Episode 24 - 2016 Year in Review from Concavity Show

Episode 24 - 2016 Year in Review

1 hour 31 minutes Posted Jan 25, 2017 at 10:55 am.

The Nightmare: 2016

Matt knows books, Dave knows everything else

Phone addiction

Personal years in review

Go to the 2017 David Foster Wallace Conference

Sports, or lack thereof

The International DFW Literary Society (dfwsociety.org)

Matt’s favorite books of 2016

-Dave’s favorite books of 2016

Netrunner Worlds and Dave’s appearance on Boards Alive - (starts 1:24:39)

More of Matt’s favorite books (and a footnote about Bill Gates)

The proliferation of monographs on DFW

Dave’s favorite music of 2016 with Great Concavity bonus playlist

Our favorite films of 2016

More of Matt’s favorite books of the year (mostly biographies)

2016, the 20th Anniversary of Infinite Jest

Television in 2016

Board games in 2016

Passing over video games

Wrap up

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Show notes

As is the tradition, Dave and Matt take a minor detour (at times) from the usual topic of David Foster Wallace to discuss their personal highlights and favorite literary and pop cultural items of 2016.

Show notes:

38:04 - Netrunner Worlds and Dave’s appearance on Boards Alive - (starts 1:24:39)

42:40 - Dave’s favorite music of 2016 with Great Concavity bonus playlist

1:09:03 - 2016, the 20th Anniversary of Infinite Jest

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