What follows is a list of creative works considered important. Each and every item on said list is important in some regard, and you may potentially find the items referenced by this list useful when reading the novel Daughters of Darkness, the homepage for which is located here. Despite the great importance of the core items featured herein, the overall contents are prone to editing and expansion - but not deletion - so check back occasionally if you wish to achieve the best possible understanding. Accordingly, you will find the Team Night Coercion Recommended Reading section below:
In no particular order...
- White Noise (DeLillo)
- Le città invisibili / Invisible Cities (Calvino)
- 愛のむきだし / Love Exposure (2009), dir. Sion Sono
- Cosmopolis (DeLillo)
- Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut Jr.) - novel, English
- Videodrome (1983), dir. David Cronenberg
- 少女革命ウテナ アドゥレセンス黙示録 / Adolescence of Utena (1999), dir. Kunihiko Ikuhara
- The Crying of Lot 49 (Pynchon)
- Infinite Jest (Wallace) [very unfortunately.]
- 天使のたまご / Angel's Egg (1985), dir. Mamoru Oishii
- 源氏物語 / Genji monogatari (Murasaki Shikibu)
- Bish Bosch (Scott Walker, 2012, 4AD)
- Metamorph (Devyn Smith, 2020, self-released)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), dir. Wes Anderson
- United States Live (Laurie Anderson, 1983, Warner Bros.)
- Death of Benito Mussolini (contributors at English Wikipedia)
- Βάκχαι / The Bacchae (Euripides)
- 告白 / Confessions (2010), dir. Tatsuya Nakashima
- Freidrich Nietzsche, philosophical works
- This Heat (This Heat, 1979, Piano)
- The Ape of Naples (Jhonn Balance and Peter Christopherson, 2005, Threshold House)
- Kurt Schwitters, Merz, sculpture & collage
- In the Shadow of Forward Motion (David Wojnarowicz and Ben Neill, 1992, New Tone)
- The Ooz (Archy Marshall, 2017, True Panther and XL)
- The Holy Quran (revelation of Allah to the Prophet Muhammad a.s.)
- Purple Moonlight Pages (R.A.P. Ferreira, 2020, Ruby Yacht)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011), created by Magica Quartet
- Yeezus (Kanye West, 2013, Def Jam)
- 妄想代理人 / Paranoia Agent (2004), dir. Satoshi Kon
- Atlanta (2016-2022), created by Donald Glover
- Kajillionaire (2020), dir. Miranda July
- The Binet-Simon Test (Miranda July, 1999, Kill Rock Stars)
- Touhou Project (1997 - present, Team Shanghai Alice)
- Cherry Bomb (Tyler Onkoma, 2015, Odd Future)
- Kiss Land (Abel Tesfaye, 2013, XO and Republic)
- 夜は短し歩けよ乙女 / Night is Short, Walk On Girl (2017), dir. Masaaki Yuasa
- Frances the Mute (The Mars Volta, 2005, Gold Standard Laboratories and Universal)
- Four Lions (2010), dir. Chris Morris
- Sorry to Bother You (2018), dir. Boots Riley
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Howard Schultz Tapes (4K FULL MOVIE 2019 FREE) (2019), dir. Conner O'Malley
- Commencement Speech (2014), dir. Robby Rackleff
- Virgins (Tim Hecker, 2013, Kranky and Paper Bag)
- Ark (Animal Collective, 2003, Paw Tracks and Domino)
- Garden of Delete (Daniel Lopatin, 2015, Warp)
- Femenine (1974), composed by Julius Eastman
- Robert Ashley, operatic works
- The Road (McCarthy)
- 紀子の食卓 / Noriko's Dinner Table (2005), dir. Sion Sono
- 地獄でなぜ悪い / Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013), dir. Sion Sono
- Perl Routines to Manipulate London, Harwood/Mongrel, digital prints
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), dir. Peter Greenaway
- Sirens Deluxe (Nicolás Jaar, 2017, Other People)
- By Night in Chile (Bolaño)
- Mulholland Dr. (2001), dir. David Lynch
- I'm thinking of ending things (2020), dir. Charlie Kaufman
- Rhythm 0, Marina Abramović, solo performance with 72 objects
- 4:44 (Jay-Z, 2017, Roc Nation)
- God of London (James Ferraro, 2013, self-released)
- Love Remains (How to Dress Well, 2010, Lefse)
- Skid Row (James Ferraro, 2015, Break World)
- The Redeemer (Dean Blunt, 2013, Hippos in Tanks)
- Death Magic (HEALTH, 2015, Loma Vista)
- Drifters / Love is the Devil (Dirty Beaches, 2013, Zoo)
- Baroque (Yabujin, 2020, self-released)
- No Game No Life (2014), dir. Atsuko Ishizuka
- Histories (Herodotus)
- Hiding Places (billy woods, 2019, Backwoodz Studios)
- Alles wieder offen (Einstürzende Neubauten, 2007, Potomak)
- Tomorrow, in a Year (Karin & Olof Dreijer, Mt. Sims, Planningtorock, 2010, Rabid)
- Silent Shout (Karin & Olof Dreijer, 2006, Rabid)
- The Glowing Man (SWANS, 2016, Young God and Mute)