The Ledger: An Indexed Media Diary

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THE LEDGER

3 min readDec 27, 2015

For me, the holidays are a time to binge — on media.

It’s a Christmas tradition for me to hunker down and disappear from civilization for several days, while I conquer some epic cultural mountain. Last year, I watched all five season the The Wire (which was just released on HD). A few years ago, the new SimCity occupied every waking (and dreaming) hour. Another year, I listened to every single Stevie Wonder album, twice. The only binge I regret? “Franzen Feast.”

This year the binge was more diffuse. But it included one Broadway play, 10 feature movies, and an entire 10-episode Netflix series.

Here is the ninth edition of THE LEDGER, my weekly media diet published as a journal, with recommended items in bold:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26

MOVIE: Creed
VIDEO: Amazon Prime Air
POST: “Here’s a Brand Name: Scooter Braun” | NYT
POST: “A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota” | NYT
POST: “Alaska Mulls First Income Tax in 35 Years” | NYT
POST: “Bidoun Extends Its Reach” | NYT
POST: “In Hong Kong, Fears for an Art Museum” | NYT
POST: “That Bear and Other Threats” | NYT

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25

MOVIE: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
MOVIE: Irrational Man
MOVIE: Spectre
TV: Master of None, “Plan B” (s1 e1) | Netflix

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24

MOVIE: Steve Jobs
MOVE: The Lobster

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23

MOVIE: Joy
MOVIE: Carol
POST: “Burying Rdio, the Music App for Annoying Men” | The Awl
POST: “History of Quentin Tarantino Saying ‘Nigger’” | Gawker
POST: “No Offense” | Jezebel
POST: “When a Unicorn Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt” | NYT
POST: “Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties With UPS” | WSJ
POST: “Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer” | The New Yorker
TV: Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert | AMC

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22

THEATER: Fiddler on the Roof
POST: “The Long, Incredibly Torturous and Fascinating Process of Creating a Font” | Quartz
POST: “How Jack Dorsey Runs Both Twitter and Square” | Quartz
POST: “Donald Trump Divides Black Friends He Calls His Friends” | NYT
POST: “Bezos Takes Hand-On Role at Washington Post” | WSJ
TV: Making a Murderer, “Testing the Evidence” | Netflix
TV: Making a Murderer, “Framing Defense” | Netflix
TV: Making a Murderer, “The Great Burden” | Netflix
TV: Making a Murderer, “Lack of Humility” | Netflix
TV: Making a Murderer, “Fighting for their Lives” | Netflix