2015
Keeping track of some of my favorite popular culture intake of the year. I expect you to check back often because I plan on updating this often and what's the point of me updating often if you're not checking back often? Well, actually, I'm not keeping this list for you. So, never mind. Check back as you see fit. Or not at all. It's cool either way. Whatever.
Great 2014 (or older) Music First Heard in 2015 (or at least after my 2014 year-end list was compiled):
Mind Explosion by Electric Moon (2014)
The Papermoon Sessions by Electric Moon/Papir (2014)
Master Sleeps by Hills (2011)
Once There Was a Time When Time & Space Were One by My Brother the Wind (2014)
III by Papir (2013)
Flesh and Machine by Daniel Lanois (2014)
SUSTO by SUSTO (2014)
Sula Bassana
Krautrock in general: (Can, Faust, etc.)
Favorite Music released in 2015:
1989 by Ryan Adams
Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes
Lost Time by Dave Alvin and Phil Avin
River by Daniel Bachman
String Quartet Live! by Kishi Bashi
Fear and Saturday Night by Ryan Bingham
Children of the Light by Brian Blade/John Patitucci/Danilo Pérez
Flyaway Garden by Breakfast In Fur
Coming Home by Leon Bridges
Pale White Dove by Doug Burr
Untethered Moon by Built to Spill
Edge of the Sun by Calexico
Every Open Eye by Chvrches
Southland Mission by Phil Cook
Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard
Nashville Obsolete by Dave Rawlings Machine
All Your Favorite Bands by Dawes
Fading Frontier by Deerhunter
Poison Season by Destroyer
Butterfly Effect by DJ Krush
Allas Sak by Dungen
Terraplane by Steve Earle and the Dukes
Theory of Mind by Electric Moon
Elaenia by Floating Points
Home by Josh Garrels
Heartbreak Pass by Giant Sand
Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Chambers by Chilly Gonzales
Vestiges & Claws by José González
Long Gone Time by Kevin Gordon
Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell
Ol' Glory by JJ Grey and Mofro
Servant of Love by Patty Griffin
Art Angels by Grimes
The Clearing by Rachel Grimes
Dream All Over by Gun Outfit
Seasonal Hire by Steve Gunn and the Black Twig Pickers
Late Bloomer by Matt Haeck
Restless Bastards by Heartless Bastards
Little Neon Limelight by Houndmouth
In Colour by Jamie xx
Goon by Tobias Jesso Jr.
Drug For The Modern Age by Kopecky
Then Came The Morning by the Lone Bellow
Chasing White Light by the Lonely Wild
Strange Trails by Lord Huron
Gates of Gold by Los Lobos
All A Man Should Do by Lucero
Lands & Peoples by Bill Mallonee and the Big Sky Ramblers
Blue Healer by Jimbo Mathus
The Traveler by Rhett Miller
Shadow of the Sun by Moon Duo
Arena Negra by the Myrrors
Vertigo by the Necks
Sun Coming Down by Ought
Dear Wormwood by the Oh Hellos
Simple Songs by Jim O'Rourke
Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper by Panda Bear
Music is Love by Papa Mali
Love Songs For Robots by Patrick Watson
Natalie Prass by Natalie Prass
For Use and Delight by Promised Land Sound
Windfall by Joe Pug
Fables by David Ramirez
Sleep by Max Richter
Sermon on the Rocks by Josh Ritter
Acne/Ears by Roadside Graves
Shaky by Thayer Sarrano
Shadow Shows by Seryn
Late Night Endless by Sherwood & Pinch
Okra Candy by Shinyribs
No Cities To Love by Sleater-Kinney
Early Risers by Soldiers of Fortune
Traveller by Chris Stapleton
Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
Currents by Tame Impala
The Great Minimum by Tow'rs
Parallelogram (2015 // Three Lobed Records) by Various Artists
Sisters and Brothers by the Vespers
B'lieve I'm Goin Down by Kurt Vile
Primrose Green by Ryley Walker
The Epic by Kamasi Washington
Fresh Blood by Matthew E. White
Radium Death by William Elliott Whitmore
Star Wars by Wilco
My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice
Paradise by the Wood Brothers
Soul Food by the Word
Love Monster by Zone Six
Concerts:
01/28/15 - NOT LOS LOBOS! I had some time to kill before picking up kids and got stuck with Lane Change instead. It was worth a try.
02/13/15 - Shawn Skinner and the Men of Reason, Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold and Some Dark Hollow at Blasted Barley.
04/09/15 - the War on Drugs with Hopalong at the Pressroom.
05/18/15 - Shawn Skinner and the Men of Reason, Ben Anderson and Betsy Ganz at Crescent Ballroom.
07/25/15 - Seryn at the Musical Instrument Museum
07/27/15 - Ramsay Midwood with Jim Bachmann and Shawn Skinner and the Men of Reason at the Rhythm Room.
Things Read in 2015:
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 4 by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (2013)
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 5 by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (2013)
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 6 by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (2013)
What Your Clients Won't Tell You and Your Managers Don't Know by John Gamble (2001)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1969)
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 7 by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (2013)
The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson (2014)
Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture by Makoto Fujimura (2009)
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott (2013)
Through Painted Deserts by Donald Miller (2005)
Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession by Samuel T. Gladding (1988)
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron (1990)
The Creative Arts in Counseling by Samuel T. Gladding (2010)
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (1970)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (1996)
On the Road by Jack Kerouac (1957)
Big Sur by Jack Kerouac (1962)
How Children Succeed by Paul Tough (2012)
The Sacredness of Questioning Everything by David Dark (2009)
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor (1960)
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck (1935)
The Plague by Albert Camus (1947)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1902)
The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)
The Stranger by Albert Camus (1942)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954)
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (1969)
Favorite Movies Watched in 2015 (in order seen):
Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Big Eyes (2014)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)
No No: A Documentary (2014)
The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir (2014)
Inside Out (2015)
Charles Bradley: Soul of America (2012)
Serenity (2005)
Stories We Tell (2012)
A Letter to Momo (2011)
Patema Inverted (2013)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (2014)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Spirited Away (2001)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Every Other Summer (2015)
Favorite Television Watched in 2015:
Rurouni Kenshin: Wandering Samurai (1996)
The Legend of Korra (2012)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season One (2015)
Sons of Tucson (2010)
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Season One (2014)
The X-Files (1993-2002)
Raising Hope (2010-2014)
Firefly (2002-2003)
Rex the Runt (1992-2001)
Downton Abbey (2010- )
Boy Meets World (1993-2000)
Girl Meets World Season One (2014)
Doctor Who, Season 08 (2014)