8x5 – August 2004

Being There’s staff picks their favourites of the month.

Adam M. Anklewicz’s 5:

1) “Round 12” by The Inbreds, from their album Kombinator (Muderecords)
2) Cherries
3) “The Cat's Pyjama's” by Isobel Campbell, from her album Amorino (Instinct Records)
4) The Muppets
5) Sherman's Lagoon

Cari Crosby’s 5:

1) Shitake Mushroom Sushi
2) David Celia – Organica
3) The Bell Jar by Silvia Plath (Perennial)
4) Pinot Grigio
5) Six Feet Under (HBO Television)

Shel Desormeaux’s 5:

1) Being There Magazine – Yeah, this is only our first issue. But when your editor gives you the go ahead to show up at meetings naked, you know you’re onto a good thing.

2) R.E.M. - Their new album, Around the Sun, will be released October 4th. They’re touring again. I’ve registered to purchase tickets through the fan club. I’m looking ahead here, but damn, I’m a happy gal.

3) Kids – I’ve been surrounded by them lately. And damn it if they aren’t teaching me more about everything than anything I’ve ever paid for (I’m only talking about school here, folks. Stay with me).  They’re a gas. I still don’t want to give birth to any, but shoot, they’re fun.

4) My iPod – Much has been made of this little doo-dad over the past year or so, but amidst the hype my love has not waned. And at 3 am, when you can’t sleep and you can’t find a lighter but you don’t want to turn on the light, it is only the sweetest little beacon.

5) Ben Affleck – That dude makes some the crappiest movies. He dates some of the weirdest women. He was in my face for months and I wanted to slap him silly. But he’s single again, even more self-deprecating than before and a few days ago I realized that he won’t do any of that silly shit again and it’s safe to love him for just being Ben Affleck.

Jennifer Halpern’s 5

1) Menmnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
2) Tennis
3) Sleeping in
4) Map Quest
5) Franz Ferdinand

 

Aaron Licht’s 5: 

1) Exploring The World Of Lucid Dreaming, by Stephen LaBerge (Ballantine Books)
2) Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... and Spring, directed by Kim Ki-Duk (Columbia Tristar Home Video)
3) Before Sunset, directed by Richard Linklater (Warner Independent)
4) Postal Service - Give Up. (Sub Pop)
5) Every new episode of Six Feet Under: Season 4 (HBO Television)

Adam D. Miller’s 5:

1) Six Feet Under
2) Vegetarianism
3) Ron Sexsmith – Retriever (Nettwerk Records)
4) The Kinks
5) C’est What

Brighid Mooney’s 5:

1) The Postal Service - Give Up. (Sub Pop)
2) The Office - The Complete First Season (BBC Video)
3) Greg Proops: Audible Proops series (Available on http://www.gregproops.com/)
4) Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam)
5) Notes From The Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Penguin Classics)

 

Kid Spill’s 5:

1) Ripe avocados
2) Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (Grove Press)
3) Jonathan Richman (nothing beats J.R. in the summertime!)
4) Arcade Fire
5) Waiting for Mean Girls to come out on DVD