2014
Keeping track of some of my favorite popular culture intake of the year. You're welcome to follow along, encouraged to comment, or ignore at your own leisure. I know I do.
Great 2013 (or older) Music First Heard in 2014 (or at least after my 2013 year-end list was compiled):
Wyoming by Water Liars (2013)
Endless Boogie (Endless)
Pharoah Overlord
Cupid Deluxe by Blood Orange (2013)
Every Kingdom by Ben Howard (2011)
Gulf Coast Museum by Shinyribs (2013)
Favorite Music released in 2014:
Morning Phase by Beck
Benjamin Booker by Benjamin Booker
Reliable The Unreliable EP by the Bones of J.R. Jones
Dark Was The Yearling by the Bones of J.R. Jones
Nansemond: by Nathan Bowles
Our Love by Caribou
Trout Steel/Places I Know/The Machine Gun Co. by Mike Cooper (re-issues)
Into The Wide by Delta Spirit
Stellar Motel by Mike Doughty
Single Mothers by Justin Townes Earle
Sunday '91 by Annie Eve
Blind Water Finds Blind Water by Adam Faucett
You're Dead! by Flying Lotus
House of Spirits by the Fresh and Onlys
Singles by Future Islands
Way Out Weather by Steve Gunn
Invisible Hour by Joe Henry
Bad Debt by Hiss Golden Messenger
Lateness of Dancers by Hiss Golden Messenger
I Forget Where We Were by Ben Howard
Small Town Heroes by Hurray For the Riff Raff
Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed by Armon Jay
Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son by Damien Jurado
Benji by Mark Kozelek
More Primitive by Lonesome Shack
Dark Night Of The Soul by Jimbo Mathus the Tri-State Coalition
After The End by Merchandise
Modern Kin by Modern Kin
Live In Ravenna by Moon Duo
We Are The Owls EP by the Owl Parliament
Sunbathing Animal by Parquet Courts
Kingfisher by Prawn
Madman by Sean Rowe
Lese Majesty by Shabazz Palaces
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music by Sturgill Simpson
Proof EP by Sojourn
They Want My Soul by Spoon
Heal by Strand of Oaks
Half The City by St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Lost Colony by William Tyler
Lost In The Dream by the War On Drugs
Refractory Obdurate by Wovenhand
Concerts:
01/05/14 - Shawn Skinner, Justin Moody and Dylan Pratt at Crescent Ballroom
03/08/14 - the Monks at the Whiten Leaf House
06/08/14 - Adam Faucett and Shawn Skinner at the Western
08/20/14 - Billy Joe Shaver with Jeremy Manley and Crazy Arms at the Rhythm Room
08/24/14 - Grant Lee Phillips at Second Look
10/03/14 - Shawn Skinner at the (relocated) Thomas Listening Room
Things Read in 2014:
Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang (2013)
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott (2005)
The Golden Plates, Volume One:The Sword of Laban and The Tree of Life by Michael Allred (2004)
Pagan Christianity? by Frank Viola and George Barna (2012)
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions On Writing And Life by Anne Lamott (1994)
Raised? Finding Jesus By Doubting The Resurrection by Jonathan Dodson and Brad Watson (2014)
Transformed by Caesar Kalinowski
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott (2012)
In Search of Deep Faith by Jim Belcher (2013)
The Case For The Psalms by N.T. Wright (2013)
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1 (2013)
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 2 (2013)
Samurai Jack Volume 1 (2014)
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 3 (2013)
Samurai Jack Volume 2 (2014)
Favorite Movies Watched in 2014:
Dear Mr. Watterson (2013)
Muscle Shoals (2013)
The Other F Word (2011)
Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Life In A Day (2011)
Made In Iceland (2012)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012)
The Woman Who Wasn't There (2012)
The Imposter (2012)
The Act Of Killing (2012)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
This is the Last Dam Run of Likker I'll Ever Make (2002)
No Cameras Allowed (2014)
St. Vincent (2014)
Searching For Sugar Man (2012)
Burt's Buzz (2013)
Big Hero 6 (2104)
Favorite Television Watched in 2014:
Sherlock (Season 03)
Bob's Burgers