THE KRIEGER LIST: I ON THE ARTS' TOP 2024

Hello delightful readers of this dormant blog! Enjoy my favorite things I experienced in 2024.

Favorite Books/Graphic Novels I Read in 2024, in alphabetical order by title

• Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, 2022, by R.F. Kuang
• Dungeon Meshi / Delicious in Dungeon, 2014-2023, by Ryoko Kui
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, 1995, by Gregory Maguire
• Witch Hat Atelier, since 2016, by Kamome Shirahama

Favorite Movies I Saw in 2024, in alphabetical order by title

• Challengers, 2024 (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
• Conclave, 2024 (dir. Edward Berger)
• Every Little Step, 2008 (dir. Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern)
• Look Back, 2024 (dir. Kiyotaka Oshiyama)
• The Shop Around the Corner, 1940 (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
• Wicked, 2024 (dir. John M. Chu)

Favorite Television Shows I Saw in 2024, in alphabetical order by title

• Chihayafuru, 2011-2020
• Dungeon Meshi / Delicious in Dungeon (Netflix)
• English Teacher (FX)
• My Lady Jane (Amazon Prime)
• Ren Faire, 2024 (HBO)

Favorite Music I Listened To For the First Time in 2024, in alphabetical order by artist

• “We Can’t Be Friends,” Ariana Grande (2024)
• “Blame Brett,” The Beaches (2023)
• Hit Me Hard and Soft, Billie Eilish (2024) 
• “Sleeping With the Television On,” Billy Joel (1980)
• “Lovers Always Lose,” Boys Go to Jupiter (2024)
• “Mary’s Getting Married” and “Good To Be King,” The Cast of Journey to Bethlehem (2023)
• The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Chappell Roan (2023) and “Good Luck, Babe!” (2024)
• Brat, Charli XCX (2024)
• “I’m Not That Girl,” Cynthia Erivo (2024)
• “Kill You to Try,” Daisy Jones & the Six (2023)
• “Too Sweet,” Hozier (2024)
• “The Architect,” Kacey Musgraves (2024)
• “Margaret (feat. Bleachers),” Lana del Rey (2023)
• “Teen Idle,” Marina and the Diamonds (2012)
• “Heart of Glass,” Miley Cyrus (2020)
• “Maneater,” Nelly Furtado (2006)
• “Never Need Me,” and “All I Ever Asked,” Rachel Chinouriri (2024)
• “APT.,” Rosé and Bruno Mars (2024)
• “Taste,” and “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter (2024)
• “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shabouzey (2024)
• “Immaterial,” SOPHIE (2017)
• “I Look in People's Windows,” Taylor Swift (2024) 
• Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Recording (2010)

Favorite Articles I Read in 2024, in chronological order of publication

• Patrick Radden Keefe, “Where the Bodies Are Buried,” The New Yorker, March 9, 2015 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/16/where-the-bodies-are-buried)  
• Patrick Radden Keefe, “How A Notorious Gangster Was Exposed By His Own Sister,” The New Yorker, July 30, 2018 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/how-a-notorious-gangster-was-exposed-by-his-own-sister) 
• Wayne Lawson, “Jerzy Kosinski’s Fall From Grace: Investigating a Literary Smear Campaign,” Vanity Fair, November 16, 2023 (https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/11/jerzy-kosinski-fall-from-grace) 
• Leslie Jamison, “The Birth of My Daughter, the Death of My Marriage,” The New Yorker, January 15, 2024 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/22/the-birth-of-my-daughter-the-death-of-my-marriage) 
• Noah Rawlings, “An American Education: Notes from UATX,” The New Inquiry, February 19, 2024 (https://thenewinquiry.com/an-american-education-notes-from-uatx/)
• Kerry Howley, “Andrew Huberman’s Private Mechanisms of Control,” New York Magazine, March 25, 2024 (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-huberman-podcast-stanford-joe-rogan.html) 
• Mark Warren, “Right-Wing Media and the Death of an Alabama Pastor: An American Tragedy,” Esquire, April 3, 2024 (https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a60329614/bubba-copeland-death-lgbt-trans-outing/)
• Lauren Smiley, “Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia,” Wired, July 10, 2024 (https://wired.com/story/priscila-queen-of-the-rideshare-mafia/) 
• D. T. Max, “The Priest Who Helps Women in the Mob Escape,” The New Yorker, September 23, 2024 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/30/the-priest-who-helps-women-in-the-mob-escape) 
• J. David McSwane, “Eat What You Kill,” ProPublica, December 7, 2024 (https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology) 

Favorite Recreational Artistic Experiences (i.e. not related to work)

• Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, designed by E. Fay Jones, Bella Vista, AR, visited August 2024 (see photo above)

Favorite YouTube Essay Channels I Started Following in 2024, in alphabetical order

• Be Kind Rewind (https://www.youtube.com/@bkrewind) 
• Broey Deschanel (https://www.youtube.com/@BroeyDeschanel) 
• Mike’s Mic (https://www.youtube.com/@mikesmic) 
• The Morbid Zoo (https://www.youtube.com/@themorbidzoo) 
• Princess Weekes (https://www.youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes) 
• Shanspeare (https://www.youtube.com/@Shanspeare) 
• Uncarley (https://www.youtube.com/@uncarley) 
• Yhara zayd (https://www.youtube.com/@Yharazayd)