" (Tosh Berman) 2-24-19
21. "The Ballet of Dr. Caligari and Madder Mysteries" (Reggie Oliver) 2-26-19
22. "Negrophobia: An Urban Parable" (Darius James) 2-27-19
23. "The Secret History of Twin Peaks" (Mark Frost) 3-7-19
24. "This Planet is Doomed: the Science Fiction Poetry of Sun Ra" (Sun Ra) 3-8-19
25. "Batman: Knightfall Volume 1" (Doug Moench/Chuck Dixon) 3-13-19
26. "Four Circles" (Meg McCarville) 3-16-19
27. "The Purple Cloud" (M.P. Shiel) 3-24-19
28. "Death in Midsummer" (Yukio Mishima) 4-2-19
29. "Faustina and Other Stories" (Renée Vivien and Helène de Zuylen de Nyevelt) 4-3-19
30. "The Invention of Dreams" (Tom Champagne) 4-7-19
31. "Batman: Knightfall Volume 2" (Chuck Dixon/Doug Moench/Alan Grant) 4-9-19
32. "Some Pink Star" (Sophie Essex) 4-16-19
33. "The Man Who Murdered His Muse" (James Champagne) 4-17-19 *
34. "The Pale Ape and Other Pulses" (M.P. Shiel) 4-18-19
35. "Third Instar" (David Gullen) 4-20-19
36. "Smashed" (Junji Ito) 4-21-19
37. "The War Within" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-25-19
38. "The Life of Tomorrow" (Fillia) 4-25-19
39. "Love, Sleep & Dreams" (Count Stenbock) 4-26-19
40. "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies" (C.G. Jung) 4-27-19
41. "Amico Di Sandro" (Baron Corvo) 4-30-19
42. "Star" (Yukio Mishima) 5-2-19
43. "White" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-3-19
44. "Plan for the Abduction of J.G. Ballard" (Jeremy Reed/Audrey Szasz) 5-7-19
45. "Myrtle, Rue & Cypress" (Count Stenbock) 5-8-19
46. "The Call: Art and Speculative Literature" (editor: Ben Robinson) 5-18-19
47. "The Holy Bible" (David Evans) 5-19-19
48. "Mademoiselle de Maupin" (Théophile Gautier5-21-19
49. "Cari Mora" (Thomas Harris) 5-26-19
50. "Heliogabalus or, the Crowned Anarchist" (Antonin Artaud) 5-27-19
51. "Haunted Girlfriend" (James Nulick) 5-30-19
52. "Elsewhere and Other Stories" (G. Albert Aurier) 5-31-19
53. "After the Banquet" (Yukio Mishima) 6-7-19
54. "The Dreams of Cardinal Vittorini & Other Strange Stories" (Reggie Oliver) 6-9-19
55. "A Little White Book of Screams and Whispers" (Thomas Ligotti) 6-10-19 
56. "Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down" (Gina McIntyre) 6-14-19 
57. "Rum Punch" (Elmore Leonard) 6-15-19 * 
58. "Watching the Wheels" (Simon Morris) 6-18-19 
59. "Prince Zaleski" (M.P. Shiel) 6-23-19
60. "Clark" (Brendan Connell) 6-28-19 
61. "Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier" (Mark Frost) 7-2-19
62. "Graves" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-10-19
63. "Guide" (Dennis Cooper) 7-12-19 *
64. "The Adventure Zone 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited!" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-20-19
65. "The Call: Art and Speculative Literature #2" (Editor: Ben Robinson) 7-23-19
66. "Body to Job" (Christopher Zeischegg aka Danny Wylde) 7-26-19
67. "Antinous: Boy Made God" (R.R.R. Smith) 7-28-19
68. "POPism: The Warhol Sixties" (Andy Warhol/Pat Hackett) 8-4-19
69. "The Art of C.G. Jung" (Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung) 8-9-19
70. "Faunus: The Decorative Imagination of Arthur Machen" (edited by James Machin) 8-16-19
71. "To Rouse Leviathan" (Matt Cardin) 8-26-19 
72. "The Glass Key" (Dashiell Hammett) 8-27-19 *
73. "The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate" (Gichin Funakoshi/Genwa Nakasone) 8-28-19
74. "The Essence of Karate" (Ginchin Funakoshi) 8-29-19
75. "Karate-Do: My Way of Life" (Gichin Funakoshi) 8-31-19 
76. "Red Harvest" (Dashiell Hammett) 9-1-19 *
77. "Serpentine Supplications" (Stephan Friedman) 9-3-19
78. "The Shadow of Death" (Count Stenbock) 9-3-19
79. "The Maltese Falcon" (Dashiell Hammett) 9-8-19
80. "Isis" (Auguste De Villiers De L'Isle-Adam) 9-9-19
81. "The Secret Commonwealth" (Robert Kirk) 9-13-19
82. "The Turquoise Ring and Other Stories" (Rafaela Contreras) 9-16-19
83. "Modern Art" (J.-K. Huysmans) 9-18-19
84. "From a Faraway Land" (Remy De Gourmont) 9-24-19
85. "Houses Under the Sea" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-4-19
86. "Doomsday Clock Part 1" (Geoff Johns) 10-8-19
87. "Bad Judgment: Poems" (Cathleen Calbert) 10-8-19
88. "An Imp of Aether" (W.H. Pugmire) 10-24-19
89. "The Man from Düsseldorf: A Tribute to Claus Laufenberg" (Various/edited by Brendan Connell) 10-27-19
90. "The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham" (H.P. Lovecraft/edited by Leslie S. Klinger) 10-27-19
91. "The Illiterate Ghost" (Alan Price) 10-28-19 
92. "The Devils" (New Juche) 11-2-19
93. "Six Ghost Stories" (Montague Summers) 11-2-19
94. "The Call: Art & Speculative Literature #3" (edited by Ben Robinson) 11-7-19
95. "Distemper" (James Nulick) 11-4-19
96. "A Woman Appeared to Me" (Renée Vivien) 11-16-19
97. "Fards and Poisons" (Jean Lorrain) 11-28-19

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading:

"World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age" (Philip Parker) 
"Find Me" (André Aciman)