Inspired by director Steven Soderbergh’s annual media diet, I have decided to keep up a diary of my own media consumption habits. Let me know what I should be reading, watching, and listening to.

2019 Media Diary

January 14

“True Detective” (s. 3, ep. 1); “The Bachelor” (ep.1)

January 15

“Derry Girls” (s. 1, eps. 1-3); Charley Crockett, “Lil G.L.’s Blue Bonanza” (2018)

January 16

“Derry Girls” (s.1, eps. 4-6); Algernon Blackwood “The Willows” (short story); Bedouine “Bedouine” (2017)

January 17

Pistol Annies, “Interstate Gospel” (2018); Big Thief, “Masterpiece” (2016)

January 18

“Murder Mountain” (s. 1, ep. 1); Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “I See A Darkness” (1999)

January 19

“Murder Mountain” (s. 1, ep. 2); “Sex Ed” (s. 1, ep. 1); Bill Callahan, “Apocalypse” (2011)

January 20

Denis Johnson, The Laughing Monsters(2014)

January 21

“True Detective” (s. 3, ep. 3); “Murder Mountain” (s. 1, eps. 3-4); Charley Crockett, “Lil G.L.’s Honky Tonk Jubilee” (2017)

January 22

“Murder Mountain” (s. 1, ep. 5); Sharon Van Etten, “Remind Me Tomorrow” (2019)

January 23

Caitlin R. Kiernan, Agents of Dreamland(2017); Marty Robbins, “The Drifter” (1966); Marty Robbins, “R.F.D.” (1964); Magnolia Electric Co., “Fading Trails” (2006)

January 24

“Murder Mountain” (s. 1, ep. 6); Better Oblivion Community Center, “Better Oblivion Community Center” (2019)

January 25

Better Oblivion Community Center, “Better Oblivion Community Center” (2019); William Tyler, “Goes West” (2019)

January 27

“Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” (s. 1, ep. 1)

January 28

“The Bachelor” (ep. 3); William Tyler, “Goes West” (2019)

January 29

Jedediah Purdy, After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene(2015); “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” (s.1, ep. 2); Better Oblivion Community Center, “Better Oblivion Community Center” (2019)

January 30

THE MUMMY (1999); Colter Wall, “Songs of the Plains” (2018)

February 1

“True Detective” (s. 3, ep. 4); Beirut, “Gallipoli” (2019); Girlpool, “What Chaos is Imaginary” (2019)

February 2

Cixin Liu, Ball Lightening (2018)

February 3

SUPER BOWL

February 4

“The Bachelor” (ep. 4)

February 5

Meg Baird, “Dear Companion” (2007); Cass McCombs, “Mangy Love” (2016)

February 6

Patrick Hoffman, Every Man a Menace (2016); “Russian Doll” (s. 1, eps. 1-2) Better Oblivion Community Center, “Better Oblivion Community Center” (2019); Wild Pink, “Yolk in the Fur” (2018)

February 7

“Russian Doll” (s. 1, eps. 2-5); The Mountain Goats, “Heretic Pride” (2008)

February 8

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (2019); Cass McCombs, “Tip of the Sphere” (2019)

February 9

TOTAL RECALL (1990); “True Detective” (s. 3., ep. 5); “Russian Doll” (s.1, eps. 5-8); Steve Gunn, “Vagabond” (2019)

February 10

VELVET BUZZSAW (2019)

February 11

“The Bachelor” (ep. 5); Cass McCombs, “Tip of the Sphere” (2019)

February 13

William Tyler, “Goes West” (2019); Brandi Carlile, “The Firewatcher’s Daughter” (2015)

February 14

Ross Thomas, Briarpatch (1984); “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (s. 6, eps. 1-2); Joshua Ray Walker, “Wish You Were Here” (2019)

February 15

FYRE FRAUD (2019); Carsie Blanton, “Buck Up” (2019)

February 16

“Sex Education” (s. 1, eps. 2-3)

February 17

“True Detective” (s. 3, ep. 6)

February 18

“True Detective” (s. 3, ep. 7); “The Bachelor” (ep. 6)

February 19

“I Am the Night” (s. 1, ep. 1); Carsie Blanton, “Buck Up” (2019); Joshua Ray Walker, “Wish You Were Here” (2019); J.S. Ondhara, “American Dream” (2019)

February 20

“Sex Education” (s. 1, ep. 4); “Umbrella Academy” (s. 1, eps. 1-2)

February 21

GANJA AND HESS (1973)

