2026 media log

January February

February

Wrap-Up

Read: 2 books, 2 essays, 3 scholarly articles, 2 poems

Best Book: The Wax Child by Olga Ravn Best Short Read: "Snowblind" by J. Geddericks

Watched: 4 films

Best Film: Picnic at Hanging Rock dir. Peter Weir (rewatch)

Best Film (First-Time Watch): Tesis dir. Alejandro Amenábar

Listened to: 6 albums, 1 EP

Best Album: Nothing's About to Happen to Me by Mitski

Best New Singles:

"Undercover" by Isobel
"Hive Mind" by Knocked Loose ft. Denzel Curry
"I'll Change For You" by Mitski
"ASSIGNMENT" by Power Snatch
"DISSKIDDCLIC" by sk0ll

[Book] The Wax Child by Olga Ravn ★★★★★
[Album] Nothing's About to Happen to Me by Mitski ★★★★½
[Album] Empty Hands by Poppy ★★★½
[Album] And You Who Drowned in the Grief of a Golden Thing by KiNG MALA ★★½
[Film] Picnic at Hanging Rock dir. Peter Weir ★★★★★ 🗘
[Scholarly article] "Whose History Is It Anyway?" by Ian Johnston in Journal of the Society of Archivists vol. 22, no. 2
[Album] In elsewhere by zayok ★★½
[Film] Barbie and the Diamond Castle dir. Gino Nichele ★½
[Book] Flights by Olga Tokarczuk ★★★★
[Film] KPop Demon Hunters dir. Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang ★★★½
[Poetry] "Snowblind" and "U.F.O." by J. Geddericks on panthermilk ♡
[Film] Tesis dir. Alejandro Amenábar ★★★★½
[Scholarly article] "Getting the Lead Out: The Appraisal of Silver-Lead Mining Records at the University of Idaho" by Richard Davis in American Archivist vol. 55, no. 3
[Album] I Am by Lexa Gates ★★½
[EP] Club Icarus by ARTMS ★★★
[Album] Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins ★★★★
[Scholarly article] "Appraisal and Selection for Digital Curation" by Jinfang Niu
[Essay] "Black Enclaves of Violence: Race and Homicide in Great Plains Cities, 1890-1920" by Clare V. McKanna Jr. from African Americans on the Great Plains: An Anthology
[Essay] "'Pap' Singleton's Dunlap Colony: Relief Agencies and the Failure of a Black Settlement in Eastern Kansas" by Joseph V. Hickey from African Americans on the Great Plains: An Anthology

January

Wrap-Up

Read: 5 books, 1 zine, 2 articles, 1 essay, 1 scholarly article, 1 blog post

Best Book: Illness As Metaphor by Susan Sontag Best Short Read: "The History and Characteristics of Zines" by Fred Wright

Watched: 4 films, 1 comedy special

Best Film: Let the Right One In dir. Tomas Alfredson

Listened to: 5 albums

Best Album: Yes by Morphine

Best New Songs:

"Limn" by Isobel
"Peace of Mind" by Wesley Joseph ft. Danny Brown
"Cursive" by Mandy, Indiana
"Toothless Coal" by Nothing
"ImpetuoUs" by Puscifer

[album] Behind Every Great Man by The Buttress ★★★½
[blog post] "On Reagan Library" by ormulum ♡
[album] IDHAETS by ADYXSHA ★★★
[scholarly article] "A Critical Analysis of Intrinsic Value" by Shauna McRanor
[article] "The History and Characteristics of Zines" by Fred Wright ♡
[book] Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis ★★★
[comedy special] Smosh Hospital dir. Rory Kramer ★★★
[film] Grand Theft Hamlet dir. Sam Crane & Pinny Grylls ★★★
[album] The Spiritual Meat Grinder by Zheani ★★★★
[album] Still Waters Run Deep by Four Tops ★★★
[film] The Last Wave dir. Peter Weir ★★★★
[album] Yes by Morphine ★★★★★
[book] Danger on Peaks: Poems by Gary Snyder ★★★½
[book] Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag ★★★★½
[essay] "Black Soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-1869: A study in Civilian and Military Violence" by James N. Leiker from African Americans on the Great Plains: An Anthology
[film] Let the Right One In dir. Tomas Alfredson ★★★★½
[book] Penitential Cries by Susan Howe ★★★
[film] Wake Up Dead Man dir. Rian Johnson ★★★★
[article] "The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired my Debut Novel" by Janet Rich Edwards
[zine] 3 Weird Stories by Jayde Reid ♡
[book] Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke ★★½