Obamania (part 2) 6 days ago
A beautifully succinct way of summing up what a historic election it's been. Illustration by Patrick Moberg.
Zatoichi, Battle Royale, Buffalo Soldiers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Withnail & I, Wild at Heart, Dog Day Afternoon, Bad Santa, Bladerunner, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Nikita, Leon, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Jason and the Argonauts.
Beatles, Gomez, AIM, Quantic, Alice Russell, Bonobo, DJ Food, Amon Tobin, Beck, Portishead, Blackalicious, Jurassic 5, Blondie, Coldcut, David Axelrod, David Holmes, Dead 60s, Deadly Avenger, Death in Vegas, DJ Format, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, DJ Vadim, Dr John, Dynamo Productions, Ellen McIlwaine, Esther Phillips, Joanna Newsom, Feist, Fink, Flevans, Fratellis, Go! Team, Graham Coxon, Herbaliser, Hexstatic, Ian Brown, Jackie Mittoo, King Biscuit Time, Kings of Leon, UNKLE, Lamb, Led Zeppelin, Aphex Twin, Little Barrie, MIA, Martina Topley-Bird, Mescalito, Missy Elliot, Mr Scruff, Nightmares on Wax, Niko, Nina Simone, Nostalgia 77, Ozomatli, Patrick and Eugene, Playgroup, Plump DJs, Primal Scream, Public Enemy, Main Source, De La Soul, Diamond D, Biz Markie, Nas, Method Man, Rae and Christian, Red Snapper, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Tosca, Roots Manuva, Beastie Boys, Skatalites, Slick Sixty, Stephanie McKay, Terry Callier, Thievery Corporation, Timbaland & Magoo, Underworld, Vinyl Dialect, Wagon Christ, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cymande, Meters, Professor Longhair, Lynn Collins, Marva Whitney.
Foucault's Pendulum, Catch 22, Stasiland, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Secret History, The Magus, London Orbital, Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Morvern Callar, The Crimson Petal and the White, any Dashiel Hammet, any Walter Mosley books, A Short History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters.