2025

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TITLE (year) author | notes

total: 40 books

  1. WHEN THE TREES SAY NOTHING: WRITINGS ON NATURE (2003) thomas merton
  2. THE PLACES THAT SCARE YOU (2001) pema chödrön
  3. BUDDHA (2001) karen armstrong
  4. THE REST IS NOISE (2007) alex ross | started in 2024
  5. QUEER (1985) william burroughs
  6. MR G (2012) alan lightman
  7. MOUNTAIN RECORD OF ZEN TALKS (1988) john daido loori
  8. ZEN DUST (1966) ruth fuller sasaki
  9. IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOUR HEART WILL BREAK: FIELD NOTES FROM A ZEN LIFE (2012) james ishmael ford
  10. ESSENTIAL BUDDHISM: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO BELIEFS AND PRACTICES (2001) jack maguire
  11. BOWED SOME, CHANTED A LITTLE: PHILIP WHALEN'S ZEN JOURNALS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE (2025) edited by brian unger
  12. KOREATOWN DREAMING: STORIES AND PORTRAITS OF KOREAN IMMIGRANT LIFE (2023) emanuel hahn
  13. IN TRANSIT (1988) mavis gallant
  14. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS (1997) don miguel ruiz
  15. FORMATION: BUILDING A PERSONAL CANON PART ONE (2023) brad melhdau
  16. HOW TO FUCK LIKE A GIRL (2024) vera blossom
  17. ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM (1941) erich fromm
  18. THE WAY OF EVERYDAY LIFE (1978) taizan maezumi roshi
  19. CUTTING THROUGH SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM (1973) chogyam trungpa
  20. STARSHIP TROOPERS (1959) robert a. heinlein
  21. MARTIN DRESSLER: THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER (1996) steven millhauser
  22. ZEN BUDDHISM AND PSYCHOANALYSIS (1960) d.t. suzuki, erich fromm and richard de martino
  23. I REGRET ALMOST EVERYTHING (2025) keith mcnally
  24. THE LIMINAL ZONE VOLUME 1 (2021) junji ito
  25. THE NEW FRENCH WINE (2023) jon bonné
  26. ON ZEN PRACTICE (2002) taizan maezumi and bernie glassman
  27. SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY: THE CRY OF THE EARTH (2013) edited by lewellyn vaughan-lee
  28. THE BALLAD OF BETA-2 (1965) samuel r. delaney
  29. APPLE IN CHINA (2025) patrick mcgee
  30. THREE LIVES (1909) gertrude stein
  31. LACK AND TRANSCENDENCE (2000) david r. loy
  32. SOFTWARE FOR PEOPLE (1984) pauline oliveros
  33. DOGEN'S PURE STANDARDS FOR THE ZEN COMMUNITY (1996) dogen zenji, translated by taigen daniel leighton and shohaku okumura
  34. LOS ANGELES'S CENTRAL AVENUE JAZZ (2014) sean j. o'connell
  35. SUBTRACTION (1991) mary robison
  36. THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN (1993) sherman alexie
  37. FRANCISCO (1974) allison mills newman
  38. TECHGNOSIS: MYTH, MAGIC AND MYSTICISM IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION (1998) erik davis
  39. GREAT DRAGON KINGS (2021) john giorno
  40. WORLD AS LOVER, WORLD AS SELF (1991) joanna macy

