Books

• Howick, The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine
• Prasad & Cifu, Ending Medical Reversal

Music

Music I most enjoyed discovering this month:

• Sarah Kirkland Snider, Unremembered (2015)
• Missy Mazzoli, Vespers for a New Dark Age (2015)
• Billy Bang, The Fire From Within (1985), Vietnam: The Aftermath (2001), and Vietnam: Reflections (2005)
• Dave Holland, Gateway (1975), Overtime (2005), Pass it On (2008), Prism (2013)
• Hans Reichel, Yuxo (2002)
• Gerry Hemingway, A Perfect World (1996)
• Willem Breuker, In Holland (1982), Psalm 122 (1999), Hunger (2000), Thirst (2000), Misery (2002)
• Joe Zawinul, Dialects (1986)
• Weather Report, everything from Weather Report (1971) through Domino Theory (1984)
• Nana Vasconcelos, “Ondas” (1979)
• John McLaughlin, Extrapolation (1969), My Goal’s Beyond (1970), Devotion (1970), Shakti (1976)
• James Welburn, Hold (2015)
• Moon Duo, Shadow of the Sun (2015)
• Franz Koglmann, Schlaf Schlemmer Schlaf Magritte (1984), The Use of Memory (1990), L’Heure Bleue (1991)
• Joe Harriott & John Mayer, Indo Jazz Fusions (1967)
• Circle, Miljard (2006)

Movies/TV

Ones I really liked, or loved:

• Villeneuve, Sicario (2015)
• Tarantino, The Hateful Eight (2015)
• Iñárritu, The Revenant (2015)
• McKay, The Big Short (2015)
• McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
• Scott, The Martian (2015)
• Spielberg, Bridge of Spies (2015)
• Abrahamson, Room (2015)
• Kaufman, Anomalisa (2015)
• Szifrón, Wild Tales (2014)
• Heller, Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
• Ronit & Schlomi Elkabetz, Gett (2014)
• Nichols, Shotgun Stories (2007)
• Zellner, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)
• Demos & Ricciardi, Making a Murderer (2015) ¹

Footnotes:

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