Menno's musings

In 2010 I saw 11 concerts. Here’s the list:

1. Secret Chiefs 3 / WORM, Rotterdam
2. Mike Patton @ Holland Festival / Muziekgebouw aan’t ij, Amsterdam
3. Pavement / Paradiso, Amsterdam
4. Yeasayer / Paradiso, Amsterdam
5. Mount Eerie / Vera, Groningen
6. Motorpsycho / Vera, Groningen
7. Bear in Heaven / Vera, Groningen
8. Spoon / Paradiso, Amsterdam
9. Yeasayer / Melkweg, Amsterdam
10. Xiu Xiu / Ekko, Utrecht
11. Grinderman / Oosterpoort, Groningen

They were all pretty good except for the Grinderman gig, that one was too much of an act for me. Also the Xiu Xiu gig was great, but it was cut in half due to technical problems.

It turns out I didn’t see all that many movies from this 2010. Here’s the list, with ratings:

The Social Network - *****
Scott Pilgrim vs The World - *****
Toy Story 3 - *****
The Fantastic mr. Fox - *****
Pepperminta - ****
Air Doll - ****
Inception - ****
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - ***
Green Zone - ***
Un Prophete - ***
Alice in Wonderland - **
The Book of Eli - *

Mr. Fox, Dr. Parnassus, Un Prophete, Pepperminta and Air Doll are offically from 2009, but the release here was in 2010.

The best movie I saw in 2010 was probably ‘Antichrist’ by Lars von Trier. Too bad I can’t put that one on the list.

The biggest disappointment of the year was Alice in Wonderland. I expected quite a lot from that one but it turned out it had none of the spirit of the books.

As usual there’s a load of films I still have to check out. Here’s the backlog:
- Exit through the gift shop
- Buried
- Kick-ass
- Machete
- The Ghost Writer
- Black Swan

1. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz
2. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
3. Caribou - Swim
4. Wild Nothing - Gemini
5. Shining - Black Jazz
6. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
7. Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
8. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
9. Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
10. The Body - All The Waters Of The Earth Shall Turn To Blood

Honorable mentions:
- Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
- Four Tet - There Is Love In You
- Motorpsycho - Heavy Meyal Fruit
- Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
- Salem - King Night
- Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
- oOoOO - oOoOO EP
- Gil Scott-Heron - I’m New Here
- Spoon - Transference
- Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
- Yeasayer - Odd Blood
- Venetian Snares - My So-Called Life
- Belle And Sebastian - Write About Love