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December Update

   Hi Friends,
   I thought I'd update you on what's been going on, given that I haven't been posting nearly as much as I normally do or as much as I would like to be. The November and December period of the year is a particularly busy time for me (as I'm sure it is for almost anyone), so I've not had as much time to write about the movies I've seen, the records I've heard and the books I've read. But if you're curious, the movies I've been watching are:

  • Doctor Sleep (2019)
  • Climax (2019)
  • Ivan's Childhood (1962)
  • There Will Be Blood (2007)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • The Lobster (2015)
  • Dead Alive (1992)
   Not nearly as many as I normally get through, but there are a few rewatches to throw on top of those as well, notably American Beauty and Ex Machina. There will be reviews coming for both Doctor Sleep and Climax, but most likely they will come in the new year, because I am a busy busy man currently. I've also been listening to lots of records, you'll be surprised to hear, and some of the recent releases I've heard are:
  • Everyday Life - Coldplay
  • Nothing Left To Love - Counterparts
  • Feet of Clay - Earl Sweatshirt
  • Internal Atomics - Stray From The Path
  • Altogether - Turnover
  • Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • Lost Wisdom, Pt. 2 - Mount Eerie
  • Death Atlas - Cattle Decapitation
  • Daemon - Mayhem
  • Hidden History of the Human Race - Blood Incantation
  • Sea of Worry - Have A Nice Life
  • H.A.Q.Q. - Liturgy
   I've also been getting through some pretty great books recently, some of those that you should definitely check out are:
  • Uzumaki - Junji Ito
  • The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
  • Neuromancer - William Gibson
  • The Ninth Configuration - William Peter Blatty
  • The 120 Days Of Sodom - Marquis de Sade
  • God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About God - Rob Bell
   I'm also trying to push through the first Wheel of Time book, but it's a bit of a slog so I suspect that I'll move on to something else at some point soon.
   But I thought I would let you know a little bit about what I've been up to recently in my absence from this blog. First and foremost, I have been working. If you know you know, but if you don't I'm sure you can imagine that working for the church in the lead up to Christmas is a busy and stressful time. But something that some of you may not know is that I produce music and play in bands, too. And I have been busy. My band, Mixtape For The Drive, released an album on October 25. I have been working hard on a release for another project of mine, Dismantle the Sky, and I also put out my first release for my spoken word project. I'm particularly proud of the latter, and if you're interested in checking it out you can do so here. 
   So in the meantime I'll be keeping busy, and if you don't hear from me until the new year know that I am plowing through content to write about and get to you as soon as I get the chance. I will be seeing Star Wars with everyone else, I will be catching up on 2019 movies I haven't seen yet (I'm particularly looking forward to Parasite and The Lighthouse) and I will be reading lots. 
   Until then, stay well read and look after yourselves!

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