Diary The Movies Books Theater Concerts Music I Saw In 2011

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More Create Blog Sign In SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011 The Movies, Books, Theaters, Concerts, CDs Etc I Saw/Read In 2011 Updated December 31, 2011 MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES 1. Secret Sunshine *** 2. The Strange Case Of Angelica * 1/23. Welcome *** 4. Shoah **** 5. Downton Abbey (TV series) ***6. The Red Riding Trilogy: 1980 ***/7. The Red Riding Trilogy: 1983 *** 8. White Material (good Tindersticks score) ** 1/2 9. Everyone Else *** 1/210. Long Ride Home ***11. Country Strong **12. Howl * 1/2 13. Judge Hardy and Son (1939) * 1/2 (but good prayer scene for Mickey Rooney)14. Bluebeard *** 1/215. Animal Kingdom ***16. Inspector Bellamy *17. Nowhere Boy ** 1/2 18. Cold Weather ** 19. Oscar Animated Shorts * 1/2Madagascar, A Journey Diary ***Let's Pollute ** The Gruffalo * The Lost Thing * 1/2Day & Night ***20. Oscar Live Action Shorts *** 1/2MICHAEL GILTZ AT WORK Michael Giltz is a freelance writer based in NYC and can be reached atmgiltz@pipeline.com FAVORITE LINKS Americablog Five O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's Blog The Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPN Radio Cine-Blog -- George Robinson's Blog Documents On Art & Cinema - Daryl Chin's Blog Brucie G's Wondrous Blog Of Adventure and Mystery -- Bruce Greenspan's Blog BLOG ARCHIVE ► 2019 (7) ► 2018 (34)The Confession ** 1/2 Wish 143 ***/Na Wewe * The Crush ***/ God Of Love *** 1/221. Potemkin at Film Forum ****22. Sapphire (1959) ** 1/2 23. Elsewhere ** 1/2 24. Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1964) **25. Bambi on BluRay (1942) ****26. Morning Glory **27. Unstoppable *** 28. Eyes On The Prize **** 29. Dexter Season One ****30. Dexter Season Two ** 1/231. Dexter Season Three ***32. Dexter Season Four *** 33. Songs Of America (Simon & Garfunkel TV special) ** 1/2 34. The Harmony Game: The Making Of Bridge Over Troubled Water)****35. The Killer Inside Me ** 1/236. Pioneers Of Television: Westerns **37. Pioneers Of Television: Science Fiction * 38. Hereafter * 1/2 39. How Do You Know? * 1/240. The Tourist *41. Terribly Happy ** 1/242. Dancing Co-Ed (1939) * 1/2 43. The Black Power Mixtape *** 44. Rejoice & Shout ***45. Allegheny Uprising (1939) ***46. Treme Season One ** 1/2 (very frustrating series) 47. Source Code ** 48. Honolulu (1939) * 1/249. State Of The Union (1948) *** 1/250. The Frozen Limits (1939) * 1/251. I Walked With A Zombie (1943) *** 52. Sansho The Bailiff (1954) *** 53. Forbidden Games (1952) *** 1/254. The Big Heat (1953) *** 1/2 (great Glenn Ford)55. Out Of The Past (1947) ****56. The Reckless Moment (1949) ** 1/2 57. Out Of The Fog (1941) *** 58. Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) **59. Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) * 1/260. Mr. Moto Takes A Vacation (1939) * 1/261. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) * 1/2 62. Everything Happens At Night (1939 w Sonja Henie) * 63. Out Of The Fog (1941) ***64. Thor **► 2017 (6) ► 2016 (2) ► 2015 (14) ► 2014 (2) ► 2013 (5) ► 2012 (18) ▼ 2011 (15) ▼ December (3) The Movies, Books, Theaters, Concerts, CDs Etc I S... DVDs: Woody Allen Back On Top Books: Well Dog My Cats! "Pogo" Gets Dee-luxe Trea... ► November (2) ► October (3) ► September (1) ► August (2) ► July (1) ► May (2) ► March (1) ► 2010 (10) ► 2009 (43) ► 2008 (86) ► 2007 (781) ► 2006 (2412) ► 2005 (5)Cannes Film Festival 2011 65. Midnight In Paris ** 66. Sleeping Beauty (2011) * 1/2 67. We Need To Talk About Kevin ** 1/2 68. Restless * 1/269. Polisse ** 1/270. The Fairy ** 1/2 71. The Slut ** 72. Habemus Papam/We Have A Pope ***73. Michel Petrucciani ** 1/274. Arirang zero stars75. Jeane Captive/The Silence Of Joan ** 1/2 76. Hearat Shulayam/The Footnote *** 1/2 77. Wu Xia aka Swordsmen aka Dragon ** 1/278. Michael *** or maybe *** 1/279. 