My big read this month was Richard Branson’s autobiography, which is titled: Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made A Fortune Doing Business My Way. The book is basically a play by play account of the larger moments in the entrepreneur’s life and career, but there are some good business lessons hidden throughout as well. I don’t want to reveal here the lessons that I learned from the book, but there were quite a few valuable pieces of information that I pulled from text and am applying in my own life and business at this very moment. If you are an entrepreneur, I highly recommend this book. It’s over 550 pages long, but it’s also a surprisingly quick read.

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After last month’s massive music and movie marathon, I dedicated a lot more time this month to reading. However, it was my experiences last month at the Sundance Film Festival that allowed me to discover Wendy Wang and The Sweet Hurt.

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I went with my friend Jackie to see Nellie McKay perform at the Eccles Center in Park City earlier tonight. Nellie presented us (the audience) with a unique musical performance titled, “I Want To Live“, which was inspired by the 1958 film of the same name, starring Susan Hayward. I wasn’t sure if Jackie was going to like the show or not (because she was totally unfamiliar with Nellie McKay, while I have been a fan for several years), but she seemed to really enjoy it.

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Lana Del Rey released her first US album today, but I’ve been listen to her music videos for several months now and loving every bit of it. I suspect that February will be a huge month for Lana Del Rey, but I felt the need to mention her now, as this month is truly the time in which I fell in love with her voice, style, and general body of work.

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The 2012 Sundance Film Festival was awesome. It was my fourth Sundance ever, and I think it was the best one I have ever attended. This, of course, was largely due to the fact that I dished out the money this year to actually get myself a ticket package, so I was able to see 12 different films and attend a number of the additional Sundance events.

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Today I saw “A Fine Frenzy” (Alison Sudol) perform five songs from her upcoming album at the Sundance Film Festival Music Cafe. After the first song was over, I thought to myself, “This is why I love Sundance!” Be sure to watch the video at the bottom of this post.

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This month was all about New Zealand. For the past 31 days or so, the country of New Zealand has continually popped into my life in one way or another. For example: I have several friends and acquaintances who are traveling by bike in New Zealand at the moment. I also read several magazine articles about New Zealand this month. I even received some free product from New Zealand last week. And about three weeks ago I discovered a new recording artist named KIMBRA who is from… can you guess?… NEW ZEALAND.

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The television show, Skins, is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Originally aired in the UK, the Skins franchise is now a television show on MTV in the USA and may be in several other countries around the world. The original Skins UK, however, is where it all began, and I spent countless hours this month watching seasons 1-5 of the show. While I found season 5 to be a bit weaker than seasons 1-4, the show as a whole is pretty darn remarkable. It is a difficult show to explain, and certainly not for everyone (as it contains lots of sex, nudity, violence, language, drinking, drugs, etc), but there are moments of genius littered throughout the series. Watch it and you’ll see what I mean!

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I’ve been wanting to read David Thorne’s “The Internet Is A Playground” for more than a year now. I knew the book was going to be funny, but I had no idea just how funny it would be. After my sister gave me the book for my birthday, I read the entire thing in two days, often times laughing out loud and looking around the room for another person to share the stories with. The book is vulgar and mean in parts, boring and kinda lame in others, but it has its moments and overall is downright hilarious. Totally recommended.

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