2024

Welcome to my lists list. I like to keep track of the things I read, watch and listen to. You know, sort of based on that quote (which I have edited): “The person you will be in five years is based on the books you read, the movies you watch, the music you listen to, and the people you surround yourself with today.” It’s important to understand the things that you put in to your system. Think of it like a pop culture diet record. Or something like that. Feel free to follow along. Or don’t. Please feel free to interact and make suggestions. Or don’t. You can also browse lists from past years. Or don’t.

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Notable 2023 Releases I Didn’t Get To In Time Last Year But Would Have Been On My Year-End List If I Had (In order heard):

• The Falcon Ate The Flower by Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah

• Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan

• Medicine by Goat

• Dosh, Ismaily, Young by Dosh, Ismaily, Young

• Burning by Deep Forest

• Foxy by Sparkle Division

Pre-2024 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2024 (In order according to first heard):

• Defense Mechanisms by Louis de Mieulle (2011)

• Peace & Love by Dadawah (1975)

• Cause & Effect by BALTHVS (2022)
  

Favorite Music/Reissues/Box Sets of 2024/Misc. (in alphabetical order):

• Ghosted II by Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin

• Bullets In The Chamber by Arrested Development

• This is Basic by Basic

• Hideaway by Breezers

• Live in Paris 1973 by Can

• Close Encounters of the Third World by Creation Rebel

• 100% Sahara Guitar by Etran De L'Aïr

• Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

• Mahal by Glass Beams

• the Collective by Kim Gordon

• Blu Wav by Grandaddy

• the Handover by the Handover

• Olustee by JJ Grey and Mofro

• Natural Magick by Kula Shaker

• Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

• Drop 7 by Little Simz

• Two Improvisations by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock

• Locust Land by Bill MacKay

• Funeral For Justice by Mdou Moctar

• Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom by Meatbodies

• the Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis by The Messthetics

• David Nance & Mowed Sound by David Nance

• Revelator by Phosphorescent

• Le Rêve de Polyphème by Polyphème

• Hudson River Wind Meditations by Lou Reed (2007 Reissue in 2024)

• Bite Down by Rosali

• Water Still Flows by Rich Ruth

• Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace by Shabaka

• Exotic Birds of Prey by Shabazz Palaces

• Time Is Glass by Six Organs of Admittance

• Walls Have Ears by Sonic Youth

• Africa Yontii by Tidiane Thiam

• Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

• Tiger’s Blood by Waxahatchee

• All Hits: Memories by Jim White

• Mount Matsu by Yin Yin

• The Fool by Young Jesus
  

Favorite Music/Reissues/Box Sets of 2024/Misc. (in order first heard):

• Bullets In The Chamber by Arrested Development

• Hudson River Wind Meditations by Lou Reed (2007 Reissue in 2024)

• Hideaway by Breezers

• Close Encounters of the Third World by Creation Rebel

• Walls Have Ears by Sonic Youth

• Blu Wav by Grandaddy

• Olustee by JJ Grey and Mofro

• Natural Magick by Kula Shaker

• Mount Matsu by Yin Yin

• Live in Paris 1973 by Can

• Bite Down by Rosali

• Tiger’s Blood by Waxahatchee

• the Collective by Kim Gordon

• Revelator by Phosphorescent

• Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

• Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace by Shabaka

• Exotic Birds of Prey by Shabazz Palaces

• Drop 7 by Little Simz

• the Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis by The Messthetics

• Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

• the Handover by the Handover

• Two Improvisations by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock

• David Nance & Mowed Sound by David Nance

• All Hits: Memories by Jim White

• Funeral For Justice by Mdou Moctar

• Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom by Meatbodies

• Africa Yontii by Tidiane Thiam

• Time Is Glass by Six Organs of Admittance

• Ghosted II by Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin

• Locust Land by Bill MacKay

• 100% Sahara Guitar by Etran De L'Aïr

• The Fool by Young Jesus

• Water Still Flows by Rich Ruth

• Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

• Mahal by Glass Beams

• This is Basic by Basic

• Le Rêve de Polyphème by Polyphème
  
  

2024 Albums I Wanted To Like Much More Than I Actually Did But Have Nothing Bad To Say About: (in alphabetical order):

Things Read in 2024 (in order read):

• Americana by Don DeLillo (1971)

• End Zone by Don DeLillo (1972)

• The Undiscovered Self: The Dilemma of the Individual in Modern Society by Carl Jung (1957)

• Counseling Research: A Practitioner-Scholar Approach by Richard S. Balkin and David M. Kleist (2016)

• Mindfulness: A Practical Guide by Tessa Watt (2016)

• Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview And Other Conversations edited by Melville House (2019)

• Great Jones Street by Don DeLillo (1973)

• Ratner’s Star by Don Delillo (1976)

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Elements of Effective Practice by Scott Young and Craig Cashwell (2017)

• Tom Strong Compendium by Alan Moore and Peter Hogan (2021)

• How To Live When A Loved One Dies by Thich Nhat Hanh (2021)

• Handbook of Psychological Assessment by Groth-Marnet, G., & Wright, A. J. (2016).

• Running Dog by Don DeLillo (1978)

• Theory and Treatment Planning in Counseling and Psychotherapy by Gehart, D. R. (2016).

• The Philosophy of Snoopy by Charles Scwartz (2014)
  

Concerts, Speakers, Plays, Performances, Shows, and Such:

• 01/06/24 :: Sammy Brue and Bransen Anderson at the Thomas Listening Room

• 01/27/24 :: Mandingo with the Erased, the Necronauts, and Rhythm Collision at Rebel Lounge

• 02/13/24 :: Yo La Tengo at Crescent Ballroom

• 02/15/24 :: Ween at the Van Buren

• 03/20/24 :: Hiss Golden Messenger (solo) with Sammy Brue at Club Red in Telluride, CO

• 03/27/24 :: Ghost of Vroom (Mike Doughty) at Crescent Ballroom

• 03/29/24 :: Neko Case with Imaad Wasif at Scottsdale Center For The Arts

• 03/31/24 :: Rosali with JPW at the Dirty Drummer

• 04/13/24 :: Herbie Hancock at Mesa Center For The Arts

• 04/14/24 :: Social Distortion and Bad Religion at Mesa Ampitheater

• 04/27/24 :: Neil Young and Crazy Horse with Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir at Talking Stick Resort Ampitheatre

• 05/13/24 :: Waxahatchee with Good Morning at the Van Buren

• 05/24/24 :: Dead and Co. at the Sphere, Las Vegas

• 05/25/24 :: Blue Man Group at the Luxor, Las Vegas

• 05/25/24 :: Lord Huron with Clover County at the Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas

• 06/14/24 :: Shabaka at the Musical Instrument Museum

• 06/30/24 :: Carvin Jones at Cheers Tavern

• 07/25/24 :: Ziggy Marley at Gila River Wild Horse Pass

• 08/10/24 :: Digable Planets with Shrubhead at the Marquee Theater

• 09/06/24 :: Los Lobos with Brian Lopez at Gila River Wild Horse Pass

• 10/09/24 :: Etran de L'Aïr with Sheaves at Rebel Lounge

• 10/23/24 :: Zakir Hussain and Rahul Sharma at the Musical Instrument Museum

• 10/28/24 :: Mdou Moctar with Rosali at the Crescent Ballroom
  

Favorite (Or at least most intriguing) Podcasts/Radio Listened to in 2024:

• The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow

• The Haunted Objects Podcast

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2024 (in order seen):

• the Unbinding (2023)

• the Mask by Conner O'Malley (2023)

• The Wes Anderson Roald Dahl Collection:

  • the Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

  • the Swan (2023)

  • the Rat Catcher (2023)

  • Poison (2023)

• Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (2020)

• The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

• The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)

• The New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)

• Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

• Zatoichi on the Road (1963)

• Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)

• Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)

• Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)

• Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)

• Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)

• Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)

• Not Not Jazz (2024)
  

Favorite Television Watched in 2024:

• Blue Eye Samurai (Season 01) (2023)

• the Maxx (Season 01) (1995) (RE-WATCH)

• the Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (Seasons 01 - 03) (2020 - Present) (RE-WATCH)

• Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch (Seasons 01-03) (2021 - Present)

• the Brothers Sun (Season 01) (2024)

• Dead To Me (2019 - 2022)

• Supernatural (2005–2020)

• Evil (2019 - 2024)
  

Misc. Pop-Culture Moments of Consequence (Or Not)/Random Thoughts, etc., (2024 Edition):

• Rat Hole

• Nikki Haley can’t identify racism in America

2022

Welcome to my lists list. I like to keep track of the things I read, watch and listen to. You know, sort of based on that quote (which I have edited): “The person you will be in five years is based on the books you read, the movies you watch, the music you listen to, and the people you surround yourself with today.” It’s important to understand the things that you put in to your system. Think of it like a pop culture diet record. Or something like that. Feel free to follow along. Or don’t. Please feel free to interact and make suggestions. Or don’t. You can also browse lists from past years. Or don’t.

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Notable 2021 Releases I Didn’t Get To In Time Last Year (In order heard):

• Observatory by Aeon Station

• Forfolks by Jeff Parker

• Future Remains by Hollow Ship

• Archangels by Terry Riley

• The Time of the Foxgloves by Michael Hurley

• On A Friday Evening by Bill Evans Trio

• Emigrant by Kishi Bashi

• The Hands of Time by Weedie Braimah

• Floating Mountains by Soshi Takeda

• Le Sato by Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey

• Cowboy Bebop OST (Netflix) by the Seatbelts

• Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band by Bootsy's Rubber Band

• Primitive Future II by Modern Folk

• Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

• Assouf by Toumastine

• Cosmic Country & Western Songs by Daniel Donato

Pre-2022 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2021 (In order according to first heard):

• Guilty by Billy Martin (2020)

• Church of the Cosmic Skull
  

Favorite Music Reissues/Box Sets in 2022/Misc. (in alphabetical order):

Favorite Singles/Songs of 2022 (in alphabetical order):

• Get Ready
  

Favorite Music Videos of 2022 (in alphabetical order):

• Get Read

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2022 (in alphabetical order):

• Blue Rev by Alvvays

• Ghosted by Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin

• Shebang by Oren Ambarchi

• Time Skiffs by Animal Collective

• Shruti Dances by Auntie Flo and Sarathy Korwar

• Things Are Great by Band of Horses

• Experts In A Dying Field by the Beths

• Renaissance by Beyoncé

• Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

• Bajascillators by Bitchin Bajas

• Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

• Someone to Weep For Me (EP) by Bonny Light Horseman

• Cloud Lullabies by brusalan

• Who’s The One? by Congotronics International

• The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello and The Imposters

• Agadez by Etran de L'Aïr

• ¡Ay! by Lucrecia Dalt

• Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse and Black Thought

• Cherry by Daphni

• Asphalt Meadows by Death Cab For Cutie

• Anomaly by Jasdeep Singh Degun

• Blue Skies by Dehd

• Labyrinthitis by Destroyer

• Grow Your Hair Long If You’re Wanting To See Something That You Can Change by Field Medic

• Shadowglow by Flipturn

• Florist by Florist

• Evolution Here We Come by Chris Forsyth

• Character of Light by Ernie Francestine

• Good and Green Again by Jake Xerxes Fussell

• Dripfield by Goose

• Nakama by Steve Gunn

• Vade Mecum by Glenn Jones

• Something Happening/Always Happening by JPW

• Reggae Film Star by Damien Jurado

• Two Rivers by Kendraplex

• Listen To The Blood by the Kernal

• Kumoyo Island by Kikagaku Moyo

• Kalak by Sarathy Korwar

• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

• The OZ Tapes by Les Rallizes Dénudés

• Long Lost by Lord Huron

• Musakayike by Madalitso Band

• Heartmind by Cass McCombs

• In These Times by Makaya McCraven

• Modern Folk One by The Modern Folk

• This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby

• Bleed Out by the Mountain Goats

• Wet Candles by David Nance

• Heaven Come Crashing by Rachika Nayar

• Tonkori in the Moonlight by OKI

• Big Time by Angel Olsen

• Poolside by One Eleven Heavy

• Component System with the Auto ReverseC by Open Mike Eagle

• Weather Alive by Beth Orton

• Reset by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom

• 7 by Papir

• Sons of by Sam Prekop, John McEntire

• Revelators by Revelators Sound System

• Oh Good, It’s Al Riggs by Al Riggs

• I Survived It’s Over by Rich Ruth

• Spirituals by Santigold

• Clockwatching by Seawind of Battery

• Cockroach in a Ghost Town by Slang

• A Light for Attracting Attention by the Smile

• In/Out/In by Sonic Youth

• Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

• Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon

• SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt

• For the Love of Tabla by Toronto Tabla Ensemble

• Same Place, Another Time (EP) by Soshi Takeda

• Boulder Blues by Staraya Derevnya

• Choice Tapes Vol. 1 by Taper's Choice

• Choice Tapes Vol. 2 by Taper's Choice

• Recurring Dream by Jeff Tobias

• Les Racines by Vieux Farka Touré

• Ali by Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin

• Fleeting Adventure by Andrew Tuttle

• Watch My Moves by Kurt Vile

• Air Volta by Volta Jazz

• So Certain (EP) by Ryley Walker

• Marriage by Wau Wau Collectif

• Live in Colorado Volume 01 by Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.

• Live in Colorado Volume 01 by Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.

• Warping All By Yourself by Wet Tuna

• Cruel Country by Wilco

• Eli Winter by Eli Winter

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2022 (in order first heard):

• Same Place, Another Time (EP) by Soshi Takeda

• So Certain (EP) by Ryley Walker

• Listen To The Blood by the Kernal

• Recurring Dream by Jeff Tobias

• Two Rivers by Kendraplex

• SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt

• The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello and The Imposters

• Good and Green Again by Jake Xerxes Fussell

• Cloud Lullabies by brusalan

• Nakama by Steve Gunn

• Tonkori in the Moonlight by OKI

• Time Skiffs by Animal Collective

• Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon

• Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

• Ghosted by Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin

• Oh Good, It’s Al Riggs by Al Riggs

• Wet Candles by David Nance

• Choice Tapes Vol. 1 by Taper's Choice

• Choice Tapes Vol. 2 by Taper's Choice

• In/Out/In by Sonic Youth

• The OZ Tapes by Les Rallizes Dénudés

• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

• Boulder Blues by Staraya Derevnya

• Character of Light by Ernie Francestine

• Reset by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom

• A Light for Attracting Attention by the Smile

• This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby

• Cruel Country by Wilco

• Something Happening/Always Happening by JPW

• Long Lost by Lord Huron

• Things Are Great by Band of Horses

• Labyrinthitis by Destroyer

• Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

• Who’s The One? by Congotronics International

• Big Time by Angel Olsen

• Dripfield by Goose

• Watch My Moves by Kurt Vile

• Blue Skies by Dehd

• I Survived It’s Over by Rich Ruth

• Air Volta by Volta Jazz

• Live in Colorado Volume 01 by Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.