17 Filles/17 Girls **80. La Fin Du Silence/The End Of Silence **81. The Kid With A Bike/La Gamin Du Velo *** 1/2 82. The Artist *** 1/2 83. Take Shelter ***84. Martha Marcy May Marlene ***85. House Of Tolerance/L'Apolloniade * 1/286. The Tree Of Life ****87. Hors Satan/Outside Satan ** 88. Snowtown ** 89. Le Havre ***90. Skoonheid/Beauty **91. Bonsai ** 92. Hanezu No Tsuki * 93. Melancholia **94. The Conquest/La Conquete ** 1/295. Oslo, 31 August ** 96. Ichimei aka Hara-Kiri: Death Of A Samurai ** 97. The Skin We Live In/La Piel Que Habito **98. L'Exercice de L'etat/The Minister ** 1/299. Drive **100. This Must Be The Place *** 101. Play *** End Of Cannes Film Festival 102. X-Men: First Class ** 103. Battle: Los Angeles ** 1/2 104. Chains (1949) ***105. The Eagle * 1/2106. Went The Day Well (1942 at Film Forum) *** 107. Way To The Stars (1945) *** 108. Let Us Live (1939) * 1/2109. Follow Me Quietly (1949) **110. The Spiral Staircase (1946) ** 1/2 111. Grand Central Murder (1942) ** 1/2 112. Gambling Lady (1934) ***113. Pale Flower (1964) *** 1/2114. Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon * 115. Torchwood: Children Of Earth TV miniseries *** 1/2 116. Knight Without Armor (1937) **117. Q Planes aka Clouds Over Europe (1939) ***118. Home On The Prairie (Gene Autry)(1939) * 119. Las Acacias (Cannes film truck driver giving mom and baby lift) ***120. Captain America: The First Avenger ** 1/2121. Harlem Rides The Range (1939) no stars122. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes *** 123. Metropolis (restored version 2010 w Alloy Orchestra live) **** 124. The Murder Man w Spencer Tracy ** 1/2125. Trouble In Paradise at FF (1932) ****126. Jewel Robbery at FF (1932) ***127. The Immortal Battalion aka The Way Ahead dir by Carol Reed edited US version 91m (1944) *** 128. Girls Night Out at FF (1931) ***129. Heat Lightning at FF (1934) ** 1/2130. Union Depot at FF (1932) ** 1/2131. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 3-D *** 132. They Made Me A Criminal (1939 John Garfield) * 1/2 133. Jane Eyre (2011 w Michael Fassbender) ***134. Conan The Barbarian (2011) no stars135. Rally Round The Flag, Boys (1958) *136. King Of The Underworld (1939) **137. Fallen Angel (1945) *** 1/2 138. Brute Force (grim prison movie) (1947) *** 1/2 139. Spy In Black (1939) **140. Mysteries Of Lisbon ** 1/2141. Intimidation (1960) ** 1/2 142. Smiles Of A Summer Night (1955) *** 1/2 143. Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941) ***144. A Man's Castle (1933) ** 1/2145. The Long Voyage Home (1940) ***146. Harper (1966) ** 147. We Can't Go Home Again (Nicholas Ray) * 148. Music According To Tom Jobim ** 1/2149. Patience (After Sebald) **150. Tahrir **151. Dreileben: Beats Being Dead *** 152. Dreileben: One Minute Of Darkness *** 153. Dreileben: Don't Follow Me Around **154. Society Lawyer (1939) * 1/2155. Moneyball **156. Stronger Than Desire (1939) * 1/2 157. Carnage (film version of God Of Carnage) ** 1/2 158. The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) **159. Dexter Season Five *** 1/2 160. The Penguin Pool Murder (1932) * 1/2 161. All Creatures Great And Small Season One *** 1/2 162. All Creatures Great And Small Season Two ***163. All Creatures Great And Small Season Three *** 1/2164. Shanghai Express (1932) *** 165. Four Daughters (1938) *** 166. One Third Of A Nation (1939) **167. Circo ***168. They Were Expendable (1945) ***169. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) **** 170. The Four Feathers (1939) *** 171. Koyaanasqatsi (1982) (live at Lincoln Center w orchestra andGlass Ensemble) ****172. The Great Flood w Bill Frisell at Carnegie Hall ***173. The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943) *** 1/2174. The Earrings Of Madame De... (1953) *** 1/2175. The Crowd at Film Forum w live piano (1928) **** 176. Hugo * 1/2 177. The Wind (1928 w Lillian Gish) ***178. Pariah ***179. Courageous Daughters (1939) ** 180. Weekend *** 181. Arthur Christmas *** 1/2182. The Muppets ***183. Sherlock Holmes: Game Of Shadows **184. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol *** 185. The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn ** 186. The Bishop's Wife (1947) *187. They Drive By Night (1940) ***188. Tokyo Drifter (1966) *** 1/2 189. Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974) *** 1/2 190. Diary Of A Country Priest (1951) *** 1/2191. Danton (1983) ****192. High and Low (1963) *** 1/2 BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKSBOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by JRR Tolkein ****2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King by JRR Tolkein ****3. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand *** 1/24. The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin **** 5. Two Adolescents by Alberto Moravia *** 1/2 6. King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard ** 1/27. Cart & Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones ** 1/28. A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin **** 9. A Clash Of Kings by George R.R. Martin ***1/2 10. Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg * 1/211. Dodsworth in Rome by Tim Egan ***12. Prince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-1938 by Hal Foster *** 13. Prince Valiant Vol. 2: 1939-1940 by Hal Foster *** 14. Prince Valiant Vol. 3: 1941-1942 by Hal Foster *** 1/2 15. A Storm Of Swords by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2 16. Queen Of The Falls by Chris Van Allsburg ** 1/217. A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin *** 1/218. The Greater Journey: Americans In Paris by David McCullough *** 19. The Great Night by Chris Adrian ** 1/2 20. Empire State Of Mind by Zack O'Malley Greenburg21. The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel *1/222. 21: The Story Of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago ** 1/2 23. The Siege Of Washington by John Lockwood & Charles Lockwood ***24. Malcolm X; A Life Of Reinvention by Manning Marable ****25. Dawn, Dusk or Night by Yasmina Reza ** 1/226. Unforgivable by Phillipe Djian **27. On Being: A Scientist's Exploration Of The Great Questions Of Existence by Peter Atkins ** 28. Mygale by Thierry Jonquet **29. Berlin, 1961: Kennedy, Kruschev And The Most Dangerous PlaceOn Earth by Frederick Kempe *** 1/230. High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and the Untold Story Of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry by Stephen Tignor ** 1/2 31. Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon ** 1/232. Death In A Strange Country by Donna Leon ***33. My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara ***34. Drive by James Sallis ** 35. The Magicians by Lev Grossman *** 36. The Magician King by Lev Grossman ***37. The Buddha In The Attic by Julie Otsuka ****38. Fly By Night by Frances Hardinage *** 39. Thunderhead by Mary O'Hara *** 1/2 40. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler ** 1/241. Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness by AlexandraFuller *** 1/242. East Of The West by Miroslav Penkov *** 43. Sum: Forty Tales From The Afterlives by David Eagleman *** 44. Green Grass Of Wyoming by Mary O'Hara ***45. A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin *** 1/246. Willie & Joe Back Home by Bill Mauldin ***47. The Cut By George Pelecanos ** 1/2 48. Grand Pursuit by Sylvia Nasar ***/ 49. A Matter For Men: War Of the Chtorrs by David Gerrold **50. A Rage For Revenge: War Of The Chtorrs by David Gerrold * 1/251. The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout ***52. Sea Of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh *** 1/2 53. River Of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh *** 1/2 54. When The Emnperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka *** 1/255. The Sun Also Rises by Eernest Hemingway *** 1/256. