My Top Ten Movies of 2019

Usual rules apply: stuff from 2018 that I saw in cinemas in 2019 may have snuck on, stuff from 2019 that I haven't seen yet may end up on next year's list.

Burn the witch

I mentioned back in August how prescient William Gibson's book Virtual Light was.  I'm now reading the sequel, Idoru.  I'm on page 28 and we've already had digital fingerprints and how they tie into algorithms, TMZ and deepfake porn.

Basically what I am saying is William Gibson, where is your time machine and can I borrow it please.

National Album Day

This was prepared in response to a friend's request for personal top ten albums on Facebook and it seems like I can't paste it there.  I hate Facebook.  But I like the thing I made so here it is.

(all decisions are subject to change within one minute, except Bleed American because I think that'll always be my favourite album)

The world of tomorrow

I finished reading William Gibson's Virtual Light the other day.  Originally published in 1993, it successfully predicted:

• augmented reality
• drones (armed drones, no less)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger's move into politics
• a black President of the U.S. (admittedly that one was a popular take in '90s sci-fi, but still)
• the rise of couriers and the gig economy, admittedly presented as more a messenger than a delivery service, but hey

Not bad for under three hundred pages.

My Top 10 Albums of 2018

Listing things makes you appreciate them more, probably.

EDIT 7/1/19: Updated due to the fact that like an absolute berk I'd forgotten the Decemberists had an album out that I liked last year.  Well done me.

My Top 10 Films of 2018

Movies!  That I saw!  That I liked!  In an order!