2019 was a blur

Years now fly by. 2019 feels more of a blur than any previous year, which is probably the ageing process. Some great highs this year, but sadly some deep, dark lows. 2019 was definitely a year where I’ve felt like there’s been a lack of ‘thinking time’, but despite that I always seem to do enough to pull together an annual cultural highlight list.

Music

Yeah I still do albums:

1. Michael Kiwanuka- KIWANUKA (album of the decade?)
2. Nina Nesbitt - The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change
3. The Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe
4. Shura - forevher
5. Bring Me The Horizon - amo
6. Kindness - Something Like A War
7. Anna of the North - Dream Girl
8. Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles
9. Charli XCX - Charli

Books

Didn’t read nearly enough but here are some highlights:

1. This Could Be Our Future - Yancey Strickler
2. An Elegant Puzzle - Will Larson
3. Shape Up - Ryan Singer
4. Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid
5. The Sun Does Shine - Anthony Ray Hinton
6. It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work - Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Cinema

Limited cinema trips this year:

1. General Magic
2. American Factory
3. Toy Story 4
4. The Biggest Little Farm
5. Apollo 11
6. Rocketman
7. Last Breath
8. Vice

TV

Four notable crackers:

1. Chernobyl (HBO)
2. The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
3. Unbelievable (Netflix)
4. The Mandolorian (Disney+)

Shows/Gigs

1. Chvrches @ Princes St. Gardens (wettest gig ever)
2. Filament
3. Tim Minchin
4. Vikki Stone - Songbird
5. Tom Brace - Brace of Spades
6. La Galerie