• For the Love of Tabla by Toronto Tabla Ensemble

• Kumoyo Island by Kikagaku Moyo

• Musakayike by Madalitso Band

• Heaven Come Crashing by Rachika Nayar

• Les Racines by Vieux Farka Touré

• Revelators by Revelators Sound System

• Renaissance by Beyoncé

• Florist by Florist

• Sons of by Sam Prekop, John McEntire

• Weather Alive by Beth Orton

• Fleeting Adventure by Andrew Tuttle

• Eli Winter by Eli Winter

• Blue Rev by Alvvays

• In These Times by Makaya McCraven

• Warping All By Yourself by Wet Tuna

• Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

• Asphalt Meadows by Death Cab For Cutie

• Cherry by Daphni

• Bleed Out by the Mountain Goats

• Clockwatching by Seawind of Battery

• Heartmind by Cass McCombs

• Vade Mecum by Glenn Jones

• Someone to Weep For Me (EP) by Bonny Light Horseman

• 7 by Papir

• Experts In A Dying Field by the Beths

• Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse and Black Thought

• Reggae Film Star by Damien Jurado

• Shadowglow by Flipturn

• Forfolks by Jeff Parker

• Bajascillators by Bitchin Bajas

• Component System with the Auto ReverseC by Open Mike Eagle

• Shebang by Oren Ambarchi

• ¡Ay! by Lucrecia Dalt

• Ali by Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin

• Spirituals by Santigold

• Grow Your Hair Long If You’re Wanting To See Something That You Can Change by Field Medic

• Evolution Here We Come by Chris Forsyth

• Marriage by Wau Wau Collectif

• Live in Colorado Volume 01 by Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.

• Shruti Dances by Auntie Flo and Sarathy Korwar

• Kalak by Sarathy Korwar

• Agadez by Etran de L'Aïr

• Modern Folk One by The Modern Folk

• Anomaly by Jasdeep Singh Degun

• Cockroach in a Ghost Town by Slang

• Poolside by One Eleven Heavy

2022 Albums I Wanted To Like Much More Than I Actually Did But Have Nothing Bad To Say About: (in alphabetical order):

• Fear of the Dawn by Jack White

Things Read in 2022 (in order read):

• Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, And the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell (2011)

• Dune: Messiah by Frank Herbert (1965)

• Children of Dune by Frank Herbert (1976)

• God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (1981)

• Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert (1984)

• Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert (1985)

• A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib (2021)

• The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2008)

• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (2017)

• Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America by Jesse Jarnow (2016)

• The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel (1975)

• The Skilled Helper: A Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Approach to Helping by Gerard Egan and Robert J. Reese (2018)

• The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley (1954)

• Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley (1956)

• More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon (1953)

• Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut (1982) (RE-READ)

• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryū Suzuki (1970)

• Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers Paperback by Thich Nhat Hanh (1999)

• Groups: Process and Practice (10th Edition) by Marianne Schneider Corey/Dr. Gerald Corey/Cindy Corey (2018)

• Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut (1985) (RE-READ)

• The Way of Zen by Alan Watts (1957)

• Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut (1987) (RE-READ)

• Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society by Charles F. Levinthal (2016 reissue)

Concerts, Speakers, Plays and Such:

• 02/10/22 // Drive By Truckers with Ryley Walker at the Van Buren

• 02/14/22 // Hiss Golden Messenger with Ashley Rose at Crescent Ballroom

• 04/08/22 // Garcia Peoples at Trunk Space

• 04/09/22 // Angélique Kidjo at Scottsdale Center For the Performing Arts

• 10/10/22 // War on Drugs with Adam Miller and Inner Magic at the Van Buren

• 10/30/22 Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at Celebrity Theater

• 11/12/22 Shawn Skinner’s Ghost of Reason with Sunpunchers, and Sweetbleeders Duo (Robin & Mina Vining) at Royal Palm Park

Favorite (Or at least most intriguing) Podcasts/Radio Listened to in 2022:

• The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow
  

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2022 (in order seen):

• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

• Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021)

• Encanto (2021)

• Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

• The Queen Of Katwe (2016)

• The Summer of Soul (2021)

• The King’s Man (2021)

• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

• Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

• Dune (2021)

• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

• Desolation Center (2018)

• Mali Blues (2016)

• Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records (2018)

• Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy (2005)

• You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (2002)

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Favorite Television Watched in 2022:

• Firefly (2002 - 2003) (RE-WATCH)

• Hellier Seasons 1-2 (2019-?)

• Spirits of the Stanley (Web Series, 2017)

• Expedition Bigfoot Seasons 1-2 (2019-?)

• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Sesason 1-2 (2019-?)

• Severance Season 1 (2022)

• Loot Season 1 (2022)

• Stranger Things Season 4 (2022)

• The Bear Season 1 (2022)

• The Umbrella Academy Season 3 (2022)

• Only Murders in the Building Seasons 1 and 2 (2021 - 2022)

• Angel (1999 - 2004)

Misc. Pop-Culture Moments of Consequence (Or Not)/Random Thoughts, etc., (2022 Edition):

• Sorry, I’ve stopped paying attention

2021

Welcome to my lists list. I like to keep track of the things I read, watch and listen to. You know, sort of based on that quote (which I have edited): “The person you will be in five years is based on the books you read, the movies you watch, the music you listen to, and the people you surround yourself with today.” It’s important to understand the things that you put in to your system. Think of it like a pop culture diet record. Or something like that. Feel free to follow along. Or don’t. Please feel free to interact and make suggestions. Or don’t. You can also browse lists from past years. Or don’t.

// Browse 2008 // Browse 2009 // Browse 2010 // Browse 2011 // Browse 2012 // Browse 2013 // Browse 2014 // Browse 2015 // Browse 2016 // Browse 2017 // Browse 2018 // Browse 2019 // Browse 2020 //

Notable 2020 Albums I Didn’t Get To In Time Last Year (In order heard):

• Live Drugs by the War on Drugs

• Spring Break by Will Kimbrough

• We Will Always Love You by the Avalanches

• My Love Is A Hurricane by David Ramirez

Pre-2021 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2021 (In order according to first heard):

• Ruby Glass by Amelia Courthouse (2019)

Favorite Music Reissues/Box Sets in 2021/Misc. (in alphabetical order):

• First by Kohsuke Mine (1970/2021)
  
  

Favorite Singles/Songs of 2021 (in alphabetical order):

• Get Ready
  
  

Favorite Music Videos of 2021 (in alphabetical order):

• Get Ready

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2021 (in alphabetical order):

• Social Music at Troost Vol.1 by 75 Dollar Bill

• Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders

• Elixor of Life by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders

• Yol by Altin Gün

• Strickly Ranking by Horace Andy

• Khaira Arby in New York (Live in 2010) by Khaira Arby

• Doomin’ Sun by Bachelor

• Xalam by Ben Aylon

• House Music by Bell Orchestre

• Reason to Live by Lou Barlow

• Valdez by Birds of Maya

• Stranger Again by Blue Cactus

• Lunar Tredd by Fimber Bravo

• Gold-Diggers Sound by Leon Bridges

• Break Into Blossom by Kirby Brown

• Jah Is My Eyesight (Live Santa Cruz '80) by Burning Spear

• Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

• Live In Stuttgart 1975 by Can

• Screen Violence by Chvrches

• Cissoko Heritage by Maher Cissoko

• -io by Circuit Des Yeux

• The Tunnel and the Clearing by Colleen

• All These Years by Phil Cook

• Made Out Of Sound by Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt

• Home Video by Lucy Dacus

• Sweep It Into Space by Dinosaur Jr.

• Kanawa by Nahawa Doumbia

• New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

• Inclinations by Electric Octopus

• The Golden Lag by Elkhorn

• Admonitions by Endless Boogie

• Yasuke by Flying Lotus

• Drew Gardner by Drew Gardner

• Beacon by Gerycz / Powers / Rolin

• Ghost of Vroom 1 by Ghost of Vroom

• Leap by Girls in Airports

• Couleur by Dobet Gnahoré

• G_d's Pee At States End! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

• Seeking New Gods by Gruff Rhys

• Other You by Steve Gunn

• Back of My Mind by H.E.R.

• Windless Day by Scott Hirsch

• Quietly Blowing It by Hiss Golden Messenger

• The Dharma Wheel by Howlin’ Rain

• Brian Jackson JID008 by Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge

• Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

• An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

• the Cinder Grove by Chuck Johnson

• Bolenge Seben by Jupiter & Okwess

• Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound by Kasai Allstars

• Mood Ring by Kississippi

• Heavy Sun by Daniel Lanois

• Now by Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble

• Hey What by Low

• Keys by Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles

• Sound Ancestors by Madlib

• Flow by Wu Man, Kojiro Umezaki

• Hope by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

• Ghost Songs by Bachar Mar-Khalifé

• Life, and Another and Mega Bog

• The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band by Menahan Street Band

• Tezeta by Hailu Mergia

• Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

• Dark In Here by the Mountain Goats

• World What World by Mountain Movers

• Tropicale Moon by Mouth Painter

• Sky Songs by Alena Murang

• My Morning Jacket by My Morning Jacket

• Topaz by Israel Nash

• Teenage Dreams by Native Soul

• descension (Out of Our Constrictions) by Natural Information Society/Evan Parker

• Last Time I Saw Grace by New Bums

• Another Side by Leo Nocentelli (1971)

• Sympathy for Life by Parquet Courts

• Soberish by Liz Phair

• Making and Then Unmaking by Derek Piotr

• Future Times by Plankton Wat

• Death of a Cheerleader by Pom Pom Squad

• Earth Trip by Rose City Band

• East Pakistan Sky by Ustad Saami

• Psalms by Nathan Salsburg

• Nine by Sault

• Let My People Go by Archie Shepp & Jason Moran

• The Veiled Sea by Six Organs of Admittance

• Valentine by Snail Mail

• Electro Melodier by Son Volt

• Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet

• Entertainment Death by Spirit of the Beehive

• Renewal by Billy Strings

• Superwolves by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

• Distractions by Tindersticks

• Saskadelphia by the Tragically Hip

• Understand by William Tyler

• Deep Fried Grandeur by Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo

• Course In Fable by Ryley Walker

• Post Wook by Andrew Scott Young/Ryan Jewell/Ryley Walker

• I Don’t Live Here Anymore by the War on Drugs

• Yaral Sa Doom by Wau Wau Collectif

• Ignorance by the Weather Station

• I Know I'm Funny haha by Faye Webster

• Eau’d To A Fake Boogie Volume 4 by Wet Tuna

• Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley

• Urban Driftwood by Yasmin Williams

• Guanyin by Jah Wobble

• Way Down in the Rust Bucket by Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2021 (in order first heard):

• Inclinations by Electric Octopus

• Sound Ancestors by Madlib

• Deep Fried Grandeur by Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo

• Kanawa by Nahawa Doumbia

• Ignorance by the Weather Station

• the Cinder Grove by Chuck Johnson

• Distractions by Tindersticks

• An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

• Urban Driftwood by Yasmin Williams

• Future Times by Plankton Wat

• Yaral Sa Doom by Wau Wau Collectif

• Eau’d To A Fake Boogie Volume 4 by Wet Tuna

• Yol by Altin Gün

• Drew Gardner by Drew Gardner

• Way Down in the Rust Bucket by Neil Young and Crazy Horse

• House Music by Bell Orchestre

• Making and Then Unmaking by Derek Piotr

• Heavy Sun by Daniel Lanois

• Last Time I Saw Grace by New Bums

• Strickly Ranking by Horace Andy

• Lunar Tredd by Fimber Bravo

• Course In Fable by Ryley Walker

• Beacon by Gerycz / Powers / Rolin

• G_d's Pee At States End! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

• Entertainment Death by Spirit of the Beehive

• Made Out Of Sound by Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt

• Ghost of Vroom 1 by Ghost of Vroom

• Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley

• Keys by Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles

• Now by Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble

• Sweep It Into Space by Dinosaur Jr.

• Bolenge Seben by Jupiter & Okwess

• Flow by Wu Man, Kojiro Umezaki

• Let My People Go by Archie Shepp & Jason Moran

• The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band by Menahan Street Band

• Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound by Kasai Allstars

• Jah Is My Eyesight (Live Santa Cruz '80) by Burning Spear

• Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet

• Superwolves by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

• Khaira Arby in New York (Live in 2010) by Khaira Arby

• Guanyin by Jah Wobble

• Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

• Seeking New Gods by Gruff Rhys

• New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

• Reason to Live by Lou Barlow

• Live In Stuttgart 1975 by Can

• descension (Out of Our Constrictions) by Natural Information Society/Evan Parker

• Earth Trip by Rose City Band

• Quietly Blowing It by Hiss Golden Messenger

• Tezeta by Hailu Mergia

• Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

• Saskadelphia by the Tragically Hip

• The Tunnel and the Clearing by Colleen

• The Veiled Sea by Six Organs of Admittance

• Soberish by Liz Phair

• Couleur by Dobet Gnahoré

• Home Video by Lucy Dacus

• I Know I'm Funny haha by Faye Webster

• Death of a Cheerleader by Pom Pom Squad

• Ghost Songs by Bachar Mar-Khalifé

• Topaz by Israel Nash

• Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

• Valdez by Birds of Maya

• Xalam by Ben Aylon

• Dark In Here by the Mountain Goats

• Nine by Sault

• Leap by Girls in Airports

• Hope by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

• World What World by Mountain Movers

• Life, and Another and Mega Bog

• Mood Ring by Kississippi

• Brian Jackson JID008 by Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge

• Electro Melodier by Son Volt

• Gold-Diggers Sound by Leon Bridges

• Back of My Mind by H.E.R.

