Top Ten #53

1.  The Great Ecstasy of the Woodcarver Steiner (1974), La Soufrière (1977), and The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1984), all directed by Werner Herzog, plus Herzog on Herzog, ed. Paul Cronin

2.  Destroyer, Il Motore, February 7, 2014

3.  Grand Budapest Hotel birthday dinner, featuring Hungarian goulash, Hungarian home fries, roasted carrots, salad, sausage, cheese, and Sour Cherry Torte



4.  sweet memories of  Charleston



5.  Tim Hecker, Virgins (Kranky)

sample track:  "Amps, Drugs, Harmonium"

6.  the pleasures of cucina povera

7.  Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby (Viking)



8.  The Incredible String Band, Earthspan (Reprise)

sample track:  "Sunday Song"

9.  ongoing experiments with whole wheat and rye



10.  The Clock (2010), dir. Marclay, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

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Top Ten #19

1. Clare & Carl's, Plattsburgh, NY

2. Black Narcissus, dir. Powell



3. Blonde Redhead, 23

4. Little Dieter Needs to Fly + My Best Fiend + Of Walking in Ice, all by Werner Herzog + Herzog's cameo in Wenders' Tokyo-Ga



5. A Postillion Struck By Lightning, Dirk Bogarde

6. rewatching The Sopranos from scratch

7. Feist, "Sealion"

8. Nick Tosches, "If You Knew Sushi," Vanity Fair, June 2007

9. seafood platter, Au Pied de Cochon

10. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster