A list of media I ingested, discovered, or found inspiring in 2025.

Books

• God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
• 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
• Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence by Rafal Kosik
• Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
• The Stand by Stephen King (re-read)
• IT by Stephen King
• Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
• Cujo by Stephen King
• Carmageddon by Daniel Knowles
• Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
• God Bless You Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut (re-read)
• Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
• Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
• White Noise by Don DeLillo
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (re-read)
• The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (unfinished/in progress)
• Oblivion by David Foster Wallace (unfinished/in progress)

Movies

• Son-in-Law
• Weapons
• Jordan Jensen Take Me With You
• Friendship
• Sinners
• Bill Burr Drop Dead Years
• The Big Lebowski
• Kinds of Kindness
• Bugonia
• Is This Thing On?

Shows

• Severance
• Pluribus
• Mr. Robot (forever rewatch)
• The Chair Company

Music

• Phantom Island by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (them in general even more this year than ever before)
• Some but not all XPN singles I now have in rotation:
  • Pour Man by Lee Hazelwood
  • White Horses by Wolf Alice
  • Gotta Get Up by Harry Nilsson
  • Spike Island by Pulp
  • Tell Her Jim Said Hello by Elvis Presley
  • Still Called the Blues by Johnnie Taylor
• Calamity Song by The Decemberists (Infinite Jest music video)
• Scarlet Begonias by Sublime (can’t believe I only first it heard it this year)
• Modest Mouse was a big rediscovery this year
• Turn Up the Radio by OK GO (Mr. Robot)
• and more I’m sure