• Stranger Again by Blue Cactus

• Tropicale Moon by Mouth Painter

• Other You by Steve Gunn

• Psalms by Nathan Salsburg

• Doomin’ Sun by Bachelor

• Screen Violence by Chvrches

• Break Into Blossom by Kirby Brown

• Renewal by Billy Strings

• Understand by William Tyler'

• Sky Songs by Alena Murang

• Social Music at Troost Vol.1 by 75 Dollar Bill

• Sympathy for Life by Parquet Courts

• Teenage Dreams by Native Soul

• My Morning Jacket by My Morning Jacket

• -io by Circuit Des Yeux

• Windless Day by Scott Hirsch

• East Pakistan Sky by Ustad Saami

• Yasuke by Flying Lotus

• Hey What by Low

• Cissoko Heritage by Maher Cissoko

• Valentine by Snail Mail

• The Golden Lag by Elkhorn

• Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders

• Elixor of Life by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders

• Admonitions by Endless Boogie

• The Dharma Wheel by Howlin’ Rain

• All These Years by Phil Cook

• Post Wook by Andrew Scott Young/Ryan Jewell/Ryley Walker

• Another Side by Leo Nocentelli (1971)

• I Don’t Live Here Anymore by the War on Drugs

2021 Albums I Wanted To Like Much More Than I Actually Did But Have Nothing Bad To Say About: (in alphabetical order):

• Get Ready

Things Read in 2021 (in order read):

• It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine (2017)

• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (1987)

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (2019)

• Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami (1988)

• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)

• South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami (1992)

• Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (1999)

• Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown (2017)

• Creative Ministry by Henri Nouwen (1971)

• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (1994)

• After Dark by Haruki Murakami (2004)

• Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (2020)

• Why Not Socialism? Book by G. A. Cohen (2009)

• 1Q84 Novel Haruki Murakami (2009)

• Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami (2013)

• Anarchy in Action by Colin Ward (1973)

• (TOOK A READING BREAK TO WACH GHOST SHOWS ON DISCOVERY+)

• Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami (2017)

• The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr (2021)

• Searching For The Sound: My Life With the Grateful Dead by Phil Lesh (2005)

• Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, And Drugs With The Grateful Dead by Bill Kreutzmann with Benjy Eisen (2015)

• Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson (1999)

• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017)

• The Autobiography of Malcom X As Told To Alex Haley (1965)

• Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (1952) (RE-READ)

• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (1959) (RE-READ)

• Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (1960) (RE-READ)

• Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut (1961) (RE-READ)

• Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore (2017)

• The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended by Joanna Sawatsky, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Sheila Wray Gregoire (2021)

• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls before Swine by Kurt Vonnegut (1965) (RE-READ)

• When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide To Understanding Death by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown (1996)

• I’ll Miss You, Mr. Hooper by “Sesame Street” (1984)

• I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas (2000)

• Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (1969) (RE-READ)

• Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday by Kurt Vonnegut (1973) (RE-READ)

• Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis (2021)

• Bewilderment by Richard Powers (2021)

• Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)

• Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut (1976) (RE-READ)

Concerts, Speakers, Plays and Such:

• Neko Case with A.C. Newman at the Van Buren (08/22/21)

• Willie Nelson and Family with the Avett Brothers, Gov’t Mule and Lucinda Williams at Ak-Chin Pavilion (10/15/21)

• Erykah Badu at the Arizona Federal Theater (10/20/21)

• Phish at Ak-Chin Pavilion (10/22/21)

• Dead & Co. at Ak-Chin Pavilion (10/25/21)

Favorite (Or at least most intriguing) Podcasts/Radio Listened to in 2021:

• The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow
  
  

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2021 (in order seen):

• Soul (2020)

• Brené Brown: The Call to Courage (2019)

• Serenity (2005) (Rewatch)

• Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

• Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

• The Hateful Eight (2015)

• Django Unchained (2012)

• Everything Must Go (2010)

• MFKZ (2017)

• Luca (2021)

• Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)

• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)

• The Dead Don’t Die (2019)

• The Cat Returns (2002)

• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)

• The End of Evangelion (1997)

• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

• Fly in A Bottle: A Documentary Featuring MMW On Tour And In The Studio (2011)

• The Velvet Underground (2021)

• 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)

• A Man Called Adam (1966)

• Pig (2021)

• Dune (1984)

• Frank (2014)

• The Beatles: Get Back (2021)

• Willy’s Wonderland (2021)

• Phish: Bittersweet Motel (2000)

Favorite Television Watched in 2021:

• Firefly (2002) (Rewatch)

• Twin Peaks (Season 01 and 02; 1990, 1991) (Rewatch)

• Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)

• Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000) (Rewatch)

• Scissor Seven (Seasons 1 and 2) (2020)

• Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)

• Hangar 1: The UFO Files (Season 1) (2014)

• Parasyte: The Maxim (Season 1) (2014–2015)

• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Season 1 // 2012-2013)

• Ghost Brothers (Seasons 1-2 // 2016-2017)

• Ghost Brothers: Haunted Houseguests (2019)

• Fright Club (Season 1 // 2021-)

• Portals to Hell (Seasons 1-2 // 2019-)

• The Holzier Files (Seasons 1-2 // 2019-)

• Ghost Brothers: Lights OutI (2021)

• Paranormal Lockdown (Seasons 1-3 // 2016-)

• Yasuke (2021)

• The Way of the Househusband (2021)

• Paranormal Lockdown UK (2018)

• Ghosts of Shepherdstown (2016)

• Ghosts of Morgan City (2019)

• iCarly (2007-2012)

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996)

• Ted Lasso Season Two (2021)

• The Good Place (2016-2020) (RE-WATCH)

• Community (2009-2015) RE-WATCH)

• Midnight Mass (2021)

• Bojack Horseman (2014 - 2020)

• What We Do In The Shadows Season 03 (2021)

Misc. Pop-Culture Moments of Consequence (Or Not)/Random Thoughts, etc., (2021 Edition):

• The woman claiming 2 Peter 1:10 refers to political election.

• “Claiming to be a goat” to own the Libs

• Alex Jones turns on Drumpf for suggesting people get vaccinated

2020

Welcome to my lists list. I like to keep track of the things I read, watch and listen to. You know, sort of based on that quote (which I have edited): “The person you will be in five years is based on the books you read, the movies you watch, the music you listen to, and the people you surround yourself with today.” It’s important to understand the things that you put in to your system. Think of it like a pop culture diet record. Or something like that. Feel free to follow along. Or don’t. Please feel free to interact and make suggestions. Or don’t. You can also browse lists from past years. Or don’t.

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2019 Albums I Wish I Had Included In My 2019 Year-End Round-Up Music Extravaganza List:

• Heavy Rainford by Adrian Sherwood and Lee “Scratch” Perry

• Ritme Jaavdanegi by Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

• The Storm Sessions by Elkhorn

• Ism by Junius Paul

Pre-2020 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2020 (In order according to first heard):

• Tamikrest

• Blackpink, “Kill This Love”

• Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

• Everything by Erykah Badu (yes, I know I should have been digging this a long time ago)

Favorite Music Reissues/Box Sets in 2020/Misc. (in alphabetical order):

• Veranal Equinox by Jon Hassell
  

Favorite Singles/Songs of 2020 (in alphabetical order):

• “Aaron Neville” by Foreknown

• “Father” by Foreknown
  

Favorite Music Videos of 2020 (in alphabetical order):

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2020 (in alphabetical order):

• Live at Tubby's by 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band

• Shaman! by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

• Time is A Gift Which We Share All The Time by Afriquoi

• Just Like Moby Dick by Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band

• Rejoice by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela

• The Angel You Don’t Know by Amaarae

• Fu Chronicles by Antibalas

• Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

• Roy Ayers JID002 by Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad

• Ex-Voto by Jamie Barnes

• Honeymoon by Beach Bunny

• Please Advise by Beauty Pill

• Live at Troost by Big Feet

• Punisher by Phoebe Bridges

• Crash Test Kid by Sammy Brue

• Revolution (Live Disco Show in New York City) by Sidiku Buari

• Long In The Tooth by the Budos Band

• Built to Spill Plays The Songs of Daniel Johnston by Built To Spill

• Regresa by Buscabulla

• Shadow Talk by Café Racer

• Echo Mine by Califone

• Gold Record by Bill Callahan

• Circles Around The Sun by Circles Around The Sun

• Forever Just Beyond by Clem Snide

• Have We Met by Destroyer

• I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

• Trickster by DJ Krush

• Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

• Afternoon Tea at Six by Eishan Ensemble

• Kahil El’Zabar’s Spirit Groove by Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray

• Live In Chicago 2017 by Endless Boogie

• Wake Up! by Hazel English

• Music from Saharan WhatsApp 01 by Etran de L'Aïr

• Shore by Fleet Foxes

• A Hero’s Death by Fontaines D.C.

• Peoples Motel Band by Chris Forsyth and Garcia Peoples

• Techno Top: Solar Live Vol 4, 9.27.19 by Chris Forsyth

• Music from Saharan WhatsApp 02 by Oumou Diabate et Kara Show Koumba Frifri

• SOURCE by Nubya Garcia

• Nightcap at Wits' End by Garcia Peoples

• Ghost of Vroom 2 by Ghost of Vroom

• Como De Allstars by Greyboy Allstars

• Big Dark Bright Futures by Growing Concerns Poetry Collective

• Women In Music Pt. III by Haim

• Infinity Of Now by the Heliocentrics

• National Freedom by Lonnie Holley

• Muerto, Carcel o Rocanroll by Huntingtons

• Beginners by Christian Lee Hutson

• Reuinions by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

• World on the Ground by Sarah Jarosz

• Music from Saharan WhatsApp 04 by Alkibar Junior

• Mordechai by Khruangbin

• Babani Koné by Babani Koné

• Yeo​-​Neun by Okkyung Lee

• Mutation by Les Freres Smith

• Songs We Sang In Our Dreams by Let It Come Down

• 2020 by Magik Markers

• Eno Axis by H.C. McEntire

• Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock

• Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones

• Circles by Mac Miller

• Dimensional Stardust by Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra

• Mutable Set by Blake Mills

• Annual by Modern Nature

• Songs for Pierre Chuvin by the Mountain Goats

• Getting Into Knives by the Mountain Goats

• Lapse in Passage by Mute Duo

• Staunch Honey by David Nance

• Snapshot of a Beginner by Nap Eyes

• Three by the Necks

• Smokers Delight: Sonic Buds by Nightmares On Wax

• Rob Noyes & Sam Moss by Rob Noyes & Sam Moss

• Ojiboland by Ojibo Afrobeat

• We No Be Machine by Onipa

• Jams From The Sun by Oregon Space Trail of Jazz

• High Upon The Mountain by Pacific Range

• Ism by Junius Paul

• Suite For Max Brown by Jeff Parker

• Long Lost Solace Find by Mike Polizze

• Summerlong by Rose City Band

• RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

• Landwerk demos by Nathan Salsburg

• Piano Textures 5 by Bruno Sanfilippo

• Acoustic by Oumou Sangaré

• Untitled (Black Is) by Sault

• We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors

• The Don of Diamond Dreams by Shabazz Palaces

• Ocean Bridges by Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic & Damu the Fudgemunk

• Elegancia Popular by Sidi Wacho

• Oneiric Formulary by Sir Richard Bishop

• Companion Rises by Six Organs of Admittance

• Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? by The Soft Pink Truth

• All Things Being Equal by Sonic Boom

• Optimisme by Songhoy Blues

• græ by Moses Sumney

• Swirling by Sun Ra Arkestra

• Oh Yeah? by Sunwatchers

• Wooden Flower by Tambourinen

• Folklore by Taylor Swift

• Nomad by Tengger

• Sun Racket by Throwing Muses

• Siftorde by Tidiane Thiam

• Fall To Pieces by Tricky

• New Vanitas by William Tyler

• The Great Mountain by Waterless Hills

• World As A Waiting Room by White Denim

• Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams

• Strange to Explain by Woods

• Navarasa : Nine Emotions by Yorkston/Thorne/Khan

• Homegrown by Neil Young

• Ngiwu Shwabada by Sibusile Xaba

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2020 (in order first heard):

• Music from Saharan WhatsApp 01 by Etran de L'Aïr

• Suite For Max Brown by Jeff Parker

• Navarasa : Nine Emotions by Yorkston/Thorne/Khan

• Music from Saharan WhatsApp 02 by Oumou Diabate et Kara Show Koumba Frifri

• Ojiboland by Ojibo Afrobeat

• Revolution (Live Disco Show in New York City) by Sidiku Buari

• Honeymoon by Beach Bunny

• Muerto, Carcel o Rocanroll by Huntingtons

• Companion Rises by Six Organs of Admittance

• Echo Mine by Califone

• Ngiwu Shwabada by Sibusile Xaba

• We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors

• Elegancia Popular by Sidi Wacho

• Peoples Motel Band by Chris Forsyth and Garcia Peoples

• We No Be Machine by Onipa

• Rejoice by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela

• Three by the Necks

• Trickster by DJ Krush

• Lapse in Passage by Mute Duo

• Piano Textures 5 by Bruno Sanfilippo

• Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

• Oh Yeah? by Sunwatchers

• Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams

• Techno Top: Solar Live Vol 4, 9.27.19 by Chris Forsyth

• I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

• Live at Tubby's by 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band

• Live at Troost by Big Feet

• Music from Saharan WhatsApp 04 by Alkibar Junior

• Jams From The Sun by Oregon Space Trail of Jazz

• Wake Up! by Hazel English

• Please Advise by Beauty Pill

• Yeo​-​Neun by Okkyung Lee

• Reuinions by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

• Mutable Set by Blake Mills

• Have We Met by Destroyer

• Forever Just Beyond by Clem Snide

• Regresa by Buscabulla

• Oneiric Formulary by Sir Richard Bishop

• Summerlong by Rose City Band

• græ by Moses Sumney

• Afternoon Tea at Six by Eishan Ensemble

• Strange to Explain by Woods

• Ocean Bridges by Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic & Damu the Fudgemunk

• Babani Koné by Babani Koné

• Live In Chicago 2017 by Endless Boogie

• All Things Being Equal by Sonic Boom

• Circles by Mac Miller

• RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

• World As A Waiting Room by White Denim

• Songs We Sang In Our Dreams by Let It Come Down

• Circles Around The Sun by Circles Around The Sun

• Crash Test Kid by Sammy Brue

• Beginners by Christian Lee Hutson

• Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock

• Ism by Junius Paul

• Landwerk demos by Nathan Salsburg

• Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

• The Great Mountain by Waterless Hills

• Rob Noyes & Sam Moss by Rob Noyes & Sam Moss

• Homegrown by Neil Young

• Roy Ayers JID002 by Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad

• Punisher by Phoebe Bridges

• Time is A Gift Which We Share All The Time by Afriquoi

• Acoustic by Oumou Sangaré

• New Vanitas by William Tyler

• Shaman! by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

• Snapshot of a Beginner by Nap Eyes

• Annual by Modern Nature

• Mutation by Les Freres Smith

• Infinity Of Now by the Heliocentrics

• Women In Music Pt. III by Haim

• Mordechai by Khruangbin

• Folklore by Taylor Swift

• Long In The Tooth by the Budos Band

• Songs for Pierre Chuvin by the Mountain Goats

• A Hero’s Death by Fontaines D.C.

• Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones

• Long Lost Solace Find by Mike Polizze

• National Freedom by Lonnie Holley

• Just Like Moby Dick by Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band

• Como De Allstars by Greyboy Allstars

• Eno Axis by H.C. McEntire

• Sun Racket by Throwing Muses

• Siftorde by Tidiane Thiam

• Built to Spill Plays The Songs of Daniel Johnston by Built To Spill

• The Don of Diamond Dreams by Shabazz Palaces

• Nightcap at Wits' End by Garcia Peoples

• Gold Record by Bill Callahan

• Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? by The Soft Pink Truth

• SOURCE by Nubya Garcia

• Shore by Fleet Foxes

• Fall To Pieces by Tricky

• Untitled (Black Is) by Sault

• Getting Into Knives by the Mountain Goats

• Optimisme by Songhoy Blues

• Fu Chronicles by Antibalas

• High Upon The Mountain by Pacific Range

• Smokers Delight: Sonic Buds by Nightmares On Wax

• Ex-Voto by Jamie Barnes

• Nomad by Tengger

• The Angel You Don’t Know by Amaarae

• Ghost of Vroom 2 by Ghost of Vroom

• World on the Ground by Sarah Jarosz

• Staunch Honey by David Nance

• Swirling by Sun Ra Arkestra

• 2020 by Magik Markers

• Wooden Flower by Tambourinen

• Dimensional Stardust by Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra

• Shadow Talk by Café Racer

• Kahil El’Zabar’s Spirit Groove by Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray

• Big Dark Bright Futures by Growing Concerns Poetry Collective

2020 Albums I Wanted To Like Much More Than I Actually Did But Have Nothing Bad To Say About: (in alphabetical order):

• American Head by the Flaming Lips

• Shore by Fleet Foxes

• The Ascension by Sufjan Stevents

Things Read in 2020 (in order read):

• The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W James and Russell Friedman (1986)

• Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey (1964)

• A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (1961)

• Lament For A Son By Nicholas Wolterstorff (1987)

• A Sorrow Shared: A Combined Edition of In Memoriam and A Letter of Consolation by Henri Nouwen (2011)

• The Overstory by Richard Powers (2018)

• How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (2019)

• Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin (1953)

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2002)

• Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (1946)

• Anarchy and Christianity by Jacque Ellul (1991)

• Grateful Dead Origins by Chris Miskiewicz (2020)

• Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins (1992)

• The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis (1940)

• The Art of Listening in a Healing Way by James Miller (2003)

• The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace by M. Scott Peck (1987)

• Jazz by Toni Morrison (1992)

• Personhood and Presence: Self as a Resource for Spiritual and Pastoral Care by Ewan Kelly (2012)

• Images of Pastoral Care: Classic Readings, compiled by Robert C. Dykstra (2004)

• A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami (1982)

• The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by The Arbinger Institute (2006)

• My Best Self: Using the Enneagram to Free the Soul by Kathleen V. Hurley and Theodore Elliott Dobson (1993)

• Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami (1979)

• Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami (1980)

• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (1985)

• Desert Oracle Volume 1 by Ken Layne (2020)

Concerts, Speakers, Plays and Such:

• Drew Cooper at the Lion’s Den in Pinetop-Lakeside (01/04/20)

• Terry Riley with Gyan Riley at the Musical Instrument Museum (02/12/20)

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2020 (in order seen):

• Uncut Gems (2019)

• Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

• Onward (2020)

• Parasite (2019)

• Hail, Caesar! (2016)

• JoJo Rabbit (2019)

• The Color of Compromise (2020)

• Selma (2014)

• Just Mercy (2019)

• Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

• Hamilton (2020)

• The Speed Cubers (2020)

• Black Is King (2020)

• John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (2020)

• Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)

• Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers (2018)

Favorite (Or at least most intriguing) Podcasts/Radio Listened to in 2020:

• The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow

Favorite Television Watched in 2020:

• Joe Pera Talks With You (Season Two)

• Alaskan Bush People (2014 - Present)

• Devs (2020)

• Kim’s Convenience (2016 - )

• What We Do In The Shadows (2019 - )

• Watchmen Season One (2019)

• Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2014 - 2016)

• Umbrella Academy season 02 (2020)

• The Good Place season 04 (2020)

• Schitt’s Creed season 06 (2020)

• We Are The Champions (2020)

• Ted Lasso (2020)

• The Mandalorian (2019 - )

Misc. Pop-Culture Moments of Consequence (Or Not)/Random Thoughts, etc., (2020 Edition):

• “He sells troops.”

• Remember when Australia was on fire?

• Trump claims controversial comment about injecting disinfectants was ‘sarcastic’

• Murder Hornets

• “Peaceful Protesters Were Gassed Outside The White House So Trump Could Get A Photo Op At A Church” holding a bible.

• “if we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases' of the coronavirus”

• In response to racial tensions, Trump quotes racists: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

• The “president” signaled “WHITE POWER” to people protesting . . . racism.

• “Person Woman Man Camera TV”

• Wall of Moms

• “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”

• “'Did you all watch My Cousin Vinny?' Sweating Rudy Giuliani presents 'evidence' for 'massive voting fraud' as hair dye runs down his face - alongside 'elite legal strike force' who claim Joe Biden's win is a Venezuelan plot they uncovered on the internet”

• “Business is booming at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, now a landmark on the Philadelphia tourist trail thanks to Rudy Giuliani's bizarre post-election press conference”

• “Michigan state representative confirms Rudy Giuliani farted during an election hearing”

• Melissa Carone

R.I.P.:

• Elizabeth Wurtzel (author of Prozac Nation) (07/31/76 - 01/07/20)

• Neil Peart of Rush (09/12/52 - 01/07/20)

• Christopher Tolkien (11/21/24 - 01/15/20)

• David Olney (03/23/48 - 01/18/20)

• Jimmy Heath (10/25/26 - 01/19/20)

• Terry Jones (02/01/42 - 01/21/20)

• Jim Lehrer (05/19/34 - 01/23/20)

• Wes Wilson (07/15/37 - 01/24/20)

• Kobe Bryant (08/23/78 - 01/26/20)

• Andy Gill (Gang of Four) (01/01/56 - 02/01/20)

• Ivan Král (Patti Smith Group) (05/12/48 - 02/02/20)

• Kirk Douglas (12/09/16 - 02/05/20)

• Robert Conrad (03/01/35 - 02/08/20)

• Lyle Mays (11/27/53 - 02/10/20)

• Joseph Shabalala (08/28/41 - 02/11/20)

• Andrew Weatherall (O4/06/63 0 02/17/20)

• Peter Tork (02/13/42 - 02/21/20)

• Clive Cussler (07/15/31 - 02/24/20)

• Katherine Johnson (08/26/18 - 02/24/20)

• David Roback (Mazzy Star) (04/04/58 - 02/25/20)

• Freeman Dyson (12/15/23 - 02/28/20)

• James Lipton (09/19/26 - 03/02/20)

• Rosalind P. Walter (“Rosie The Riveter”) (06/25/24 - 03/04/20)

• McCoy Tyner (12/11/38 - 03/06/20)

• Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, etc.) (02/22/50 - 03/14/20)

• Kenny Rogers (08/21/38 - 03/20/20)

• Ray Mantilla (Latin percussionist) (06/22/34 - 03/21/20)

• Tres Warren (Psychic Ills) (??/??/?? - 03/23/20)

• Doug Clark (of the AZ band Mighty Sphincter) (??/??/?? - 03/23/20)

• Mike Longo (03/19/39 - 03/22/20)

• Albert Uderzo (creator of Asterix) (04/25/27 - 03/24/20)

• Manu Dibango (12/12/33 - 03/24/20)

• Terrence McNally (Playwright) (11/03/38 - 03/24/20)

• Bill Withers (07/04/38 - 03/30/20)

• Jeff Grosso (??/??/?? - 03/31/20)

• Ellis Marsalis (11/14/34 - 04/01/20)

• Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) (10/01/67 - 04/01/20)

• Hal Willner (04/06/56 - 04/07/20)

• John Prine (10/10/46 - 04/07/20)

• Mort Drucker (Mad Magazine) (03/22/29 - 04/09/20)

• Henry Grimes (11/03/35 - 04/17/20)

• Barney Ales (05/13/34 - 04/17/20)

• Irrfan Khan (01/07/67 - 04/29/20)

• Tony Allen (08/12/40 - 04/30/20)

• Sam Lloyd (Scrubs, etc.) (11/12/63 - 04/30/20)

• Florian Schneider (04/07/47 - 04/30/20)

• Sweet Pea Atkinson (09/20/45 - 05/05/20)

• Darrin Patrick (pastor and author) (12/04/70 - 05/07/20)

• Andre Harrell (09/26/60 - 05/07/20)

• Roy Horn (Siegfried & Roy) (10/03/44 - 05/08/20)

• Little Richard (12/05/32 - 05/09/20)

• Betty Wright (12/21/53 - 05/10/20)

• Jerry Stiller (06/08/27 - 05/11/20)

• Paul Vasquez (Double Rainbow Guy) (??/??/?? - 05/11/20)

• Jorge Santana (06/13/51 - 05/14/20)

• Fred Willard (09/18/39 - 05/15/20)

• Ravi Zacharias (03/26/46 - 05/19/20)

• Jimmy Cobb (01/20/29 - 05/24/20)

• Bonnie Pointer (07/11/50 - 06/08/20)

• Denny O'Neil (05/03/39 - 06/11/20)

• Milton Glaser (06/26/29 - 06/26/20)

• Marc Orleans (Sunburned Hand Of the Man, ect.) (??/??/?? - 06/2?/20)

• Carl Reiner (03/10/22 - 06/29/20)

• Ennio Morricone (11/10/28 - 07/06/20)

• Charlie Daniels (10/28/36 - 07/06/20)

• Ronald L. Graham (10/31/35 - 07/06/20)

• Judy Dyble (02/13/49 - 07/12/20)

• Kelly Preston (10/13/62 - 07/12/20)

• Joanna Cole (Magic School Bus) (08/11/44 - 07/12/20)

• Zindzi Mandela (??/??/60) - 07/13/20)

• Grant Imahara (10/23/70 - 07/13/20)

• C.T. Vivian (07/30/24 - 07/17/20)

• John Lewis (02/21/40 - 07/17/20)

• J.I. Packer (07/22/26 - 07/17/20)

• Emitt Rhodes (02/25/50 - 07/19/20)

• Lorenzo Wilson Milam (08/02/33 - 07/19/20)

• Charles Evers (09/11/22 - 07/22/20)

• Regis Philbin (08/25/31 - 07/24/20)

• Peter Green (10/29/46 - 07/25/20)

• Olivia de Havilland (07/01/16 - 07/25/20)

• Malik B (11/14/72 - 07/29/20)

• Herman Cain (12/13/45 - 07/30/20)

• Wilford Brimley (09/27/34 - 08/01/20)

• FBG Duck (12/06/93 - 08/04/20)

• Vern Rumsey (of Unwound)(01/24/73 - 08/06/20)

• Hal Singer (10/08/19 - 08/18/20)

• Todd Nance (Widespread Panic)(11/??/62 - 08/19/20)

• Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot)(11/14/51 - 08/20/20)

• Justin Townes Earle (01/04/82 - 08/20/20)

• Itaru Oki (09/10/41 - 08/25/20)

• Lute Olson (09/22/34 - 08/27/20)

• Bill Harbour (Freedom RIder)(01/09/42 - 08/27/20)

• Chadwick Boseman (11/29/76 - 08/28/20)

• Cliff Robinson (12/16/66 - 08/29/20)

• Tom Seaver (11/17/44 - 08/31/20)

• Gary Peacock (05/12/35 - 09/04/20)

• Sid McCray (Bad Brains)(??/??/?? - 09/09/20)

• Diana Rigg (07/10/38 - 09/10/20)

• Toots Hibbert (12/08/42 - 09/11/20)

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (03/15/33 - 09/18/20)

• Robert Graetz (05/16/28 - 09/20/20)

• Juliette Gréco (02/08/27 - 09/23/20)

• Mac Davis (01/21/42 - 09/29/20)

• Helen Reddy (10/25/41 - 09/29/20)

• Eddie Van Halen (01/26/55 - 10/06/20)

• Joe Morgan (09/19/43 - 10/11/20)

• Bob Biggs (??/??/?? - 10/16/200

• Jerry Jeff Walker (03/16/42 - 10/23/20)

• Diane di Prima (08/06/34 - 10/25/20)

• Billy Joe Shaver (08/16/39 - 10/28/20)

• Sean Connery (08/25/30 - 10/31/20)

• Bishop Rance Allen (11/20/48 - 10/31/20)

• John Sessions (01/11/53 - 11/02/20)

• Baron Wolman (06/25/37 - 11/02/20)

• Alex Trebek (07/22/40 - 11/08/20)

• Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. (1953 - 11/09/20)

• David Dinkins (07/10/27 - 11/23/20)

• Hal Ketchum (04/09/53 - 11/23/20)

• David Prowse (07/01/35 - 11/28/20)

• Hugh Keays-Byrne (05/18/47 - 12/01/20)

• Chuck Yeager (02/13/23 - 12/07/20)

• Howard Wales (02/08/43 - 12/07/20)

• Harold Budd (05/24/36 - 12/08/20)

• Charley Pride (03/18/34 - 12/12/20)

• Ann Reinking (11/10/49 - 12/12/20)

• Rita Houston (09/28/61 - 12/15/20)

• Jeremy Bulloch (02/16/45 - 12/17/20)

2018

Welcome to my lists list. I like to keep track of the things I read, watch and listen to. You know, sort of based on that quote (which I have edited): “The person you will be in five years is based on the books you read, the movies you watch, the music you listen to, and the people you surround yourself with today.” It’s important to understand the things that you put in to your system. Think of it like a pop culture diet record. Or something like that. Feel free to follow along. Or don’t. You can also browse lists from past years. Or don’t. And please feel free to interact and make suggestions.

Pre-2018 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2018 (In order according to first heard):

• LCD Soundsystem

• Day to Day by Sarathy Korwar (2016)

• Breakfast with the Sirens of Infinity by Naan Violence (2013)

• Magnetic Anomaly by Cobra Family Picnic (2017)

• Khun Narin

• 75 Dollar Bill // live shows and Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm

• Alsarah & The Nubatones

• Mahmoud Guinia

• Lafayette Afro Rock Band

• Asiko Rock Group

• Do You Wanna Dance by Tikki Masala

• Kalahari Encounters by Namibian Tales

• OKI DUB AINU BAND

• Yacine & The Oriental Groove

• Faran Ensemble

• Bedouine by Bedouine (2017)

• The Tragically Hip

Favorite Music Reissues/Box Sets in 2018 (in alphabetical order):

• Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) by Digable Planets (originally released 1993)

• More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 by Bob Dylan

• I Can See My House From Here by The Glands

• Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children by Hiss Golden Messenger

• Concrete Jungle Dub by King Tubby (originally released 1976)

Favorite Singles/Songs of 2018 (in alphabetical order):

• “The Truth” by Phil Cook

• “This Is America” by Childish Gambino

• “Passing Clouds” by Hiss Golden Messenger Meets Spacebomb

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2018 (in alphabetical order):

• An Angel Fell by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

• 7 Billion by Kiran Ahluwalia

• Freedom by Amen Dunes

• Morning Star by Daniel Bachman

• Peter Pears Balinese Ceremonial Music by Thomas Bartlett And Nico Muhly

• Plainly Mistaken by Nathan Bowles

• boygenius EP by boygenius

• American Utopia by David Byrne

• The Thread That Keeps Us by Calexico

• Conquistador by Dylan Carlson

• Hell-On by Neko Case

• Historian by Lucy Dacus

• Chris Dave and the Drumhedz by Chris Dave and the Drumhedz

• Interplanetary Travels by Condor Gruppe

• Close But No Cigar by Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

• Cosmic Yard by DJ DJ KRUSH

• More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 by Bob Dylan

• Myths 003 EP by Dungen & Woods

• The Ghost You Love Most by Qais Essar

• Cosmic Cash by Garcia Peoples

• OK OK OK by Gilberto Gil

• Road To Knowhere by Tommy Guerrero

• Matterhorn by Heaters

• “Passing Clouds” by Hiss Golden Messenger Meets Spacebomb

• Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children by Hiss Golden Messenger

• MITH by Lonnie Holley

• Appreciation by Horse Feathers

• The Dream My Bones Dream Eiko Ishibashi

• The Horizon Just Laughed by Damien Jurado

• Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

• Money by KIALA & the Afroblaster

• Masana Temples by Kikagaku Moyo

• Black Times by Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

• Double Negative by Low

• Nudes by Lucius

• Lionheart by H.C. McEntire

• Tawassol by Gabacho Maroc

• Omnisphere by Medeski Martin and Wood (with Alarm Will Sound)

• Pissing Stars by Efrim Manuel Menuck

• Be The Cowboy by Mitski

• Moontribe by Moontribe

• Upheaval by Mythic Sunship

• Another Shape of Psychedelic Music by Mythic Sunship

• I'm Bad Now by Nap Eyes

• Volume 1 by Naujawanan Baidar

• Body by The Necks

• Everything’s Better by One Eleven Heavy

• Laugh to Keep From Crying to Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra

• C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

• Enter The Stream by Prana Crafter

• Limbo by Dylan Pratt

• El Mal Querer by Rosalía

• I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions by Santigold

• To The Sunset by Amanda Shires

• And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

• What A Time To Be Alive by Superchunk

• WARM by Jeff Tweedy

• Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

• Deafman Glance by Ryley Walker

• Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

• Livin’ the Die by Wet Tuna

• Performance by White Denim

• Mother by Xylouris White

• V. by Wooden Shjips

• Live in Tel Aviv by Yemen Blues

• There's a Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

• The Whole Thing Is Just There by Young Jesus

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2018 (in order first heard):

• The Thread That Keeps Us by Calexico

• Chris Dave and the Drumhedz by Chris Dave and the Drumhedz

• Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

• Lionheart by H.C. McEntire

• Pissing Stars by Efrim Manuel Menuck

• What A Time To Be Alive by Superchunk

• Limbo by Dylan Pratt

• Mother by Xylouris White

• There's a Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

• Black Times by Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

• Upheaval by Mythic Sunship

• Nudes by Lucius

• American Utopia by David Byrne

• “Passing Clouds” by Hiss Golden Messenger Meets Spacebomb

• Money by Kiala & The Afroblaster

• Freedom by Amen Dunes

• Close But No Cigar by Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

• Laugh to Keep From Crying to PAO Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra

• The Ghost You Love Most by Qais Essar

• Appreciation by Horse Feathers

• The Horizon Just Laughed by Damien Jurado

• Peter Pears Balinese Ceremonial Music by Thomas Bartlett And Nico Muhly

• Livin’ the Die by Wet Tuna

• Deafman Glance by Ryley Walker

• Hell-On by Neko Case

• Conquistador by Dylan Carlson

• Tawassol by Gabacho Maroc

• 7 Billion by Kiran Ahluwalia

• Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

• Live in Tel Aviv by Yemen Blues

• Morning Star by Daniel Bachman

• Myths 003 EP by Dungen & Woods

• I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions by Santigold

• To The Sunset by Amanda Shires

• Cosmic Cash by Garcia Peoples

• Enter The Stream by Prana Crafter

• OK OK OK by Gilberto Gil

• And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

• Be The Cowboy by Mitski

• Double Negative by Low

• Everything’s Better by One Eleven Heavy

• V. by Wooden Shjips

• Cosmic Yard by DJ Krush

• Omnisphere by Medeski Martin and Wood (with Alarm Will Sound)

• Body by The Necks

• Moontribe by Moontribe

• C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

• Masana Temples by Kikagaku Moyo

• Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

• The Whole Thing Is Just There by Young Jesus

• Plainly Mistaken by Nathan Bowles

• Performance by White Denim

• Another Shape of Psychedelic Music by Mythic Sunship

• An Angel Fell by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

• Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children by Hiss Golden Messenger

• More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 by Bob Dylan

• MITH by Lonnie Holley

• El Mal Querer by Rosalía

• Matterhorn by Heaters

• WARM by Jeff Tweedy

• Historian by Lucy Dacus

• The Dream My Bones Dream Eiko Ishibashi

• boygenius EP by boygenius

• Road To Knowhere by Tommy Guerrero

• Volume 1 by Naujawanan Baidar

• Interplanetary Travels by Condor Gruppe

• I'm Bad Now by Nap Eyes

Things Read in 2018 (in order read):

• Exegete Your Culture: 10 Checkpoints for Knowing and Reaching Your Culture (booklet) by Ed Stetzer

• Christian Counter-Culture: The Message of the Sermon on the Mount by John Stott

• Esio Trot by Roald Dahl (1990)

• A Layman’s Look at the Lord’s Prayer by Phillip Keller

• Fight: A Christian Case For Non-Violence by Preston Sprinkle (2013)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The First: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler (1999)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Second: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler (1999)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Third: The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler (2000)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Fourth: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler (2000)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Fifth: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler (2000)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Sixth: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler (2001)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Seventh: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket/Brett Helquist (2001)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Eighth: The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket/Brett Helquist (2001)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Ninth: The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket/Brett Helquist (2002)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Tenth: The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket/Brett Helquist (2003)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Eleventh: The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket/Brett Helquist (2003)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Twelfth: The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket/Brett Helquist (2005)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Book The Thirteenth: The End by Lemony Snicket/Brett Helquist (2006)

• They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib (2017)

• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity In A World Made For Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (2018)

• Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (2018)

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (2004)

• The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible by Scot McKnight (2008)

• Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry (2000)

• On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1969)

• Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen (1992)

• Nothing Else Yet (I blame Infinite Jest)

Concerts, Speakers, Plays and Such:

• 02/21/18 - The Drowsy Chaperone at/by Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics

• 03/16/18 - Some Dark Hollow with Catbird Cosgrove at Valley Bar

• 03/18/18 - G. Love and Special Sauce and Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Pot of Gold Music Festival

• 06/03/18 - Shawn Skinner, Summaries, Foreknown and Withered Bones at the Thomas Listening Room for Patrick and Megan’s wedding shower

• 12/09/18 - Some Dark Hollow with The Blood Feud Family Singers at the Phoenix Center For The Arts

• 12/16/18 - Jerry David DeCicca, Adam Ostrar, Michael Krassner trio at Cibo Pizzeria Carriage House.

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2018 (in order seen):

• Pottersville (2017)

• Bob Dylan: Trouble No More (2017)

• Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (2016)

• I Called Him Morgan (2016)

• Polka King (2018) // The Man Who Would Be Polka King (2009)

• April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

• Burn After Reading (2008)

• Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012)

• Silence (2016)

• Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents (2015)

• What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

• Fullmetal Alchemist / Netflix (2017)

• Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)

• Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)

• Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (2007)

• Paterson (2016)

• Black Panther (2018)

• Isle of Dogs (2018)

• Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

• Phantom Boy (2015)

• The Tiger Hunter (2016)

• White Right: Meeting The Enemy (2018)

• Incredibles 2 (2018)

• The Breadwinner (2017)

• They Will Have to Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile (2016)

• Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock & Roll (2014)

• Long Time Running (2017)

• Gimme Danger (2016)

• Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

• Lemon (2017)

• I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

• Documenting Hate: Charlottesville (2018)

• The Grave of the Fireflies (1993)

• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Favorite (Or at least most intriguing) Podcasts/Radio Listened to in 2018:

• Raga Vibrations (a monthly selection of Indian music curated by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma & Greg Davis)

• Sarathy Korwar hosting an episode Nabihah Iqbal’s show on NTS Radio (02/27/18)

• The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow (of course I might be biased on this one)

Favorite Television Watched in 2018:

• Cowboy Bebop (1998–2003)

• The Good Place (Season Two)

• Black-ish (Season Four)

• Fresh Off The Boat (Seasons Three and Four)

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Seasons One Through Five)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events (Season 02)

• Santa Clarita Diet (Season 02)

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013 - 2018)

• Little Lunch (2015)

• Blue Exorcist (2012)

• Schitt’s Creek (Seasons Three and Four) (2017 and 2018)

• The Good Place (Season Three) (2018)

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1996–2003)

• Boy Meets World (1993 - 2000)

Misc. Pop-Culture Moments of Consequence (Or Not)/Random Thoughts, etc., (2018 Edition):

• Trump and Russia

• Fire and Fury // “I’m like really smart . . . a very stable genius”

• “NPR Host Robert Siegel Signs Off”

• “Executive Time”

• “Tide Pod Maker Begs Teens: Please Stop Eating Detergent”

• Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy Performance. Then Bruno Mars won.

• February 10th is “Cliff Burton Day” in Alameda County, California in honor of the late Metallica bassist.

• “Fremulon”

• The Parkland Students

• White People Calling The Police On Minorities Because . . . // #CaucasianCallingTax

• “This Is America”

• White Extinction Anxiety

• “Truth isn’t truth.”

• TREASON?

• #plaidshirtguy

• “prolific pukers”

Random “Best Of 2018” Lists (Because I love year-end lists):

• Browse Consequence of Sound’s Favorite 2018 Albums.

• Browse FLOOD Magazine’s album picks.

• Browse NPR’s 50 album picks.

• Browse Paste Magazine’s 2018 album picks.

R.I.P.:

• Rick Hall (Muscle Shoals/FAME studios) (01/31/32 - 01/02/18)

• Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues (12/29/41 - 01/04/18)

• Jerry Van Dyke (07/27/31 - 01/05/18)

• Arthur Rorheim (co-founder of AWANA) (05/17/18 - 01/05/18)

• “Fast” Eddie Clarke (of Motörhead) (10/05/50 - 01/10/18)

• Hugh Wilson (Creator, WKRP in Cincinnati/Director, Police Academy) (08/21/43 - 01/14/18)

• Dolores O'Riordan (of the Cranberries) (09/06/71 - 01/15/18)

• RUSH (1968 - 2018) (“We have no plans to tour or record any more. We’re basically done. After 41 years, we felt it was enough”)

• Ursula K Le Guin (10/21/29 - 01/22/18)

• Hugh Masekela (04/04/39 - 01/23/18)

• Mark E. Smith (the Fall) (03/05/57 - 01/24/18)

• Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA) (03/30/26 - 01/27/18)

• John Mahoney (06/20/40 - 02/04/18)

• James W. Sire (editor and author of The Universe Next Door, Habits of the Mind and other “Christian worldview/apologetics” books) (10/17/33 - 02/06/18)

• John Perry Barlow (sometimes Grateful Dead lyricist) (10/03/47 - 02/07/18)

• Jóhann Jóhannsson (composer) (09/19/69 - 02/09/18)

• Vic Damone (06/12/28 - 02/11/18)

• Billy Graham (11/07/18 - 02/21/18)

• Russ Solomon (Founder of Tower Records) (09/22/25 - 03/04/18)

• Craig Mack (05/10/71 - 03/12/18)

• T. Berry Brazelton (famed “Parent Pediatrician”) (05/10/18 - 03/13/18)

• Kak Channthy (Cambodian Space Project) (02/26/80 - 03/20/18)

• Steven Bochco (12/16/43 - 04/01/18)

• Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (09/26/36 - 04/02/18)

• Cecil Taylor (03/25/29 - 04/06/18)

• Yvonne Staples (1936 or 1937 - 04/10/18)

• Art Bell (06/17/45 - 04/13/18)

• Miloš Forman (02/18/32 - 04/14/18)

• Harry Anderson (10/14/52 - 04/16/18)

• Carl Kasell (04/02/34 - 04/17/18)

• Barbara Bush (06/08/25 - 04/17/18)

• Randy Scruggs (08/03/53 - 04/17/18)

• Avicii (09/08/89 - 04/20/18)

