Andrew’s Highlights #3

July 2021: Lockdown Edition

Film:

Dr. No (Terence Young, 1962)

Thunderball (Terence Young, 1965)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Peter Hunt, 1969)

The iconic gun barrel sequence from Dr. No.

TV:

Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin (BBC, 1976)

Superwog Series 2 (ABC, 2021)


Music:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major ‘Pastoral’ (Berlin Philharmonic, 2015)

Beaucoups of Blues (Ringo Starr, 1970)

Cloud Nine (George Harrison, 1987)

Crowded House (Crowded House, 1986)

Introducing The Whitlams (The Whitlams, 1993)

Paint the Sky with Stars – The Best of Enya (Enya, 1997)

The Very Very Best of Crowded House (Crowded House, 2010)

Together Alone (Crowded House, 1993)

Turn Blue (The Black Keys, 2014)


LOCKDOWN CLASSICS:

AM (Arctic Monkeys, 2013)

A Rush of Blood to the Head (Coldplay, 2002)

Dark Sky Island (Enya, 2015)

Eternal Nightcap (The Whitlams, 1997)

Normal F*cking Rockwell! (Lana Del Rey, 2019)

The Beatles (White Album) (The Beatles, 1968)


Literature:

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth: 40th Anniversary Edition (J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, 2020)


Sport:

Copa America 2021 – Champions: Argentina

Euro 2020 – Champions: Italy

State of Origin 2021 – Winners: NSW 2-1

Tokyo Olympics 2020

West Indies vs Australia T20I Series – Winners: West Indies 4-1

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