February 22

Vandoliers, “Forever” (2019); Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, “Mysterious Power” (2011)

February 24

STUDIO 54 (2018); “True Detective” (s. 3, ep. 8); J.S. Ondhara, “American Dream” (2019)

February 25

“Bachelor” (ep. 7); Beirut, “Gallipoli” (2019); Mandolin Orange, “Tides of a Teardrop” (2019)

February 26

Lord Huron, “Lonesome Dreams” (2012)

February 27

BEHIND THE CURVE (2019); Julia Jacklin, “Crushing” (2019)

February 28

Whiskey Cavalier (s.1, ep. 1)

March 1

Julia Jacklin, “Crushing” (2019); Hand Habits, “placeholder” (2019); The Cactus Blossoms, “Desperado” (2019)

March 2

FURIOUS 7 (2015); THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (2017)

March 3

VOYEUR (2017); SUPER VOLCANO (2005)

March 4

Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (2016); “The Bachelor” (ep. 8); Hand Habits, “placeholder” (2019); Sharon van Etten, “Remind Me Tomorrow” (2019); Cass McCombs, “Tip of the Sphere” (2019)

March 5

“Sex Education” (s. 1, eps. 5-6); Amen Dunes, “Freedom” (2018); Sun Kil Moon, “Ghosts of the Great Highway” (2003)

March 6

“Sex Education” (s. 1, ep. 7); Hand Habits, “placeholder” (2019)

March 7

FREE SOLO (2018)

March 8

The Stooges, “Funhouse” (1970)

March 9

Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (1924); 8TH GRADE (2018)

March 10

“American Gods” (s. 2, ep. 1); “Sex Education” (s. 1, ep. 8)

March 11

“The Bachelor” (Season Finale Part 1)

March 12

“The Bachelor” (Season Finale Part 2); MC5, “Back in the USA” (1970)

March 13

Caitlin R. Kiernan, Black Helicopters (2013); “Hap and Leonard” (s. 3, ep. 1); Stella Donnelly, “Beware of the Dogs” (2019)

March 14

“Hap and Leonard” (s. 3, ep. 2)

March 15

Todd Snider, “Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3” (2019)

March 16

TRIPLE FRONTIER (2019); Todd Snider, “Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3” (2019)

March 17

LEPRECHAUN 3 (1995); WAKING NED DEVINE (1998); Grateful Dead, “American Beauty” (1970)

March 18

“Hap and Leonard” (s. 3, ep. 3); Dawes, “North Hills” (2009)

March 19

William Tyler, “Goes West” (2019)

March 20

THE INVENTOR (2019); Jenny Lewis “The Voyager” (2014); Yola “Walk Through Fire” (2019)

March 21

Yola “Walk Through Fire” (2019)

March 22

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (s. 6, ep. 3); Jenny Lewis, “On the Line” (2019); Andrew Bird, “My Finest Work Yet” (2019)

March 23

Jenny Lewis, “On the Line” (2019); Andrew Bird “My Finest Work Yet” (2019)

March 24

“Arrested Development” (s. 5, eps. 4-5)

March 25

Paul Simon, “Graceland” (1986); Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, “Rabbit Fur Coat” (2006); Angel Dust, “Pretty Buff” (2019)

March 26

Strand of Oaks, “Eraserland” (2019)

March 28

“Hap and Leonard” (s. 3, ep. 4); “Arrested Development” (s.5, ep. 6)

March 30

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (s. 6, ep. 4), “Veep” (s. 5, ep. 1)

March 31

I’m With Her Live at the Kennedy Center, I’m With Her, “See You Around” (2018)

April 1

BONE TOMAHAWK (2015); Nilufer Yanya, “Miss Universe” (2019); The Way Down Wanderers, “illusions” (2019); Jim Croce, “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” (1972)

April 2

Nilufer Yanya, “Miss Universe” (2019); Yola, “Walk Through Fire” (2019)

April 3

Nilufer Yanya, “Miss Universe” (2019); Angel Dust, “Pretty Buff” (2019)

April 4

Andrew Bird, “My Finest Work Yet” (2019); Devendra Banhart, “Cripple Crow” (2005)

April 5

Lady Lamb, “Even in the Tremor” (2019); Molly Tuttle, “When You’re Ready” (2019)

April 6

Wolfgang Herrndorf, Sand (2011); Jenny Lewis, “On the Line” (2019)

April 7

Nick Drake, “Bryter Layter” (1970)

April 8

“Veep” (s. 5, ep. 2)