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson *** 1/257. Cousins: A Memoir by Athol Fugard ** 58. The Art Of Fielding by Chad Harbach *** 1/2 59. The Rings Of Saturn by W.G. Sebald ****60. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse * 1/2 61. John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead *** 62. Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson ** 1/263. Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin ***64. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides ** 1/2 65. Prince Valiant Vol. 4 1943-1944 by Hal Foster *** 1/2 66. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ****67. Habibi by Craig Thompson *** 1/268. The Vicar Of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith ** 1/269. The House Of Silk by Anthony Horowitz ** 1/2 70. George F. Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis *** 71. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien ****72. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell ****73. The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ***74. The Leviathan by Joseph Roth (trans by Michael Hofmann) *** 1/2 75. Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir by John Paul Stevens * 1/2 76. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson ***77. Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls **78. Pogo: Through The Wild Blue Yonder -- The Complete SyndicatedComic Strips Vol. 1 by Walt Kelly ****79. Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes (trans by Edith Grossman) *** 1/2 80. The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden *** THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATERCONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS 1. The Importance of Being Earnest (w Brian Bedford) ** 1/22. The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson show)*** 1/23. Other Desert Cities (Jon Robin Baitz w Stockard Channing, Stacey Keach) ** 4. John Gabriel Borkman (Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, LindsayDuncan) * 1/25. Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn *** 6. Fitz and the Tantrums at Bowery Ballroom *** 7. The New York Idea **8. Blood From A Stone with Ethan Hawke ** 1/29. Gruesome Playground Injuries ***10. The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore with Olympia Dukakis* 11. The Road To Qatar * 12. Nixon In China at the Met *** 1/213. The Whipping Man w Andre Braugher **14. The Hallway Trilogy: Rose *** 15. The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin *** 16. The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **17. Small Craft Warnings Tennessee Williams revival zero stars 18. The Diary Of A Madman with Geoffrey Rush at BAM *** 19. Timon Of Athens with Richard Thomas at the Public ***20. The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert ***21. Nightingale at BAM dir Robert Lepage *** 22. Good People (w Frances McDormand) ** 23. Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly at St. Ann's) **24. The Civilians at Joe's Pub w work-in-progress Let Me AscertainYou *** 25. Three Sisters (w Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard) *** 1/2 26. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark at Terminal 5 ***27. The Pogues at Terminal 5 ** 1/228. Room (Virgina Woolf piece at Women's Project) ***29. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert -- The Musical * 1/2 30. Ghetto Klown (John Leguizamo show) ** 1/2 31. Cactus Flower (revival with Maxwell Caulfield) *32. Teddy Thompson at City Winery *** 1/233. The Dream Of The Burning Boy ** 1/234. Double Flasehood (Shakespeare play) ** 35. Macbeth (with John Douglas Thompson) ** 36. Between Worlds/Entre Mundos (w Siudy) * 1/237. Arcadia (revival with Billy Crudup) *** 1/238. Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ***39. Ron Sexsmith at Highline ** 1/2 (voice shaky that night; he's great) 40. How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (w DanielRadcliffe) ***41. Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (w Robin Williams) **42. Amadou & Mariam at Cooper Square Hotel ** 1/2 (bad acoustics,hard to see them) 43. Anything Goes (w Sutton Foster) ** 1/2 44. The Divine Sister (w Charles Busch) *** 1/245. War Horse (at Lincoln Center) ***46. Catch Me If You Can (w Aaron Tveit) *** 1/2 production of ** 1/2 musical 47. Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrickHotel) *** 1/248. Peter and the Starcatcher (dir by Roger Rees) *** 1/249. Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. *** 50. The Motherf**ker With The Hat (w Chris Rock) *** 51. Being Harold Pinter at La MaMa ** 1/252. kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge *** (would have been **** if she hadplayed a full concert)53. Wonderland * 54. Jerusalem w Mark Rylance *** 55. Alexandria reading ***56. Young Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die ***57. Baby It's You *58. Die Walkure at the Met w Deborah Voigt *** 59. Born Yesterday revival w Jim Belushi *** 60. The Normal Heart w Joe Mantello ***61. The House Of Blue Leaves * 1/2 62. Sister Act * 1/2 63. The School For Lies (w Mamie Gummer) *** 1/2 64. Carson McCullers Talks About Love (w Suzanne Vega) * 1/265. The People In The Picture (w Donna Murphy) *66. King Lear at BAM (w Derek Jacobi) *** 67. Pygmalion w Rupert Everett in UK ** 68. Lord Of The Flies (Open Air) * 1/269. Operation Greenfield (UK Christian rock band) ** 1/270. Much Ado About Nothing (UK Globe) ** 1/271. All's Well That Ends Well (UK Globe) **** 72. One Man, Two Guvnors (UK) *** 73. Much Ado About Nothing (UK West End w David Tennant) ** 1/274. Ladysmith Black Mambazo (UK) *** 1/275. The Cherry Orchard (w Zoe Wannamker) ** 1/276. The Book Of Mormon *** 1/277. Lysistrata Jones * 1/278. The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide To Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures *** 79. The Illusion (Tony Kushner at Signature) *80. One Arm (Tennessee Williams screenplay) ***81. Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark * 1/2 82. Broadway By The Year: 1996 (at Town Hall) ** 1/2 83. All's Well That Ends Well/Shakespeare In The Park ** 1/284. Unnatural Acts (at CSC) ***85. Zarkana/Cirque Du Soleil at Radio City Music Hall **86. Measure For Measure/Shakespeare In The Park *** 87. Rickie Lee Jones at City Winery ** 1/2 88. Master Class (w Tyne Daly) ***89. Silence! The Musical **90. Hair (revival on Broadway) *** 91. Olive and the Bitter Herbs ** 1/2 92. The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest) **93. 2 Burn (FF) * 1/294. Parker & Dizzy's Fabulous Journey To The End Of The Rainbow(FF) ** 1/295. Civilian (FF) ** 96. Rachel Calof (FF) ** 1/2 97. Walls And Bridges (FF) **98. What The Sparrow Said (FF) ** 1/299. Hard Travelin' With Woody (FF) *** 100. Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending (FF) ** 101. Books On Tape (FF) ** 1/2102. Paper Cut (FF) ***103. Leonard Cohen Koans (FF) *** 1/2104. Yeast Nation (FF) *** 105. Hero: The Musical * 1/2 106. Cymbeline at Barrow St. Theatre ***107. The Select (The Sun Also Rises) ERS at NYTW ** 1/2108. Sweet And Sad **109. Crane Story **110. Septimus & Clarissa *** 1/2 111. Follies *** 1/2 112. Araby (FF) * 113. The Mountain Song *** 1/2 114. Pearl's Gone Blue (FF) ***115. Lake Water **116. The More Loving One (FF) ** 117. Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon (New York Musical Festival) ** 1/2118. Newsies at Paper Mill Playhouse **119. Kissless (NYMF) * 1/2 120. Crazy, Just Like Me (NYMF) *** 121. Time Between Us (NYMF) * 1/2122. The Pigeon Boys reading (NYMF) ***123. Fucking Hipsters (NYMF) **124. Ghostlight (NYMF) ** 1/2125. Cyclops: A Rock Opera (NYMF) *126. Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of A Wild Prairie Dame (NYMF) *** 1/2 127. We Live Here (Zoe Kazan play) **128. The Submission (w Jonathan Groff) **129. Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating) (NYMF) * 1/2130. The Mountaintop ** 1/2 131. Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF) ** 1/2 132. Kiki Baby (NYMF) ** 1/2133. Greenwood (NYMF) *134. Madame X (NYMF) **135. Tut (NYMF) * 1/2 136. Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading) ** 1/2 137. Richard Serra exhibit at Gagosian ** 1/2 (space not tall and airyenough for piece)138. The Agony & The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs (at Public) ** 1/2 139. Man and Boy (w Frank Langella) * 1/2 140. Rumer in concert ****141. Relatively Speaking * 1/2142. PigPen's The Nightmare Story *** 1/2143. Milk Like Sugar *** 144. Love's Labor's Lost (at Public) ** 1/2 145. The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover)1/2 *146. Other Desert Cities (on Broadway w Rachel Griffiths) ** 1/2147. 69 Degrees South (at BAM) * 1/2 148. Chinglish * 1/2 149. Sons Of The Prophet *** 1/2150. Queen Of The Mist (w Mary Testa) ** 1/2151. Godspell (on Broadway) ** 1/2152. Hand To God *** 153. All-American ** 154. King Lear w Sam Waterston (at Public) **155. Satyagraha at Met w English National Opera production ****156. Venus In Fur w Nina Arianda on Broadway ***157. Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway *** 158. Fragments (Beckett plays) *** 159. Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays **160. Radio City Christmas Spectacular ** 1/2 161. Private Lives (w Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross) ** 162. Seminar (w Alan Rickman) **163. White Christmas (at Paper Mill) ***164. Wild Animals You Should Know ** 1/2 165. An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin *** 166. Bonnie & Clyde **167. The Cherry Orchard w Diane Wiest and John Turturro at CSC **168. The Man Who Came To Dinner (at St. Clement's) **169. Misterman w Cillian Murphy (at St. Ann's Warehouse) ** 1/2 170. Once (at New York Theatre Workshop) *** 1/2 171. Maple and Vine **172. Krapp's Last Tape w John Hurt at BAM ***173. Stick Fly **174. Titus Andronicus (at Public) * 1/2 175. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (w Harry Connick Jr.) * 1/2 176. Shlemiel The First ** 1/2177. Lysistrata Jones on Broadway *178. Close Up Space * CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS (Only the CDs I've listened to thoroughly and with a strong emphasis on the ones I like, so don't think I love everything I listen to-- I just don't bother really listening to the ones I don't like more thanonce and don't think it's fair to rate on a cursory listen) 1. Cake -- Showroom Of Compassion ** 1/2 2. Charles Bradley -- No Time For Dreaming **3. Chris Riffle -- Introducing Chris Riffle ** 1/2 4. Cyndi Lauper -- Memphis Blues ** 5. John Grant -- Queen Of Denmark ***/6. Local Natives -- Gorilla Manor ** 1/27. Antony and the Johnson - Swanlights ** 1/28. Olof Arnalds -- Innundir Skinni ** 9. Robert Wyatt -- For The Ghosts Within *** 10. Neil Diamond: The Bang Years ** 1/211. Adele -- 21 *** 1/212. The Low Anthem -- Smart Flesh *** 1/2 13. Voxhaul Broadcast -- Timing Is Everything ** 14. Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell -- Lagrimas Mexicanas ** 1/215. Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Songs From A Zulu Farm *** 1/216. George Michael -- Faith reissue *** 1/217. Darlene Love -- The Sound Of Love: The Very Best Of Darlene Love **** 18. Robert Plant -- Band Of Joy *** 1/219. Amos Lee -- Mission Bell **20. Charlie Haden Quartet West -- Sophisticated Ladies *** 1/221. The Poison Tree -- The Poison Tree *** 22. Rumer -- Seasons Of My Soul *** 1/2 23. Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Del McCoury Band -- AmericanLegacies *** 1/224. David Wax Museum -- Everything Is Saved *** 25. Bruno Mars -- Doowops & Hooligans *** 1/2 26. The National - High Violet ***/27. Tom Jones -- Praise & Blame *** 1/228. William Tyler -- Behold The Spirit ***/ 29. Various Artists -- The Sounds of Siam ***/ 30. Two Door Cinema Club -- Tourist History ***31. Elvis Costello -- National Ransom ***/32. 