A Bug's Life

Books read (10-11)
Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson (2012)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler (2013)

Films watched (50-68) (3 at the cinema, 13 DVD, 3 tv)
Frozen
Sci Fi Shorts 1 (Sci Fi Film Fest)
LFO (Sci Fi Film Fest) (Low Frequency Oscillation)
The Hunger Games
Frank
Cosmopolis
Fantastic Mr Fox
A Serious Man
The Sting
Once Upon a Time in the West (rewatch)
Raging Bull
Shaun of the Dead (rewatch)
Hot Fuzz (rewatch)
The World's End (rewatch)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Never Let Me Go
Limitless
Rushmore
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Gigs, comedy, clubs etc (21-23)
The Fall (gig, Cambridge)
Slow Club (gig, London)
White Hinterland (gig, London)

Books: were both read on holiday for Book Club. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves was fab and I am looking forward to talking about it. I made a start on Tristram Shandy and Ancillary Justice but find them both a bit slow (also I'm not on holiday any more and have other things to do).

Films: awesome month, first viewing of some classics, got to the Sci Fi Film Fest, rewatched a load of Edgar Wright films with my newly tuned eye for cinematography (here's a great video showing how he makes good comedy from framing), even the films I didn't like I got plenty of good discussion from. The least enthusiastic thing I have to say is that I think Never Let Me Go worked better in the book than the film. Lemony Snicket was the film it most surprised me to enjoy, it's a lovely dark gothic children's adventure.

Gigs: Three very different! The Fall were as good as usual, but as I've seen them a few times now it didn't feel like much new though I liked their new songs. Slow Club and White Hinterland are I think on their third albums now - give them a try if you haven't already! Slow Club have moved up a notch, from indie-folkie to wow, proper songs, not that their previous songs weren't proper (check out "Two Cousins" and stuff) (this is why I don't do music reviews) but their new stuff is kind of properer. White Hinterland was playing solo, amazing gig in a tiny venue, keyboard, drum machine and voice, singing and making her own loops as she went along to build up layers of sound.

I missed King Lear and Lip Service in the theatre due to dodgy back, which is a shame. Have a few more things coming up to look forward to though not for a month. Must look up what's on locally. I'd like to see Strawberry Shorts on June 6th if the back permits.