An attempt to catalogue my favourites, so when I’m asked what my favourite anything is, I can answer. I intend this to be my curated favourites, the ones which have endured; if you wanted to get an idea of who I am, what I love, and what’s important to me via the media I surround myself with, I’d start with what’s below.
This is an evolving document I intend to update regularly (I can never think of everything all at once!). Last updated on 2023-04-24
In Music (albums)
- The Acid: Liminal
- Austra: Feel it Break
- Austra: HiRUDiN
- Chromatics: Night Drive
- Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton: Knives don’t have your back
- Glasser: Ring
- Glasser: Interiors
- Galileo Galilei: ALARMS
- iamamiwhoami: bounty
- iamamiwhoami: kin
- Metric: Grow Up and Blow Away
- Men I Trust: Oncle Jazz
- Sakanaction: Sakanaction
- Stars: Nightsongs
- Stars: Heart
- TR/ST: TR/ST
In Books
- Murakami, Haruki After Dark
- Yoshimoto, Banana Kitchen
In Movies
- Carol (2015)
- Whisper of the Heart or 「耳をすませば」(1995)
- Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
I first saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show on February 6, 2011, and see shadowcast showings any time I can.
In Television
- Mozart in the Jungle
- Yuri!! on Ice
- Call my Agent!
In Video Games
- Animal Crossing: Wild World
I might have logged more hours on New Leaf, but Wild World will always have a place in my heart. I have a copy both in English (since childhood) and in Japanese (purchased at book-off in Tokyo in 2015 or 2017) - Stardew Valley
Duston Baranow-Watts 