3 Fervent Travelers -- Time For Three *** 1/233. Dennis Brown -- The Crown Prince Of Reggae: Singles 1972-1985 *** 34. Ron Sexsmith -- Long Player Late Bloomer *** 1/235. Simon & Garfunkel -- Bridge Over Troubled Water ****36. Teddy Thompson -- Bella *** 1/237. Marsha Ambrosius -- Late Nights & Early Mornings ** 1/2 38. Various Artists -- Sucker Punch soundtrack ** 39. Henry Wolfe -- Linda Vista ** 1/2 / (but want to listen to more)40. Various Artists -- Everybody Wants To Be A Cat: Disney Jazz,Volume 1 ** 1/241. kd lang -- Sing It Loud *** 1/2 42. Anita O'Day -- Sings The Most **** 43. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues *** 1/244. The Secret Sisters - The Secret Sisters ***45. Frank Sinatra -- Ring-A-Ding-Ding ***/46. Arctic Monkeys -- Suck It And See **47. Beastie Boys -- Hot Sauce Committee Part Two *** 1/2 48. The Bo-Keys -- Got To Get Back *** 49. Bright Eyes -- The People's Key ***50. Fleet Foxes -- Helplessness Blues *** 1/251. Brad Paisley -- This Is Country Music *** 1/2 52. Theophilus London -- Timez Are Weird These Days ** 53. The Coral -- Butterfly House *** 1/254. Cowboy Junkies -- Demons ** 1/255. Colin Hay -- Gathering Mercury ** 1/256. Art Pepper -- Meets The Rhythm Section **** 57. Field Dasy -- Projector ** 58. Gretchen Parlato -- The Lost and Found **59. Ian Axel -- This Is The New Year **60. Ingram Hill -- Look Your Best **61. Jared Mees & Grown Children -- Only Good Thoughts Can Stay ** 62. James Carter -- Caribbean Rhapsody *** 63. Heidi Spencer -- Under Streetlight Glow **64. Joan As Police Woman -- Deep Field **65. John Martyn -- Heaven & Earth **66. Young Presidents -- Freedom Of Speech * 1/2 67. John Shannon -- Songs Of The Desert River ** 68. Justin Bond - Dendrophile **69. Justin Hines -- Days To Recall ** 1/2 70. Kate Bush -- The Director's Cut *** 71. Keren Ann -- 101 ** 1/2 72. Khaira Arby -- Timbuktu Tarab ***73. Kina Grannis -- Stairwells * 1/274. The Magic Numbers -- Runaway ***/ 75. Chris Young -- Neon *** 76. Leonard Cohen -- The Complete Columbia Albums Collection ***1/277. James Taylor -- Sweet Baby James *** 1/278. Paul Simon -- Songwriter *** 1/2 79. Kate & Anna McGarrigle -- Tell My Sister *** 1/2 80. Various Artists -- The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams ***81. Tom Waits -- Bad As Me ****82. Darrell Scott -- Long Ride Home ** 1/283. Hall & Oates -- all their singles, in order *** 1/284. The Jayhawks -- Mockingbird Time ** 1/285. Pistol Annies -- Pistol Annies *** 86. Wilco -- The Whole Love ** 1/2 87. Various Artists -- Boardwalk Empire ***88. Beastie Boys -- Hot Sauce Committee Part Two ***89. Dale Watson -- The Sun Sessions ** 1/2 90. Miranda Lambert -- Four The Record ***/ 91. Radiohead -- King Of Limbs ***92. Stevie Nicks -- In Your Dreams ** 1/293. Lil Wayne -- Tha Carter IV **94. Mandy Barnett -- Winter Wonderland ** 1/2 95. Dave Stewart -- The Blackbird Diaries ** 1/2 96. Feist -- Metals ***97. Miles Davis -- Bitches Brew Live *** 1/298. Thomas Dybdahl -- Songs ** 99. Zuchero -- Chocabek *** 100. John Brown Trio -- Dancing With Duke ** 1/2101. Emmylou Harris -- Hard Bargain ***102. Various Artists - Live From The Old Town School Vol 1-4 *** 1/2103. Toro Y Moi -- Underneath The Pine **104. George Strait -- Here For A Good Time *** 105. Gregg Allmann -- Low Country Blues ***/ 106. Dawes -- Nothing Is Wrong ** 1/2107. Glen Campbell -- Ghost On The Canvas *** 1/2108. PJ Harvey -- Let England Shake ***/ 109. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins -- Diamond Mine *** 1/2 110. Lindi Ortega -- Little Red Boots ***/111. She & Him -- A Very She & Him Christmas ** 1/2112. Justin Bieber -- Under The Mistletoe ** 1/2113. Mikal Cronin -- Mikal Cronin ***/ Updated December 31, 2011 POSTED BY MICHAEL GILTZ AT 11:59 PM NO COMMENTS: Post a Comment Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Newer Post Older Post Home

Diary The Movies Books Theater Concerts Music I Saw In 2011

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