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
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