Crying “My Notebook!” in the tone of Harriet the Spy
My 2023 Media Log. If I list it, I completed it, wanted to highlight something special, or made a note about it. I removed Track and Album shout-outs this year; Removed Poem by Artist until I pick up my live reading series again
(You can find my 2022 LOG here.)
2023 01/01 EMILY THE CRIMINAL (2022) 01/06 FREE WEEK, at Mohawk: Gus Baldwin and The Sketch, TV’s Daniel, Porcelain, Rickshaw Billie and the boys, American Sharks, Mallwalker 01/07 M3GAN (2022) 01/11 Mugger at chess club 01/13 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) 01/14 It by Alexa Chung 01/18 Stefon Osae and Ashmar at Sammataro W. 10th 01/19 MOMMA AT DR. MARTENS STORE 01/20 Transformations by Anne Sexton 01/27 Nourished by Time and Dry Cleaning at Mohawk + DEVILMAN CRYBABY + TORADORA rewatch 02/01 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (Completed 2024) 02/03 BLANK HELLSCAPE at Far Out Lounge until the volume got cut 02/06 WEDNESDAY (Netflix Series) 02/11 Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard 02/26 Attended the Austin Music Awards, highlights of the performances that night for me include Sabrina Ellis with Como Las Movies, Die Spitz, and Brigitte Bandit + SAILOR MOON, ongoing 03/14 Sunflower Bean, The Black Angels at Mohawk for the Marshall’s Headphones Hair of the Dog showcase, where I DJ’d for the first time; The OSees at Hotel Vegas 03/16 Militarie Gun, Bartees Strange, Coco and Clair Clair at Cheer Up Charlie’s pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs, Otobokebeaver, Algiers, Annabelle Chairlegs at Hotel Vegas ÄTNA at shangri-la 03/17 decadent & depraved showcase at the House of Commons, walking in to a band named the dallas cowboys, tagabow, nitefire, Hotline TNT, blaketheman1000, and Frost Children - I worked on a vlog of clips from this night on and off all year since, for practice editing mainly but also to share, and ultimately I have decided I’m not going to finish this project or share; I had such a stellar solo night out, I’m going to keep it to myself at that 03/18 @ riovenue for mort.domed, point.reyes. and jcbsngltn 03/23 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (2023) + Kardashians 04/10 Porcelain and ALEXALONE at Hotel Vegas 04/12 HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (2004) 04/16 DIE SPITZ at Try Hard 04/17 Earth room by Rachel Mannheimer 04/20 HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003) 04/22 CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018) 04/24 NEVER BEEN KISSED (1999) 04/25 MISS CONGENIALITY (2000) 04/27 ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) 04/27 SPIDER-MAN (2002) 04/29 Yaeji at Emo’s 04/30 CLUELESS (1995) + SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS + ABBOTT ELEMENTARY 05/05 PRINCESS DIARIES (2001), THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989), THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT (2004), THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006) 05/12 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006) 05/14 PRETTY WOMAN (1990) 05/16 TWILIGHT (2008) 05/31 Try Hard Practice, KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) + INUYASHA, ongoing + SEX AND THE CITY, again + KING OF THE HILL 06/01 Heartburn by Nora Ephron 06/03 Unexhausted Time by Emily Berry 06/15 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) 06/16 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018) 06/19 SEX AND THE CITY (2008) 06/22 SEX AND THE CITY 2 (2010) + KARDASHIANS + SEX AND THE CITY 07/01 They by Kay Dick 07/04 LEGALLY BLONDE (2001), SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) 07/05 13 GOING ON 30 (2004), MEAN GIRLS (2004), THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001) 07/10 JENNIFER’S BODY (2009) 07/12 THE RING (2002) 07/22 OPPENHEIMER, BARBIE (2023) 07/25 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995) 07/28 THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2011) + KING OF THE HILL + KARDASHIANS 08/01 FRANCES HA (2012) 08/08 DONNIE DARKO (2001) 08/12 one piece volume 1 08/22 The Hour of The Star by Clarice Lispector 08/23 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradburry, BARBARIAN (2022) 08/27 ALIENS (1986) 08/30 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel 08/31 AKIRA (1988) + KING OF THE HILL + KARDASHIANS + DEMON SLAYER + NEON GENESIS, to be continued 09/01 Couplets by Maggie Milner 09/02 BOTTOMS (2023) 09/04 LABYRINTH (1986) 09/04 SHREK 2 (2004) 09/10 Consider the Oyster by M.F.K. Fisher 09/16 ANNIHILATION (2018) 09/24 norma jean baker of troy by Anne Carson 09/25 Rogue by Mona Awad + ONLY MURDERERS IN THE BUILDING + SEX EDUCATION SEASON 4 10/02 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993) 10/11 MERMAIDS (1990) 10/15 How To Communicate by John Lee Clark 10/16 I started my new full time position with PMG. 10/20 BATMAN (1989) 10/25 My Moon My Man by Feist 10/26 jockstrap at Empire Garage, Oneohtrix Point Never at the Concourse Project 10/27 BATMAN RETURNS (1992) 10/28 CASPER (1995), HOOK (1991) Baths and Palehound at Parish 10/29 THE EXORCIST (1973) + GOSSIP GIRL + ONLY MURDERERS IN THE BUILDING + KARDASHIANS + The Hospital by Dr. Christle Nwora 11/01 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990) 11/03 PRISCILLA (2023) 11/04 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018) 11/22 BATMAN & ROBIN (1997) 11/23 BATMAN BEGINS (2005) 11/24 THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) 11/24 THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) 11/25 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) 11/27 SALTBURN (2023) + THE CROWN, to complete + Slanted Magazine, Issue 41 Amstredam + Stay True by Hua Hsa 12/03 The Trees Witness Everything by Victoria Chang 12/18 LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) 12/20 ELF (2003), THE MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992) 12/22 sad cell and Glare at Empire Control Room 12/23 Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges 12/24 A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004), A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983), THE FAMILY STONE (2005), WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954) 12/25 HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! (1966), HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000) 12/29 EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) 12/30 SCREAM 2 + Dolly Parton My Life in Rhinestone by Dolly Parton + Dazed Magazine, Issue 281 + Garment Magazine, Uniforms of Amsterdam + Paris Review Magazine, 246 More music: + Boiler Room: Fred again in London July 29, 2022 and Boiler Room: 100 gecs in LA March 5, 2023 (YouTube) + NTS Radio shows, Dust Bunnies W/ Margeaux (New York), $HIT & SHINE (Austin), Ambient Abracadabra W/ Sofie Birch (Copenhagen), Sofay & Ribeka (Glasgow) + Homer Radio episodes throughout summer + Apple Music “Early Hours (DJ mixes) by Kelly Lee Owens and Caroline Polachek and GUDU Mix 010: Peggy Gou on repeat
Finally, here is what I listened to in 2023, my TOP 32_23:
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