This year I’ve embarked on a 5 year long daily ritual. Each day I make an entry in my 5 year techo from Hobonichi. Once you get to year two your entries begin a dialogue with each other. As you make entries in years 2, 3, 4 & 5 you see the previous year’s entry on the same page.
Day 8: Walk I do love walking, it’s my main mode of getting from a to b. But books about walking are also great.
We had some weather. A late winter storm rolled through and dumped a bunch of snow a few days ago. Not much left of it now.
A new Yokoyama Yuichi manga from Breakdown Press. I love Yokoyama’s exuberant, avant-garde style. This one’s a little different from his other work that I have in that it’s in colour—drawn with magic markers. Giving the book a bright candy-coloured expressive energy.
2023 Oscars — Best Picture
The 95th Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominees ranked by all member ratings made up until the ceremony on Sunday 12 March, 2023.
David Ehrlich's THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2022: A Video Countdown
THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2022: A Video Countdown by David Ehrlich
- Aftersun
- TÁR
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Hit the Road
- Descendant
- Return to Seoul
- We're All Going to the World's Fair
- Crimes of the Future
- Decision to Leave
- Nope
...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Close Bleedings
The other day, half asleep I was thinking about the LRB’s Close Readings series of podcasts and then the phrase “close bleedings” came into my head and I thought it’s the perfect name for the next true crime podcast or crime fiction bookclub. Anyway, free idea for anyone who wants to run with it.