• Verne Troyer (“Mini Me”) (01/01/69 - 04/21/18)

• Morita Tidako (01/15/53 - 04/24/18)

• Charles Neville (12/28/38 - 04/26/18)

• James Cone (08/05/36 - 04/28/18)

• Margot Kidder (10/17/48 - 05/13/18)

• Glenn Branca (10/06/48 - 05/14/18)

• Tom Wolfe (03/02/31 - 05/14/18)

• Reggie Lucas (02/25/53 - 05/19/18)

• Philip Roth (03/19/33 - 05/22/18)

• Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater (01/10/35 - 06/01/18)

• Clarence Fountain (Blind Boys of Alabama) (??/??/30 - 06/04/18)

• Kate Spade (12/24/62 - 06/05/18)

• Anthony Bourdain (06/25/56 - 06/18/18)

• Koko the Gorilla (07/04/71 - 06/19/18)

• Charles Krauthammer (03/13/50 - 06/21/18)

• Vinnie Paul (Pantera) (03/11/64 - 06/22/18)

• Donald Hall (former US poet laureate) (09/20/28 - 06/23/18)

• Joe Jackson (07/26/28 - 06/27/18)

• Steve Soto (Adolescents and Agent Orange) (08/23/63 - 06/27/18)

• Henry Butler (pianist) (09/21/48 - 07/02/18)

• Richard Swift (03/16/77 - 07/03/18)

• Steve Ditko (Spiderman C0-Creator) (11/02/27 - 07/07/18)

• Nancy Sinatra Sr. (03/25/17 - 07/13/18)

• Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet (09/17/51 - 07/15/18)

• Shinobu Hashimoto ('Seven Samurai' and 'Rashomon,' and more) (04/18/18 - 07/20/18)

• Jonathan Gold (07/28/60 - 07/21/18)

• Tomasz Stanko (07/11/42 - 07/29/18)

• Nikolai Volkoff (10/14/47 - 07/29/18)

• Charlotte Rae (04/22/26 - 08/05/18)

• Aretha Franklin (03/25/42 - 08/16/18)

• Kofi Annan (04/08/38 - 08/18/18)

• Khaira Arby (??/??/59 - 08/19/18)

• Eddie Willis (Funk Brother) (06/03/36 - 08/20/18)

• Stefán Karl Stefánsson (Robbie Rotten from Lazy Town) (07/10/75 - 08/21/18)

• Lazy Lester (06/10/33 - 08/22/18)

• Robin Leach (08/29/41 - 08/24/18)

• John McCain (08/29/36 - 08/25/18)

• Neil Simon (07/04/27 - 08/26/18)

• Randy Weston (04/06/26 - 08/26/18)

• Iosif Kobzon (09/11/37 - 08/30/18)

• Burt Reynolds (02/11/36 - 09/06/18)

• Mac Miller (01/19/92 - 09/07/18)

• Big Jay McNeely (04/29/27 - 09/16/18)

• Gary Kurtz (07/27/40 - 09/23/18)

• Marty Balin (01/30-42 - 09/27/18)

• Otis Rush (04/29/34 - 09/29/18)

• Charles Aznavour (05/22/24 - 10/01/18)

• Jerry González (06/05/49 - 10/01/18)

• Will Vinton (11/17/47 - 10/04/18)

• Paul Allen of Microfost (01/21/53 - 10/15/18)

• Eugene Peterson (11/06/32 - 10/22/18)

• Melvin Ragin, AKA “Wah Wah” Watson (12/08/50 - 10/24/18)

• Tony Joe White (07/23/43 - 10/25/18)

• Hardy Fox (of The Residents) (??/??/45 - 10/30/18)

• Kenny Marks (11/06/50 - 10/31/18)

• Roy Hargrove (10/16/69 - 11/02/18)

• Stan Lee (12/28/22 - 11/12/18)

• Roy Clark (04/15/33 - 11/15/18)

• William Goldman (08/12/31 - 11/16/18)

• Ricky Jay (01/01/48 - 11/24/18)

• Bernardo Bertolucci (03/16/41 - 11/26/18)

• Stephen Hillenburg (Creator of SpongeBob SquarePants) (08/21/61 - 11/27/18)

• Ed Pastor (06/28/43 - 11/28/18)

• George H. W. Bush, 41st U.S. President (06/12/24 - 11/30/18)

• Pete Shelley (of the Buzzcocks) (04/17/55 - 12/06/18)

• Nancy Wilson (02/20/37 - 12/13/18)

• Penny Marshall (10/15/43 - 12/18/18)

• Jerry Riopelle (1941 - 12/24/18)

• Don Lusk (‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Pinocchio’ Animator) (10/28/1913 - 12/30/18)

2017

Welcome to my online list of lists. Over the past couple of years, I have grown fond of trying to keep track of most of the things I read, watch and listen to. This is not an edited list like year-end lists, just a collection of collections. Feel free to follow along. Or don’t.

Great pre-2017 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2017 (or at least after my 2016 year-end list was compiled):

• Dennis Coffey

• We Be All Afrikans by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids (2016)

Favorite Music Reissues in 2017 (in alphabetical order):

• Am I Really Here All Alone by Phillip Lewin (1975)

• The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads by Lift to Experience (2001)

• Through the Looking Glass by Midori Takada (1983)

• Fela Kuti Box Set by Fela Kut #4

Favorite Music released in 2017 (in alphabetical order):

• Prisoner by Ryan Adams

• Ruler Rebel by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

• Dizzy Seas by Chris Bathgate

• I Am Nice by Sammy Brue

• Star Stuff by Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2

• Dreaming in the Non-Dream by Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band

• Barefoot In The Head by Chris Robinson Brotherhood

• The Tourist by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

• Hot Coffey in the D: Burnin' at Morey Baker's Showplace Lounge by Dennis Coffey

• Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile

• Kids In The Streets by Justin Townes Earle

• Little Fictions by Elbow

• Stardust Rituals by Electric Moon

• Vibe Killer by Endless Boogie

• Another Summer of Love by GospelbeacH

• Bay Head by Gunn-Truscinski Duo

• Thrum by Joe Henry

• Parker's Picks Vol. 1: Live at The Parish, Austin, TX 10​/​18​/​2016 by Hiss Golden Messenger

• Hallelujah Anyhow by Hiss Golden Messenger

• Further Standards by Howe Gelb And Lonna Kelley

• The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

• Light Country by the Kernal

• Stone Garden (EP) by Kikagaku Moyo

• DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

• American Dream by LCD Soundsystem

• The Asylum Tapes by Marvin Pontiac

• Occult Architecture Vol. 1 by Moon Duo

• Occult Architecture Vol. 2 by Moon Duo

• A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie

• Love What Survives by Mount Kimbie

• Land Between Rivers by Mythic Sunship

• New Lore by Sean Rowe

• Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machine // Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star by Shabazz Palaces

• I Got Your Medicine by Shinyribs

• Way Out West by Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

• & I’m Fine Today by SUSTO

• Together At Last by Jeff Tweedy

• Terrible Freedom by TW Walsh

• A Deeper Understanding by the War on Drugs

• Love is Love by Woods

Favorite Music released in 2017 (in order first heard):

• Light Country by the Kernal

• Hot Coffey in the D: Burnin' at Morey Baker's Showplace Lounge by Dennis Coffey

• & I’m Fine Today by SUSTO

• Little Fictions by Elbow

• Prisoner by Ryan Adams

• Occult Architecture Vol. 1 by Moon Duo

• A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie

• Parker's Picks Vol. 1: Live at The Parish, Austin, TX 10​/​18​/​2016 by Hiss Golden Messenger

• DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

• Stone Garden (EP) by Kikagaku Moyo

• Love is Love by Woods

• Terrible Freedom by TW Walsh

• Ruler Rebel by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

• The Tourist by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

• Occult Architecture Vol. 2 by Moon Duo

• New Lore by Sean Rowe

• Way Out West by Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

• Star Stuff by Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2

• Dizzy Seas by Chris Bathgate

• Vibe Killer by Endless Boogie

• The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

• Another Summer of Love by GospelbeacH

• I Am Nice by Sammy Brue

• Kids In The Streets by Justin Townes Earle

• I Got Your Medicine by Shinyribs

• Together At Last by Jeff Tweedy

• Barefoot In The Head by Chris Robinson Brotherhood

• Stardust Rituals by Electric Moon

• Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machine // Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star by Shabazz Palaces

• A Deeper Understanding by the War on Drugs

• American Dream by LCD Soundsystem

• Hallelujah Anyhow by Hiss Golden Messenger

• Love What Survives by Mount Kimbie

• Dreaming in the Non-Dream by Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band

• Bay Head by Gunn-Truscinski Duo

• Land Between Rivers by Mythic Sunship

• Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile

• Further Standards by Howe Gelb And Lonna Kelley

• The Asylum Tapes by Marvin Pontiac

• Thrum by Joe Henry

Things Read in 2017 (in order read):

• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1866)

• Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (1952)

• Slapstick, Or Lonesome No More by Kurt Vonnegut (1976)

• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (1989)

• Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945)

• The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1867)

• Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut (1987)

• Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut (1997)

• Notes From The Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864)

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)

• Reformation Anglicanism by Chuck Collins (2015)

• Rabbit, Run by John Updike (1960)

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (2010)

• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (2010)

• Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut (1979)

• Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian: A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate by Michelle Lee-Barnewall (2016)

• Sinners In The Hands Of A Loving God by Brian Zahnd (2017)

• Reformation Anglicanism edited by Ashley Null (2017)

• Hallelujah Anyway by Anne Lamott (2017)

• The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (1958)

• So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead‎ by David Browne (2015)

Concerts, Speakers and Such:

• 01/31/17 - Mike Doughty with Wheatus at Crescent Ballroom

• 02/15/17 - Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Crescent Ballroom

• 03/06/17 - Mavis Staples at Highlands Church

• 04/29/17 - Son Volt with Justin Townes Earle and the Sadies at Crescent Ballroom

• 05/15/17 - Shane Claiborne with Wild Earth at Trinity Mennonite Church

• 05/28/17 - Dead and Company at Ak-Chin Pavilion

• 08/20/17 - Shabazz Palaces with Porter Ray at Crescent Ballroom

• 09/10/17 - Wovenhand with King Dude and Sons Of Providence at Club Red

• 11/10/17 - Hiss Golden Messenger at Valley Bar

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2017 (in order seen):

• Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

• The BFG (2016)

• The Wrecking Crew (2008)

• Long Strange Trip (2017)

• My Life As A Zucchini (2016)

• Lost and Found (short) (2008)

• Sightseers (2012)

• Following (1998)

• Doctor Strange (2016)

• Obey Giant (2017)

• Coco (2017)

• Psych: The Movie (2017)

• Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)

Favorite (Or at least most intriguing) Podcasts Listened to in 2017:

• Serial, Season One (2014)

• Serial, Season Two (2015-2016)

• S-Town (2017)

• Missing Richard Simmons (2017)

Favorite Television Watched in 2017:

• Longmire (2012-Present)

• A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

• Bob’s Burgers (2012-Present)

• Schitt’s Creek (2015-Present)

• Community (2009-2015)

• Samurai Jack Season Five (2017)

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season Three (2017)

• Sherlock Season Four (2017)

• Moone Boy (2012–2015)

• Santa Clarita Diet Season One (2017)

• The Good Place Seasons One and Two (2016 - 2017)

• Attack on Titan Seasons One and Two (2013 - 2017)

• Black-ish Seasons One, Two, Three and Four (2014 - 2017)

• Stranger Things Season Two (2017)

• Samurai Champloo (2004)

• Seinfeld (1989 - 1998)

• Fresh Off The Boat (2015 - Present)

Misc. Pop-Culture/Random Thoughts, etc., 2017:

• That Pepsi Ad

• Nordstrom’s muddy jeans

• Hazy IPAs

• Trump and Russia

• Spicer in the Bushes

• #takeaknee

• #metoo

• “Coffee Boy” and/or “Nothing Burger”

• "Khaki Tiki Nazis"

• Keurig Covfefe

R.I.P.:

• Jaki Liebezeit (CAN Drummer) (05/26/38 - 01/22/17)

• Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers Band) (05/11/47 - 01/25/17)

• Mary Tyler Moore (12/29/36 - 01/25/17)

• John Hurt (01/22/40 - 01/27/17)

• Al Jarreau (03/12/40 - 02/12/17)

• George “The Animal” Steele (04/16/37 - 02/17/17 )

• Clyde Stubblefield (04/18/43 - 02/18/17)

• Bill Paxton (05/17/55 - 02/26/17)

• Joseph “Judge” Wapner - (11/15/19 - 02/26/17) (the People’s Court)

• James Cotton (07/01/35 - 03/16/17)

• Chuck Berry (10/18/26 - 03/18/17)

• Don Rickles (05/08/26 - 04/06/17)

• J. Geils (02/20/46 - 04/11/17)

• Bruce Langhorne (03/11/38 - 04/14/17)

• Erin Moran (10/18/60 - 04/22/17)

• Robert M. Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) (09/06/28 - 04/24/17)

• Jonathan Demme (02/22/44 - 04/27/17)

• Col. Bruce Hampton (04/30/47 - 05/02/17)

• Powers Boothe (06/01/48 - 05/14/17)

• Chris Cornell (o7/24/60 - 05/17/17)

• Roger Ailes (of Fox News) (05/15/40 - 05/18/17)

• Roger Moore (10/14/27 - 05/23/17)

• Gregg Allman (12/08/47 - 05/27/17)

• Frank Deford (12/16/38 - 05/29/17)

• Manuel Noriega (02/11/34 - 05/29/17)

• Adam West (09/19/28 - 06/19/17)

• Michael Bond (creator of Paddington Bear) (01/13/26 - 07/27/17)

• Martin Landau (06/20/28 - 07/16/17)

• George Romero (Night of the Living Dead, etc.) (02/04/40 - 07/16/17)

• Sam Shephard (11/5/43 - 7/30/17)

• Glen Campbell (04/22/36 - 08/08/17)

• Dick Gegory (10/12/32 - 08/17)

• Jerry Lewis (03/16/26 - 08/20/17)

• John Abercrombie (12/16/44 - 08/22/17)

• Jay Thomas (07/12/48 - 08/24/17)

• Walter Becker (Steely Dan) (02/20/50 - 09/03/17)

• John Ashbery (07/28/27 0 09/03/17)

• Holger Czukay (CAN bassist) (03/24/38 - 09/05/17)

• Don Williams (05/27/39 - 09/08/17)

• Harry Dean Stanton (07/14/26 - 09/15/17)

• Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (11/1/44 - 09/17/17)

• Paul Horner (“fake news writer”) (11/5/78 - 09/18/17)

• Charles Bradley (11/5/48 - 09/23/17)

• Simon J. Kistemaker (10/21/30 - 09/23/17)

• Hugh Hefner (04/19/26 - 09/27/17)

• Monty Hall (08/25/21 - 09/30/17)

• S.I. Newhouse (New Yorker, Vogue, etc.) (11/8/27 - 10/01/17)

• Tom Petty (10/20/50 - 10/02/17)

• Gord Downie (the Tragically Hip) (02/06/64 - 10/17/17)

• Scott Putesky (“Daisy Berkowitz” of Marilyn Manson) (04/28/68 - 10/22/17))

• Robert Guillaume (11/30/27 - 10/24/17)

• Fats Domino (02/26/28 - 10/24/17)

• Paul Buckmaster (06/13/46 - 11/07/17)

• John Hillerman (12/20/32 - 11/09/17)

• Malcom Young (of AC/DC) (01/06/53 - 11/18/17)

• Mel Tillis (08/08/32 - 11/19/17)

• Charles Manson (11/12/34 - 11/19/17)

• David Cassidy (04/12/50 - 11/21/17)

• Jim Nabors (06/12/30 - 11/30/17)

• Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens (10/12/55 - 12/12/17)

• R.C. Sproul (02/13/39 - 12/14/17)

• Keely Smith (03/09/32 - 12/16/17)

• Heather North, (Voice of Daphne on 'Scooby-Doo,') (12/13/45 - 12/20/17)

• Rose Marie (0815/23 - 12/28/17)

• Sue Grafton (04/24/40 - 12/28/17)

2016

Welcome to my Department of Record Keeping. Of sorts. This is where I keep track of my interest in cultural artifacts. As the title suggests, “Music, Books, Movies, Etc.” Lots of Etc. I like to keep track of things I like like that.