watch

date TITLE (year) director | format | location | notes

* denotes repeat viewing

total: 69 films

  • 01.03VIDEODROME (DIRECTOR'S CUT) (1983) david cronenberg | 4k restoration | academy museum
  • 01.04MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943) maya deren | digital | PRS
  • 01.04AT LAND (1944) maya deren | digital | PRS
  • 01.04MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE (1948) maya deren | digital | PRS
  • 01.04RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME (1946) maya deren | digital | PRS
  • 01.04THE VERY EYE OF NIGHT (1955) maya deren | digital | PRS
  • 01.05ANDREI RUBLEV (1966) andrei tarkovsky | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 01.10TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA (1985) william freidkin | digital file *
  • 01.18INLAND EMPIRE (2006) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 01.28THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (2024) pedro almodovar | los feliz 3 | digital
  • 01.30TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN: EPISODE 8 (2017) david lynch | PRS | digital
  • 02.03SIX MEN GETTING SICK (1967) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 02.03THE ALPHABET (1968) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 02.03THE GRANDMOTHER (1970) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 02.03THE AMPUTEE (VERSION 1) (1974) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 02.03THE AMPUTEE (VERSION 2) (1974) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 02.03PREMONITIONS FOLLOWING AN EVIL DEED (1995) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 02.03ERASERHEAD (1977) david lynch | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 02.07PERFECT DAYS (2023) wim wenders | digital | home screening
  • 02.23SLIVER (1993) philip noyce | digital | criterion channel
  • 02.28RA: PATH OF THE SUN GOD (1990) lesley keen | digital | philosophical research society
  • 02.28ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE (1984) lesley keen | digital | philosophical research society
  • 02.28INVOCATION: AN ANCIENT GREEK CREATION MYTH (1984) lesley keen | digital | philosophical research society
  • 03.16THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T. S. SPIVET (2013) jean-pierre jeunet | 3D | gardena cinema
  • 03.22COLLATERAL (2014) michael mann | streaming | criterion channel
  • 04.13THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON (1987) kazuo hara | 35mm screening with q+a featuring kazuo hara + errol morris in person
  • 04.15EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974 (1974) kazuo hara | 35mm screening with q+a feat. kazuo hara
  • 06.01CURE (1997) kiyoshi kurosawa | streaming | criterion channel
  • 06.07BEAU TRAVAIL (1999) claire denis | dcp | egyptian theater
  • 07.03CROCUS (1971) suzan pitt | streaming | criterion channel
  • 07.05FLIPSIDE (2023) christopher wilca | streaming | criterion channel
  • 07.06MILLENNIUM MAMBO (2001) hou hsiao-hsien | dcp | los feliz 3
  • 07.09MADE IN HONG KONG (1997) fruit chan | dcp | los feliz 3
  • 07.15THE KEEP (1983) michael mann | streaming | criterion channel
  • 08.08LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (EXTENDED EDITION) (2001) peter jackson | torrent
  • 08.10BY THE STREAM (2024) hong sang-soo | dcp | los feliz 3
  • 08.11IN WATER (2023) hong sang-soo | streaming | kanopy
  • 08.20WAYS OF SEEING (1972) f. john berger | bbc | youtube
  • 08.24THE NOVELIST'S FILM (2022) hong sang-soo | streaming | kanopy
  • 08.26THE FRIENDS (1994) shinji sōmai | 4k restoration | 2220 archives
  • 08.30MENUS-PLAISIRS, LES TROISGROS (2023) frederick wiseman | digital | los feliz 3
  • 08.31DEEP COVER (1992) bill duke | streaming | criterion channel
  • 08.31DAYBREAK EXPRESS (1953) d.a. pennebaker | streaming | criterion channel
  • 09.19CLAIRE'S CAMERA (2017) hong sang-soo | streaming | kanopy
  • 09.20WAKING LIFE (2001) richard linklater | 35mm | new beverly cinema
  • 09.20PAPRIKA (2006) satoshi kon | 35mm | new beverly cinema *
  • 09.24WALK UP (2022) hong sang-soo | streaming | kanopy
  • 09.24TRIBULATION 99: ALIEN ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA (1991) craig baldwin | streaming | night flight plus
  • 10.01PORT OF SHADOWS (1938) marcel carne | streaming | kanopy
  • 10.01THE DAY AFTER (2017) hong sang-soo | streaming | kanopy
  • 10.03ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025) paul thomas anderson | vista theater | in vista vision
  • 10.04PURPLE NOON (1960) rene clement | streaming | criterion
  • 10.23BLACK SUNDAY (1960) mario bava | streaming | kanopy
  • 11.03THE ANDERSON TAPES (1970) sidney lumet | streaming | criterion channel
  • 11.09MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (1971) robert altman | criterion channel
  • 11.23BORN IN FLAMES (1983) lizzie borden | ucla film archives | lizzie borden and adele bertei in person
  • 11.26OLDBOY (2003) park chan-wook | los feliz 3
  • 11.27JAY KELLY (2025) noah baumbach | 4k | directors guild of america theater one
  • 11.28ANGEL'S EGG (1985) mamoru oshii | egyptian theater | 4k restoration
  • 11.29MAURICE (1987) james ivory | streaming | kanopy
  • 12.05CHAN IS MISSING (1982) wayne wang | streaming | kanopy
  • 12.10SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING (2003) kim ki-duk | 35mm | los feliz 3
  • 12.14A TASTE OF CHERRY (1997) abbas kiarostami | 35 mm | egyptian theater *
  • 12.14BY THE STREAM (2024) hong sang-soo | digital file
  • 12.15SUNDAY IN PEKING (1956) chris marker | streaming | criterion channel
  • 12.16THE MASTERMIND (2025) kelly reichardt | streaming | mubi
  • 12.17EEPHUS (2024) carson lund | streaming | mubi
  • 12.30DESIRE: THE CARL CRAIG STORY (2024) jean-cosme delaloye | streaming on united flight
  • 12.30BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN (2025) bernard macmahon | streaming on united flight

