Culture - May

Books read:

Nikolai Gogol - 'Dead Souls'
Sun-Tzu - 'The Art of War' (non-fiction)
Iain Banks - 'The Wasp Factory'
William Powell - 'The Anarchist Cookbook' (non-fiction)
Noam Chomsky - 'Interventions' (non-fiction)


Films Watched:

'Blue Ruin' (Jeremy Saulnier) (at Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton)
'The Candidate' (Michael Ritchie)
'The Two Faces of January' (Hossein Amini) (at Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton)
'La Jetee' (Chris Marker)
'Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)' (Woody Allen)
'Concussion' (Stacie Passon) (at Cornerhouse, Manchester)
'Before Sunset' (Richard Linklater)
'Before Sunrise' (Richard Linklater)

Albums Played:

The War on Drugs - 'Lost in the Dream'
Coldplay - 'Ghost Stories'
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - 'Revelation'
Leftfield - 'Rhythm and Stealth'
Little Dragon - 'Nabuma Rubberband'

Gigs:

Nine Inch Nails at O2 Arena, London
Nine Inch Nails at MEN Arena, Manchester

Events:

Irvine Welsh at Southbank Centre
'May 1968, Spring Revolution. A Tale of two cities' (Atlas Gallery)
'Under the influence: John Deakin and the lure of Soho' (Photographer's Gallery)
David Lachapelle - 'Land Scape' (Robilant + Voena, London)