BEST OF 2005

Theatre / Concert

Film

CD

1 - Arcade Fire, Bristol
2 - Firebird Ball, Punchdrunk, Oval
3 - White Stripes, Apollo
4 - Road to Nowhere, Lyric
5 - Dragon's Trilogy, Lepage, Barbican
6 - Sheikh Habboush, Barbican
7 - Aurelia's Oratorio, Lyric
8 - Patti Smith - Horses, RFH
9 - Raisin in the sun, Lyric
10 - Julian Cope, RFH
11 - Theatre of Blood, NT
12 - The History Boys, NT
13 - The Bays, QEH
14 - Mohan Bhat, QEH
15 - League of Gentlemen, Apollo
16 - M. Thomas / R. Newman, Cardiff
17 - Xerses, ENO
18 - President of an empty room, NT
19 - The Czars, Lyric
20 - The magic carpet, Lyric

1 - Born into Brothels
2 - Downfall
3 - Team America
4 - Dig
5 - Tarnation
6 - Night of the truth
7 - Head on
8 - Sideways
9 - Mysterious Skin
10 - Lower city
11 - Hotel Rwanda
12 - Billion dollar baby
13 - Crash

14 - War of the Worlds
15 - The Aviator
16 - Palindrones
17 - Primer
18 - The desent
19 - The Woodsman
20 - History of violence

1 - Arcade Fire - Funeral
2 - Dom - Swim
3 - Foo Fighters - In your honour
4 - Anthony & the J's - I am a bird
5 - LCD Soundsystem - LCD
6 - KanYe West - Late registration
7 - Kate Bush - A sky of honey
8 - The Bee - Milk & honey
9 - Girls Aloud - Chemistry
10 - Yoms - On the bus

Event

1 - Poonies 40th
2 - Kim***ley
3 - Holy actor
4 - Sad sweat lodge
5 - Golden Delicious
6 - Thunderpussy
7 - Husk dinner
8 - Santacon

Book Highlight

Mao, The unknown Story - Jung Chang
Rip it up & start again - Simon Reynolds

Hearing my show being broadcast on radio 4.