Tuesday, July 26, 2011

the past 6 months

for the past 6 months i have been living in Cusco, Peru volunteering at a non-profit cafe called, The Meeting Place. i have kept a list of everything i have read, watched, and listened to so i will share it:


Books I read in Peru:
Bible: Pentatuch (First 5 books of the Bible)
Jesus For President by Shane Claiborne
Following the Equator by Mark Twain
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

Movies I watched in Cusco:
127 Hours
2001 A Space Odyssey
2001 A Space Odyssey The Making of a Myth
A Hard Day's Night
A Serious Man
Addicted to Plastic
Alone in the Wilderness
Badlands
Battle Royale
Blade Runner
Bottle Rocket
Burn After Reading
Carlos Pt. 1
Carlos Pt. 2
Carlos Pt. 3
Catfish
Che Pt. 1
Che Pt. 2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Crumb
Days of Heaven
Drillbit Taylor
Due Date
Dumb and Dumber
Encounters at the End of the World
Exit Through the Giftshop
Garbage Warrior
Gas Land
Get Low
G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra
Greenberg
Hall Pass
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Pt. 1
Help!
Hobo With A Shotgun
Howl
Human Planet Series
I'm Still Here
Illusionniste
Inception & Special Features
An Idiot Abroad Series
Inglorious Basterds
Inland Empire
In Bruges
I'm Still Here
Jackass 1
Jackass 2.5
Jackass 2
Jackass 3
Lebanon
Little Fockers
Lost in Translation
Machete
Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
Man Bites Dog
Megamind
Mega Shark vs. Crocasaures 
Micmacs
Missing
Monsters
Monsters vs Aliens
Mr Nobody
October Sky
Pineapple Express
Rango
Red Dawn
Red Vs Blue (Seasons 1&2)
Restrepo
Rushmore
Step Brothers
Silent Running
Simon of the Desert
Somewhere
Source Code
Star Wars IV
Star Wars V
Star Wars VI (possibly)
Sympathy for the Devil
The Adjustment Bureau
The American
The Beatles Anthology (Episodes 1-8)
The Big Lebowski
The Conversation
The Darjeeling Limited
The Departed
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Fighter
The Good German
The Green Hornet
The Human Experience
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
The Informant
The Insider
The Kings Speech
The Life Aquatic
The New World
The Pianist
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Social Network
The Squid and the Whale
The Ten Commandments
The Thin Red Line
The Troll Hunter
The Vanishing
Tetro
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (5 Seasons)
Traffic
Troll 2
Twin Peaks (2 seasons)
Up In The Air
Youth In Revolt
Waiting for Superman
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Wildboyz (4 seasons)
X-Men Animated Series (5 Seasons)
X-Men First Class
Young Mr. Lincoln

Worst Movie: National Lampoon's TV: The Movie or Hobo with a Shotgun
Best Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Best Documentary: Catfish
Favorite Documentaries: Alone in the Wilderness & Encounters at the End of the World
Most Influential Film: Garbage Warrior
Best TV Show: Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!


New Music:
Akron/Family - Discography
Aaron Giillespie - Anthem Song
The Animals - Best Of
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism, Four Thieves Gone, The Gleam, The Gleam II
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication & Licensed to Ill
The Beatles - Complete Singles
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Cake - Fashion Nugget
The Cars - Best Of
The Clash - London Calling
Crosby Stills & Nash - Greatest Hits
Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Deja Vu
David Bazan - Strange Negotiations
Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
Dogwood - Through Thick & Thin
The Doors - Best Of
Dovekins - Assemble the Aviary
Dr. Dog - Fate
Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs
Elvis Presley - 30 #1 Hits
Faces - Best Of
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass & Living in the Material World
I Monster - Neveroddoreven
Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature, Stay in the Shade, & Veneer
The Kinks - Best Of
Led Zepplin - 4 & Mothership
Lou Reed - Transformer
Mason Jennings - Blood of Man
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew & Kind of Blue
Neil Diamond - The Essential
The O.C. Supertones - Supertones Strike Back
The Only Ones - Special View
Paul McCartney - McCartney
The Psalters - Ch.7 Tour EP
R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down & Is For Karaoke EP
Roger Miller - Best Of
The Rolling Stones - Greatest Hits
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness & Siamese Dream
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz & All Delighted People
Underoath - Disambiguation
The Velvet Underground - Loaded & White Light/White Heat
Verse - From Anger and Rage
The W's - Fourth from the Last
Wallace Collection - Laughing Cavalier & Serenade
The White Stripes - Elephant, Icky Thump, White Blood Cells, The White Stripes
The Who - Ultimate Collection
Woody Guthrie - Discography
Yann Tiersen - Dust Lane
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle & Greatest Hits

Most Surprising Band: Akron/Family
Favorite Album: Psalters Ch.7 Tour EP & Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
Oldie but Goodie: Rolling Stones - Greatest Hits & Elvis Presley's 30 #1 Hits
Most Disappointing: David Bazan - Strange Negotiations (needs more listening to)
Most Listened to Band in the past 6 months: Fleet Foxes 475 listens
Most Listened to Song in the past 6 months: Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues 106x