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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Elton John Many great songs. Think he's a bit overrated overall.
album ★★★★☆
Norman Fucking Rockwell — Lana Del Rey Four or five great songs.
album ★★★★☆
The Marshall Mathers LP — Eminem Some famous ones. So vulgar. The intros and outros are wild.
album ★★★☆☆
After the Gold Rush — Neil Young Great sounding guitar. Cool lyrics. An icon.
album ★★★☆☆
Get Rich or Die Tryin' — 50 Cent Good bangers. A bit repetitive.
album ★★★★☆
Horses — Patti Smith Supposed to be poetic but I didn't get it.
album ★☆☆☆☆
Doggystyle — Snoop Dogg Three or four bangers. Not sure about the intros and outros.
album ★★★★☆
Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves Matter of taste.
album ★★☆☆☆
My Life — Mary J. Blige
album ★★★☆☆
Blue Lines — Massive Attack
album ★★★☆☆
I Put a Spell on You — Nina Simone Two or three good songs. Good vibe, no real bad ones.
album ★★★★☆
The Fame Monster — Lady Gaga Really like the first disc. Second half is okay.
album ★★★★☆
Back in Black — AC/DC The hits are the hits. Others are decent.
album ★★★☆☆
Listen Without Prejudice — George Michael First three songs are excellent. Good vocalist.
album ★★★★☆
Flower Boy — Tyler, the Creator Who Dat Boy is a banger. A couple others good, a couple I didn't like.
album ★★★☆☆
A Seat at the Table — Solange Not my genre. Personal preference.
album ★☆☆☆☆
Untrue — Burial Great atmospheric beats, seems ahead of its time for 2007. Made me inspect my bias for needing a drop.
album ★★★☆☆
Confessions — Usher Caught Up. Yeah.
album ★★★☆☆
Pure Heroine — Lorde So many hits. Tennis Court, Team. Not a bad one on it.
album ★★★★☆
Astroworld — Travis Scott So many bangers. Sicko Mode lives up to the hype. Didn't know 21 Savage was on it.
album ★★★★☆
Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine Highly political and aggressive. Killing in the Name is clearly a banger.
album ★★☆☆☆
Hotel California — Eagles Life in the Fast Lane and Hotel California are excellent. Others a bit slow and country for me.
album ★★★★☆
Body Talk — Robyn Not enough oomph to be good techno, not enough melody to be good pop. Didn't feel it.
album ★☆☆☆☆
Inglourious Basterds — Quentin Tarantino Brilliant. Dialogue is chef's kiss.
film ★★★★★
Our Man in Havana — Graham Greene Dabble into fiction. Greene's main characters are always morally ambiguous and it works.
book ★★★★☆
On Tyranny — Timothy Snyder "Eternal Vigilance is the price of Liberty" Good historical examples. Seemed a bit ideological.
book ★★★☆☆
Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl Brilliant and well known.
book ★★★★☆
Holy Cow — Sarah Macdonald Very entertaining. A solid description of India from an Australian perspective.
book ★★★☆☆
Kitchen Confidential — Anthony Bourdain Iconic. Makes you want to work in hospo again.
book ★★★★☆
The Power of Culture — Michaela & Katharine Birbalsingh Convincing.
book ★★★★☆
Waking Up — Sam Harris Influential and totally correct in my opinion.
book ★★★★☆
Discover Your Inner Economist — Tyler Cowen You'll never make another decision again without thinking economically!
book ★★★★☆
Vagabonding — Rolf Potts Influential and great writing. The perfect case for long-term travel.
book ★★★★★
We Are What We Eat — Alice Waters A cool look into slow food. Probably overlooks the economic realities.
book ★★☆☆☆
The End of Race Politics — Coleman Hughes Thoughtful and convincing.
book ★★★★☆
Running the Room — Tom Bennett Canonical text on behaviour management.
book ★★★★★
Technopoly — Neil Postman Brilliant and prescient. Ideas are more salient each time I read it. Look past the rambling.
book ★★★★★
Why We Sleep — Matthew Walker Got me sleep-pilled.
book ★★★★☆
Mindset — Carol Dweck Amazing book on mindset. Perfectly informational and engaging. Mind-changing.
book ★★★★★
So Good They Can't Ignore You — Cal Newport Mind-changing in the realm of career advice and work.
book ★★★★☆
Slow Productivity — Cal Newport Outlines a sustainable future of work. A bit too similar to his other books.
book ★★★☆☆
Deep Work — Cal Newport Influential and original. Great actionable insights.
book ★★★★★
Shoe Dog — Phil Knight Great for my 20-year-old self. Engaging story.
book ★★★★☆
Talking to Strangers — Malcolm Gladwell
book ★★★★☆
Ego Is the Enemy — Ryan Holiday Good stories, influenced me at the time. Can't quite get around Holiday's style.
book ★★★☆☆
The Richest Man in Babylon — George S. Clason One of the first non-fiction books I read. Sound financial advice.
book ★★★★☆
This Is Going to Hurt — Adam Kay So funny.
book ★★★★☆
One Blade of Grass — Henry Shukman A memoir about Zen and enlightenment from a normal person.
book ★★★★☆