In October I...


...watched the following films:
Faces Places (Visages Villages) - dir. JR & Agnès Varda ★★★★★
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter) - dir. Wim Wenders ★★★½
American Animals - dir. Bart Layton ★★★★
BlacKkKlansman - dir. Spike Lee ★★★★
Cold War (Zimna wojna) - dir. Pawel Pawlikowski ★★★★
Warm Bodies - dir. Jonathan Levine ★★★
Season of the Witch (aka Hungry Wives) - dir. George A. Romero ★★½
The Glass Castle - dir. Destin Daniel Cretton ★★½
Rosie - dir. Paddy Breathnach ★★★★
The Conformist (Il conformista) - dir. Bernardo Bertolucci ★★★½

...also watched:
University Challenge 2018/19 Eps 11-14
Only Connect S14 Eps 1&2
Why Does Everyone Hate The English? Eps Wales, Ireland & Scotland
8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown S16 Ep 8
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... S8 Ep 4
The Great British Bake Off S9 Eps 6-10
Grand Designs S12 Eps 3-7
Find It, Fix It, Flog It S3 Eps 21-25
Taskmaster S7 Eps 1-9
Great News S1

...saw The Adam Buxton Podcast (w/David O'Doherty) at Vicar Street and also saw The Bugle at the Sugar Club (w/Andy Saltzman, Alice Fraser and David O'Doherty) as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival

...saw They Might Be Giants at the Button Factory

...saw Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks at Vicar Street

...saw David Byrne at the 3Arena

...saw Republic of Ireland draw 0-0 with Denmark and lose 1-0 to Wales at the AVIVA Stadium

...read Normal People by Sally Rooney

...got the following music:
Matt Berry & The Maypoles ‎– Television Themes (Vinyl)
Feist ‎– Let It Die (Vinyl)
Jonny ‎– Jonny (Vinyl)
Mitski ‎– Be The Cowboy (Vinyl)
My Morning Jacket ‎– Circuital (Vinyl)
Princess Chelsea ‎– Lil' Golden Book (Vinyl/Download)
Princess Chelsea ‎– The Great Cybernetic Depression (Vinyl/Download)
Princess Chelsea ‎– Aftertouch (Vinyl/Download)
Princess Chelsea ‎– The Loneliest Girl (Vinyl/Download)
R.E.M. - The Best of R.E.M. at the BBC (Vinyl)
Sea Pinks ‎– Rockpool Blue (Vinyl/Download)

...listened to the following podcasts:
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
EP.79 - DAVID SEDARIS
Elis James' Feast of Football
Episode 49: Spitting and Giggs v Gabbs
Episode 50: Rolls Royce and Massey Ferguson
Episode 51: The League for Tired Parents
Episode 52: Wondergoals, Texting Mike Flynn and the Jackie Chan Tackle
Episode 53: Sparky's Goal and Millennium Memories
Episode 54: "Usain Bolt's only got one thing... pace!"
Episode 55: The Josh Murphy special
Episode 56: Crisps, cakes and a lot of sweets
Elis James and John Robins on Radio X Podcast
Episode 239 - Vicar Elis, Wnco Mwnco & John’s Bag of Death
Episode 240 – GF Mystery, Clap Clap Lights & When Elis Met John
Episode 241 – Easter Eggs, Johnny Pigs & Wee Jeans
Episode 242 – The Sadfather, Sexy Cat & 2 Million Pounds To Go Away
Football Weekly - the guardian
Manchester United hammered, Sturridge's stunner and Hampden rumble – Football Weekly
Messi magic and the Aston Villa cabbage quandary – Football Weekly Extra
Empty grounds, wrong anthems and Usain Bolt – Football Weekly
England stun Spain, no Khan do and Gibraltar's rocks – Football Weekly Extra
Touchline scuffles, Messi's arm and five-goal hauls – Football Weekly
Defensive rocks, dazzling Dortmund and Spurs slip again – Football Weekly Extra
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha tributes, El Clásico and more – Football Weekly
Football with John Giles
"I feel for him, he has to do what's best for himself"
Liverpool / City damp squib, United anarchy, Irish eye
MON's tactics shake up, lack of chances and his future
Man United meander and the lay-out at Liverpool
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
The Tim Vine Chat Show: Summer Extra Special
News Quiz 5th October 2018
News Quiz 12th October 2018
News Quiz 19th October 2018
The Horne Section Podcast
Liza Tarbuck
Andy Zaltzman
KCRW's The Treatment
Mark Bridges: Phantom Thread
Lynne Ramsay & Joaquin Phoenix: 'You Were Never Really Here'
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
Episode 2308 - Ace Frehley
Episode 2309 - Demi Adejuyigbe
Episode 2310 - DeAnne Smith
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
Machynlleth Festival special: Jessica Fostekew and Holly Burn
RHLSTP 184 - Alex Horne
RHLSTP 185 - Ross Noble
RHLSTP 186 - Lou Sanders
Spooool.ie Podcast
Pod #77 – The ‘BlackKklansman’ and ‘Airplane!’ connection, American Animals, Searching, Lucky & more
The Second Captains World Service
Ep 1277: What's Wrong With You Eden, Chelsea Contenders, Insta Pogba, Fair Play Moreno, Barca Mess - 27/09/18
Ep 1282: McGregor's Star Wipe, Khabib Nightmare, Scholes' Free Speech, Beached Whale, US Murph's National Shame - 03/10/18
Ep 1283: Declan Rice And The O'Neill-Sky Sports-FAI-FA-Tweet Saga, Messi Passes, Liverpool Stutter, Attack Attack Attack - 04/10/18
Ep 1285: Man U Manhunt, Pep Pragmatism, Mahrez Waddles Up, Lopetegui LOL - 08/10/18
Ep 1297: Seamus Takes Aim, The Premier League Table Lies, Jose Man Manages, Madrid Manage, Joke Is On Bayern - 22/10/18
Ep 1289: A Nations League Once Again, Wherefore Arter Thou, Matt Doherty Impact, Ronaldo Responds, Terry Number 2 - 11/10/18
Ep 1297: Seamus Takes Aim, The Premier League Table Lies, Jose Man Manages, Madrid Manage, Joke Is On Bayern - 22/10/18
Ep 1299: Red Carpet For Ronaldo, Italian Reaction To Allegations, Diarmuid O'Connor On Summers In Chicago And James Horan's Return, Ozil Magic - 23/10/2018
Ep 1299: Red Carpet For Ronaldo, Italian Reaction To Allegations, Diarmuid O'Connor On Summers In Chicago And James Horan's Return, Ozil Magic - 23/10/2018
The Stand with Eamon Dunphy
Ep 241: Football with John Giles
Ep 251: O'Neill and Keane on the brink
Ep 255: Premier League and tennis balls
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
A tactical dirty protest
Iron fists and glass bottles
Very Friedrich the Great
The tactics of a poisonous snake
The missing ingredient is love
Tragedy at Leicester