listen

date PERFORMER | VENUE | NOTES

total: 44 shows

  • 01.07LA PHILHARMONIC | walt disney concert hall | chamber music performance of schumann, beach, brahms
  • 01.17BROOKLYN RIDER | the wallis | philip glass string quartets
  • 01.23MARY LATTIMORE, WALT MCCLEMENS | zebulon
  • 01.31esperanza spalding | MILTON NASCIMENTO | 2220 arts + archives
  • 02.01MEMORYHOUSE: LA BALLET performance | the wallis
  • 02.20LA PHILHARMONIC | walt disney concert hall | mahler grooves festival: blumine, symphony no. 10: adagio, des knaben wunderhorn
  • 02.24FRAIL | URSULA | zebulon
  • 03.17AVISHAI COHEN QUARTET | pico union project
  • 03.18SML | lodge room
  • 03.25ALABASTER DEPLUME | PATRICK SHIROISHI | the regent theater
  • 04.01BRAD MEHLDAU | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE | MARCUS GILMORE | orpheum theater
  • 04.09CARCASS | CANNIBAL CORPSE | MESHUGGAH | kia forum
  • 04.14EARTH | STEBMO | lodge room | earth playing "hex: or printing in the infernal method" album
  • 04.16GREGORY UHLMANN, JOSH JOHNSON, SAM WILKES | barnsdall gallery theater
  • 04.18NICO GEORIS | DIVA AND THE PEARLY GATES | 2220 arts + archives
  • 04.19ISAIAH MITCHELL | chöd meditation led by psychedelic sangha, visuals by arik moonhawk roper
  • 04.22LA PHILHARMONIC | walt disney concert hall | mendelssohn "string octet, op. 20", neilsen "string quartet no. 1, op. 13", arutiunian, "suite (for clarinet, violin, piano)"
  • 04.23YHWH NAILGUN | MORGAN GARRETT | the echo
  • 04.26PHISH | hollywood bowl
  • 04.30GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR | the bellweather
  • 05.08PAUL CORNISH w/JEFF PARKER, ERIC REVIS and JONATHAN PINSON | townhouse venice
  • 05.13GOOD DOG: BILL FRISELL, GREG LEISZ, TONY SCHERR and KENNY WOLLESEN | zebulon
  • 05.20TIGRAN HAMASYAN | schoenberg hall @ ucla
  • 05.30BILL ORCUTT "THE FOUR LOUIES" | zebulon
  • 06.23THE JUST ALAP RAGA ENSEMBLE (LA MONTE YOUNG, JUNG HEE CHOI, JON CATLER, HANDSFORD ROWE, AREN BUDHKAR) | dream house | marian zazeela + pandit pran nath memorial tribute
  • 06.28LINDA MAY HAN ON | AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE | TYSHAWN SOREY | village vanguard
  • 07.18WALT MCCLEMENTS | ISAIAH SHERMAN | JULIUS SMACK | 2220 arts + archives
  • 08.02BLACK NASA | HEXPRESSIONIST | HEN OF THE WOODS | SUNK COST | TREMBLE | MIASMA | spearmaiden
  • 08.06TY SEGALL | PRIMUS | the greek theater
  • 08.20JEFF PARKER ETA IVTET | lodge room
  • 09.04ORCUTT | SHELLEY | MILLER | barnsdall theater
  • 09.07TERRY RILEY 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION w/ BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS, GYAN RILEY, and special guests | the ford | keyboard study no. 2, a rainbow in curved air, in c
  • 10.05THE SEAGULL: MALIBU | will geer theatricum botanicum | adapted + directed by ellen geer
  • 10.11PATRICK SHIROISHI / M. SAGE / ODEYA NINI / 2220 arts + archives
  • 10.15BRAD MEHLDAU | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE | the wallis
  • 10.16JEFF PARKER TRIO + HANGING HEARTS | 2220 arts + archives | angel city jazz fest
  • 10.17CHES SMITH'S CLONE ROW + MARY HALVORSON & TOMAS FUJIWARA DUO | 2220 archives | angel city jazz fest
  • 10.18TORTOISE | the broad
  • 10.24RACHIKA NAYAR + NINA KEITH PRESENT 'DISINIBLUD' | TYLER HOLMES | 2220 archives
  • 11.10NEKO CASE | the bellweather
  • 11.22THE MUSIC OF PAULINE OLIVEROS WITH SHELLEY BURGON | 2220 arts + archives
  • 12.01SML | 2220 arts + archives | two sets
  • 12.02SML | 2220 arts + archives | two sets
  • 12.12THE MOUNTAIN GOATS | teragram ballroom