Feel free to peruse, browse, comment, make suggestions and the like. Or not. Whatever.

Great pre-2016 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2016 (or at least after my 2015 year-end list was compiled):

• Since I Left You by The Avalanches (2000)

• Canned Heat

• Interludes For The Dead by Circles Around The Sun (2015)

• Chris Robinson Brotherhood

• Music For Lava Lamps by Cobra Family Picnic (2015)

• Lost Voices by Esmerine (2015)

• Moon Blood by Fraction (1973)

• The Glands by The Glands (2000)

• Pacific Surf Line by GospelbeacH (2015)

• Mehliana: Taming the Dragon by Mark Guiliana/Brad Mehldau (2014)

• Houndog: Houndog (1999)

• All the Roads That Lead Us Home by Gaelynn Lea (2015)

• High on Tulsa Heat by John Moreland (2015)

• Imperfecta by Murder of Crows (2012)

• Israel Nash’s Silver Season by Israel Nash (2015)

• Never Were The Way She Was by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld (2015)
  

Favorite Music Reissues in 2016 (in alphabetical order):

• My Life in a Hole in the Ground by African Head Charge (1981)

• Environmental Studies by African Head Charge (1982)

• Drastic Season by African Head Charge (1983)

• Off the Beaten Track by African Head Charge (1985)

• Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs by Eddie Hazel (1977)

Favorite Music released in 2016 (in alphabetical order):

• We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest

• Fantomas by Amiina

• Honest Life by Courtney Marie Andrews

• Painting With by Animal Collective

• Wildflower by the Avalanches

• Daniel Bachman by Daniel Bachman

• IV by BadBadNotGood

• Old Factory EP by Chris Bathgate

• Pond Scum by Bonnie Prince Billy

• Blackstar by David Bowie

• Country Girls in City Dresses by Doug Burr

• Teens of Denial by Car Seat Headrest

• case/lang/veirs by case/lang/veirs

• Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper

• Awaken, My Love by Childish Gambino

• Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel by Chris Robinson Brotherhood

• You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

• Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not by Dinosaur Jr.

• Ere Gobez by Debo Band

• American Band by Drive-By Truckers

• The Rarity of Experience by Chris Forsyth

• New View by Eleanor Friedberger

• Future Standards by Howe Gelb

• Requiem by Goat

• Eyes On The Lines by Steve Gunn

• Late Bloomer by Matt Haeck

• Blue Rider Songs by Scott Hirsch

• House in the Tall Grass by Kikagaku Moyo

• Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

• untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar

• Ritual Spirit EP by Massive Attack

• Mangy Love by Cass McCombs

• How to Dance by Mount Moriah

• Keep Me Singing by Van Morrison

• Entranced Earth by the Myrrors

• Night Fiction by Cian Nugent

• My Woman by Angel Olsen

• Malibu by anderson.paak

• PAO! by Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra

• Midwest Farmer's Daughter by Margo Price

• A Sailor’s Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson

• Letting Go and Holding On by Shawn Skinner and the Men of Reason

• A Seat At The Table by Solange

• Destination Unknown by Some Dark Hollow

• Get 'Em Next Time by Star & Micey

• Shipwrecked by Sula Bassana

• Waiting Room by Tindersticks

• Modern Country by William Tyler

• Golden Sings That Have Been Sung by Ryley Walker

• Blue Mountain by Bob Weir

• Schmilco by Wilco

• Ghosts of Highway 20 by Lucinda Williams

• City Sun Eater in the River of Light by Woods

Things Read in 2016 (in order read):

• Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1963)

• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (1961)

• Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1961)

• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1973)

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1988)

• Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1990)

• The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015)

• Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut (1982)

• March (Book 1) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (2013)

• March (Book 2) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (2015)

• The Soul of Man Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde (1891)

• Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey (1968)

• Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (1986)

• Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1880)

• A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'engle (1963)

• A Wind In The Door by Madeleine L'engle (1973)

• A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’engle (1978)

• Many Waters by Madeleine L’engle (1986)

• An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L’engle (1989)

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958)

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)

• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (1959)

• Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl? by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming (2006)

• A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut (2005)

• The Dark Tower (01): The Gunslinger by Stephen King (1982)

• The Dark Tower (02): The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (1987)

• The Dark Tower (03): The Waste Lands by Stephen King(1991)

• The Dark Tower (04): Wizard and Glass by Stephen King(1997)

• The Dark Tower (05): Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King (2003)

• The Dark Tower (06): Song of Susannah by Stephen King (2004)

• The Dark Tower (07)): The Dark Tower by Stephen King (2004)

• Welcome To The Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut (1968)

• Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut (1985)

• Prayer: Forty Days of Practice by Scott Erickson and Justin McRoberts (2016)

• Water To Wine: Some Of My Story by Brian Zahnd (2016)

• A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutiérrez (2010)

• George MacDonald: An Anthology 365 Readings by George MacDonald, edited by C. S. Lewis (2015)

• We Are What We Pretend To Be: The First And Last Works by Kurt Vonnegut (2012)

• Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (2008)

• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut (1965)

• March (Book 3) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (2016)

• The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (2011)

• 1984 by George Orwell (1949)

• Silence by Shūsaku Endō (1966/2016)

• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016)

Concerts:

• 02/06/16 Godspeed You! Black Emperor with Xylouris White at the Crescent Ballroom

• 04/28/16 Robert Earl Keen with Walter Salas-Humara at the Crescent Ballroom

• 04/30/16 David Sedaris at the Orpheum Theater

• 05/03/16 William Elliott Whitmore with Josiah and Some Dark Hollow at the Rebel Lounge

• 06/24/16 Some Dark Hollow/Shawn Skinner and the Men of Reason Album Release show with Speak Easy, Brea Burns and the Boleros and DJ Dana at the Rebel Lounge.

• 09/27/16 Cold War Kids with the Strumbellas at the Marquee Theater.

• 10/13/16 Matt Haeck with Shawn Skinner and Jason Stinson and Table Top Joe at the Thomas Listening Room.

• 10/21/16 Hiss Golden Messenger with Dead Tongues at the Valley Bar.

• 11/18/16 Sturgill Simpson with London Souls at the Fox Theater, Bakersfield, CA.

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2016 (in order seen):

• Ant-Man (2015)

• To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

• Finding Dory (2016)

• Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All (2013)

• Brother’s Keeper (1992)

• Meet the Patels (2014)

• The Little Prince (2015)

• Finders Keepers (2015)

• Borrowed Time (2016)

• Tsumiki no ie (The House of Small Cubes) (2011)

• Chef (2014)

• 13TH (2016)

Favorite Television Watched in 2016:

• Parks and Recreation (2009-2015)

• Outsiders Season One (2016)

• The Office (2005-2012)

• Death Note (2006-2007)

• Stranger Things (2016)

• The IT Crowd (2006-2013)

• Haters Back Off Season One (2016)

• The Flash (2014-Present)

• Arrow (2012-Present)

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)

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
  

2013

Just keeping track of some popular culture intake. You're free to follow along or ignore at your own leisure.

Great 2012 (or older) Albums First Heard in 2013 (or at least after my 2012 year-end list was compiled):

• Alt-J: Awesome Wave (2012)

• Chris Forsyth: Paranoid Cat (2011)

• Greg Haines: Digressions (2012)

• Johann Johannsson: Copenhagen Dreams (2012)

• Lucius: Lucius EP (2012)

• Pearl and the Beard

Favorite Music of 2013:

• Airhead: For Years

• Air Review: Low Wishes

• Atoms For Peace: Amok

• James Blake: Overgrown
  

• Burial: Truant/Rough Sleeper

• Neko Case: The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

• Cyclopean: Cyclopean EP

• Foreign Fields: Tuscaloosa

• Howe Gelb: The Coincidentalist
  

• Golden Gunn: Golden Gunn
  

• Steve Gunn: Time Off
  

• Hiss Golden Messenger: Haw
  

• the Hollands!: Over Land And Leas

• Howard Ivans: Red Face Boy/Pillows
  

• Chuck Johnson: Crows In The Basilica
  

• Glenn Jones: My Garden State
  

• Junip: Junip
  

• Local Natives: Hummingbird

• Mazzy Star: Seasons Of Your Day
  

• Modern Kin: Modern Kin
  

• My Bloody Valentine: mbv

• Northern Hustle" Forgether

• Owl & Penny: Milk & Sugar
  

• Phosphorescent: Muchacho

• Dylan Pratt: Beg For Fire
  

• the Prowling Kind: Tennessee
  

• the Riveras: We don't remember the dream but the dream remembers us
  

• Kurt Vile: Wakin on a Pretty Daze
  

• Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt

• Yo La Tengo: Fade

• Zomby: With Love
  

Concerts:

• 01/11/13 - Karla Adolphe and Ree Boado at the Thomas Listening Room

• 01/12/13 - Greg Brown at the Crescent Ballroom

• 03/04/13 - Kishi Bashi with Tall Tall Trees at the Crescent Ballroom

• 03/09/13 - Christian Lee Hutson, Shawn Skinner and Steve Deckel at the Thomas Listening Room

• 03/16/13 - The Cold Desert, Tres Lunas, The Lions Club and Shawn Skinner at the Crescent

• 04/03/13 - The Last Bison with AJ Odneal at the Fellowship Hall

• 04/13/13 - The Cold Desert, Old Hours and Luke Oliver at the Thomas Listening Room

• 05/05/12 - DJ Efecto, Foreknown, Eshon Burgundy, Beautiful Eulogy and Propaganda at Desert Springs Community Church

• 06/11/13 - Ramsay Midwood with Shawn Skinner at the Thomas Listening Room

• 06/21/13 - Air Review with Brent Miles and the Enablers at the Thomas Listening Room

• 08/25/13 - Seryn at the Thomas Listening Room

• 08/27/13 - Seryn at the Crescent Ballroom

• 08/28/13 - Shawn Skinner and the Men of Reason with Some Dark Hollow at the Tempe Tavern

• 09/12/13 - Neko Case with Pickwick and Jon Rauhouse

• 09/14/13 - Denison Witmer with Shawn Skinner and Chase Randall at Last Exit Live

• 09/21/13 - Northern Hustle, Christian Lee Hutson and Dylan Pratt at the Bear Den.

• 10/14/13 - Steve Earle and the Dukes at Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts

• 11/04/13 - Northern Hustle with Owl & Penny, B.O.T.S. and Dylan Pratt at Crescent Ballroom.

• 11/08/13 - Obadiah Parker, Nick Flora and the Hollands! at the Thomas Listening Room.

Things Read in 2013:

• Hearing Her Voice: A Case For Women Giving Sermons by John Dickson

• The Holy Spirit by Winfield Bevins

• Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
  

• Marble Season by Gilbert Hernandez
  

• Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
  

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
  

• As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
  

• Mo' Meta Blues by Questlove
  

• Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
  

• The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume One) by Alan Moore
  

• The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume Two) by Alan Moore
  

• V For Vendetta by Alan Moore

• "The Soul Of Man Under Socialism" by Oscar Wilde

• Death By Living by N.D. Wilson
  

• Julio's Day by Gilbert Hernandez
  

• We Shall Have Spring Again by Andrée Seu
  

• A Prayer Journal by Flannery O'Connor
  

• The Sandman Volume One (Preludes & Nocturnes) by Neil Gaiman, etc.
  

• The Sandman Volume Two (The Doll's House) by Neil Gaiman, etc.
  

• Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
  

• A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor
  

• The River by Flannery O'Connor
  

• The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Flannery O'Connor
  

• A Temple Of The Holy Ghost by Flannery O'Connor
  

• Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
  

Favorite Movies Watched in 2013:

• Hugo (2011)

• A Town Called Panic (2009)

• Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

• A Band Called Death (2012)
  

• Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians (2011)
  

• Bernie (2011)
  

Favorite Television Watched in 2013:

• Parenthood

• Whisker Wars

• Arrested Development (Season 4)

• The Killing

• Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

• Breaking Bad

• The Walking Dead

• Small Town Security

Favorite beers tried for the first time in 2013:

• Hop Shortage Triple IPA by Knee Deep Brewing

• Enjoy By 02.15.13, 08.0213, etc. by Stone Brewing Company

• Palate Wrecker by Green Flash Brewing

• Big Eye IPA by Ballast Point

• RuinTen by Stone Brewing Company

2012

Keeping up with the Joneses. Or, actually, just keeping track of some of the things that moved me in 2012:

Great 2011 Albums First Heard in 2012 (or at least after my 2011 year-end list was compiled):

• Peaking Lights: 936

• Andy Stott: Passed Me By/We Stay Together EPs

• Mina Tindle: Mina Tindle EP

• Seapony: Go With Me

• Sons of Fathers: Sons of Fathers

• Little Hurricane: Homewrecker

• The Kernal Farewellhello

• Ramsay Midwood: Larry Buys A Lighter

Favorite Music of 2012

• Boys & Girls by Alabama Shakes

• The Carpenter by The Avett Brothers

• 151a by Kishi Bashi

• Origins by Bears of Manitou

• Algiers by Calexico

• Toward The Low Sun by Dirty Three

• Oshin by Diiv

• The Question Jar Show by Mike Doughty

• Tempest by Bob Dylan

• Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now by Justin Townes Earle

• Rooms Filled With Light by Fanfarlo

• The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit

• Wounded Healer by The Followers

• Tucson: A Rock Opera by Giant Giant Sand

• Come Back As Rain by Good Old War

• Release Me by Lyle Lovett

• Women & Work by Lucero

• The Lumineers by The Lumineers

• Milo Greene by Milo Greene

• Babel by Mumford and Sons

• Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

• My Head Is An Animal by Of Monsters and Men

• The Great Despiser by Joe Pug

• Alone Together by Karriem Riggins

• Falling by Seapony

• Survival & Resistance by Adrian Sherwood

• Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized

• The Fourth Wall by The Vespers

• Big Inner by Matthew E. White

• The Laughing Stalk by Wovenhand

• Departure by Zoo Animal

Concerts

• 01/21/12 - Wilco (with White Denim) at ASU Gammage

• 02/06/12 - Habañero Collective Open Mic House Show featuring Failing Perfection, Steve Deckel, Foreknown Apostolic, Shawn Skinner, American Longspurs and Andrew Levi Hiller

• 02/1712 - Dustin Kensrue with Bears of Manitou and The Cold Desert at The Hard Rock Cafe.

• 03/15/12 - Radiohead with Other Lives at Jobing.com Arena

• 03/19/12 - Lucero with Drowning Men and the Crescent Ballroom.

• 04/14/12 - Mike Doughty at the Cave Creek Coffee Company.

• 04/25/12 - Joe Pug with Baliff and Jared Kolesar & the Locals at the Crescent Ballroom.

• 08/04/12 - David Ramirez with American Longspurs at the Thomas Listening Room

• 09/07/12 - Andy Gullahorn at the Whiten Leaf House

• 11/05/12 - The Vespers with Amber Hunter at the Whiten Leaf House

• 12/13/12 - Justin Townes Earle with Trixie Whitley at the Crescent Ballroom

Books Read in 2012

• Living And Loving Out Loud by Cornel West

• The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot

• Sacrilege by Hugh Halter

• The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy

• Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

• The Shaping of Things To Come by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost (re-read)

• What is the Gospel by Greg Gilbert

• The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler with Jared Wilson

• Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

• The Book of Drugs by Mike Doughty

• 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson

• Dandelion Fire by N.D. Wilson

• The Chestnut King by N.D. Wilson

• Gospel-Centered Discipleship by Jonathan Dodson

• Salvation Belongs To Our God by Chris Wright

• The King Jesus Gospel by Scot McKnight

• Scripture and the Authority of God by N.T. Wright

• Everyday Church by Steve Timmis/Tim Chester

2011

This is just where I try to keep track of movies, books and music I intook this year. I like to try and keep track of the media and arts I've exposed myself to and my reaction to them. 

Great 2010 Albums First Heard in 2011 (or at least after my 2010 year-end list was compiled):

• Black Dub: Self-Titled

• Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: Acoustic Sessions

• Gungor: Beautiful Things

• Sarah Jaffe: Suburban Nature

• The Kopecky Family Band: The Disaster

• White Pines: The Falls

• Yasushi Yoshida: Grateful Goodbyer

• Zoo Animal: Self-Titled

Best Music of 2011

• Alabama Shakes: Alabama Shakes EP

• The Antlers: Burst Apart

• Arrange: Plantation

• Balam Acab: Wander / Wonder

• Jamie Barnes: The Mercy Seat EP

• Chris Bathgate: Salt Year

• The Black Keys: El Camino

• Bon Iver: Bon Iver

• Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Wolfrow Goes To Town

• The Builders and the Butchers: Dead Reckoning

• Cut Copy: Zonoscope

• The David Wax Museum: Everything Is Saved

• Dawes: Nothing Is Wrong

• Mike Doughty: Dubious Luxury

• Mike Doughty: Yes and Also Yes

• Explosions In The Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

• The Field: Looping State of Mind

• Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues

• Josh Garrels: Love & War & The Sea In Between

• Tommy Guerrero: Lifeboats and Follies

• Gungor: Ghosts Upon The Earth

• Hauschka: Salon Des Amateurs

• The Head and the Heart: The Head and The Heart

• Joe Henry: Reverie

• Cass McCombs: Wit's End

• Cass McCombs: Humor Risk

• M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

• Bill Mallonee: The Power and the Glory

• Ramsay Midwood: Larry Buys A Lighter

• Miracles of Modern Science: Dog Year

• Modular by Matt Chamberlain, Victor Krauss and Dan Phelps

• The Necks: Mindset

• Neon Indian: Era Extraña

• Over The Rhine: The Long Surrender

• The Only Sons: American Stranger

• Josh T. Pearson: Last of the Country Gentlemen

• Real Estate: Days

• Reigns: Widow Blades

• Brooks Ritter: The War EP

• Seryn: This Is Where We Are

• Shabazz Palaces: Black Up

• Social Distortion: Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes

• Sojourn Music: The Water and the Blood

• Aaron Sprio: Love

• Colin Stetson: New History of Warfare Vol. 2: Judges

• Allen Stone: Allen Stone

• Aaron Strumpel: Birds

• The Tree Ring: Generous Shadows

• Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo

• Tom Waits: Bad As Me

• Gilllian Welch: The Harrow and the Harvest

• WIlco: The Whole Love

• Wye Oak: Civilians

• Youth Lagoon: The Year of Hibernation

Concerts

• Zoo Animal and The Narrow Fields at the Thomas Listening Room (01/15/11)

• Woven Hand at the Sail Inn (01/28/11)

• Dr. Seahorse at Central Christian Church (Gilbert) (01/30/11)

• Calexico at Corona Ranch (02/04/11)

• Lucero at the Clubhouse (02/18/11)

• Shawn Skinner and the Narow Fields at the Leaf House (03/18/11)

• Tara-Leigh Cobble at the Leaf House (04/08/11)

• Mumford and Sons/Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros/Old Crow Medicine Show in a parking lot by a train (04/23/11)

• Old 97's and Sarah Jaffe at Martini Ranch (06/06/11)

• Seryn at the Lost Leaf (06/08/11)

• Seryn with Matt Beem at New Hope Covenant Church (06/25/11)

• Seryn at the Thomas Listening Room (06/26/11)

• Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives at the Rogue Bar (07/14/11)

• David Ramirez at the Thomas Listening Room (09/10/11)

• Bill Mallonee at The Skinners' (10/14/11)

• Shawn Skinner and Aaron Spiro at the Thomas Listening Room (10/22/11)

• Kelley McRae at The Whiten Leaf House (11/05/11)

• The Spiro at Spiro's home (11/10/11)

• Chris Bathgate at the Whiten Leaf House (11/29/11)

Books Read in 2011

• King's Cross by Tim Keller

• Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier

• Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy

• Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

• Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

• The Pearl by John Steinbeck

• A Sweet and Bitter Providence by John Piper

• Winter Wakes the Bear Who Sleeps by Aaron Youngren

• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

• The Monster In The Hollows by Andrew Peterson

• God No! by Penn Jillette

• Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of FIre by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

• The Dangerous Act Of Loving Your Neighbor by Mark Labberton

• Gospel Wakefulness by Jared Wilson

Best Beers of 2011:

• Hopslam by Bell's Brewing Inc.

• Sneaky Pete Imperial IPA by Laughing Dog Brewing

• Myrcenary by Odell Brewing Company

• Old Guardian Belgo Barleywine by Stone Brewing Company

2010

This is just a place to keep track of some of my favorite music, books and such of 2010. It's an ongoing list subject to change, based solely on personal preference. If you don't like it, get your own list.  

2009 Albums First Heard in 2010

• The Low Anthem: Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

• Lucero: 1372 Overton Park

• The Necks: Silverwater

• Ben Nichols: The Last Pale Light In the West

• Dave Rawlings Machine: A Friend Of A Friend

• Aaron Strumpel: Elephants

Best Albums of 2010

• The Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

• The Autumn Film: The Ship and the Sea

• Broken Bells: Self-Titled

• Doug Burr: O Ye Devastator

• Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives: Self-titled

• Matt Haeck: Western States EP

• Howe Gelb and A Band of Gypsies: Alegrías

• Junip: Fields

• Lost in the Trees: All Alone In An Empty House

• Mumford and Sons: Sigh No More (yes, this was in my 2009 list, but that was the Eurpean release, now it's in the U.S.!)

• Page CXVI: Hymns II

• Polar Bear: Peepers

• Joe Pug: Messenger

• Ra Ra Riot: The Orchard

• Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz

• The Tallest Man On Earth: The Wild Hunt

• Woven Hand: The Threshingfloor"

Best Concerts of 2010

• Joe Pug at the Rhythm Room (02/08/10)

• The Autumn Film at the Whiten Veranda (05/08/10)

• Mumford and Sons at the Rhythm Room (06/07/10)

• Bill Mallonee at the Thomas Listening Room (08/06/10)

• Joe Pug at the Sail Inn (11/02/10)

Best Movies of 2010

• Get Low

• I'm Here by Spike Jonze

• Inception

• Toy Story 3

Books Read in 2010

• Leading With A Limp by Dan Allender

• Captured By A Better Vision by Tim Chester

• You Can Change by Tim Chester

• The World We All Want by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis

• The Liturgical Year by Joan Chittister

• Fight Clubs by Jonathan Dodson

• Why Johnny Can't Preach by T. David Gordon

• Missional Church: A Vision for the sending of the Church in North America by Darrell Guder, et. al

• AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay

• The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch

• Untamed: Reactivating A Missional form of Discipleship

• by Hirsch and Hirsch

• Generous Justice by Tim Keller

• Leaders Who Last by Dave Kraft

• The Trellis And The Vine by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne

• North! Or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson

• No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy

• All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

• The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy

• The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Lesslie Newbigin

• Dug Down Deep: Unearthing What I Believe And Why It Matters by Joshua Harris

• Jonah: A Study in Compassion by O. Palmer Robertson

• Surprised By Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels by Tullian Tchividjian

• Telling God's Story: The Biblical Narrative from Beginning to End by Preben Vang and Terry Carter

Pop Culture Phenomenon of the Year

• The Bed Intruder Song

2009

This is just a place to keep track of the music, books and whatnot that I like throughout the year. Please make suggestions.

2009 Music 
Here is some of my favoirte music of 2009 so far: 

• . . . And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead: The Century of Self

• Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion

• Antony and the Johnstons: The Crying Light

• The Avett Brothers: I And Love And You

• Bon Iver: Blood Bank EP

• Califone: All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

• Neko Case: Middle Cyclone

• The Cave Singers: Welcome Joy

• Gomez: A New Tide

• Joe Henry: Blood From Stars

• Medeski Martin and Wood: Radiolarians I, II and III

• Morrissey: Years of Refusal

• Karen O and the Kids: Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack

• Page CXVI: Hymns

• Aaron Spiro: Elephant Song

• Sufjan Stevens: The BQE

• J. Tillman: Year in the Kingdom

2009 Books
Here is some of my favoirte books of 2009 so far:

• Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional by Jim Belcher

• Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan

• The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity by Skye Jethani

• A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller

• Your Jesus Is Too Safe by Jared C. Wilson

• Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World by N.D. Wilson

2009 Movies
Here is some of my favoirte movies of 2009 so far:

• The Road

• Up

• Where The Wild Things Are

2008

Here's where I keep an ongoing, ever-evolving list of some of the favorites of the year.

'07 in '08
These were 2007 releases that I first heard in 2008:

Aradhna: Amrit Vani
Jamie Barnes: The Recalibrated Heart
The Cave Singers: Invitation Songs
Gileah and the Ghost Train
Solomon Jabby: Firmly Planted
Dustin Kensrue: Please Come Home
Red Mountain Church: This Breaks My Heart of Stone
Thee, Stranded Horse: Churning Strides
Ohmega Watts: Watts Happening


Others in '08
These were other releases that I first heard in 2008:
Sons Of Korah
Lightheaded: Pure Thoughts

2008 Releases

These are some of my favorite releases of '08:

Anathallo: Canopy Glow
Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
Calexico: Carried To Dust
Michah Dalton: Pawnshop
Neil Diamond: Home Before Dark
Dr. Dog: Fate
Five O'Clock People: Temper Temper
Fleet Foxes: S/T
Joe Garner: Mourning Birds EP
Hauschka: Ferndorf
Kasai Allstars: In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And A
MUSICMUSICMUSIC: Everybody Digs
Nomo: Ghost Rock
Paavoharju: Laulu Laakson Kukista
Joe Pug: Nation of Heat EP
Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line
She & Him: Volume One
Shearwater: Rook
Sigur Rós: Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
Sun Kil Moon: April
The Tallest Man on Earth: Shallow Grave
Unwed Sailor: Little Wars
The Welcome Wagon: Welcome To The Welcome Wagon
Woven Hand: Ten Stones



2008 Misc. Music Thoughts
This is just a rough journal to gather some of my musical thoughts, explorations and discoveries of the year:

Gospel Blues. I am really getting into artists like Blind Willie Johnson, Reverend Gary Davis, Reverend Charlie Jackson, Isaiah Owens, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Washington Phillips and others. I love the way that so much of this music, while solid in content, challenges many traditional notions of what is and what is not "Christian" music. There is a sincerity here that is sorely lacking in many other forms of "Christian" music.

Sacred Steel
Sacred Steel is the broad designation given to some worship music that apparently originated in the Jewel Dominion and Keith Dominions (both African-American Holiness-Pentecostal churches). The unique thing was that these churches replaced the traditional organist with the electric lap steel guitar to great effect. Robert Randolph & The Family Band is perhaps the best-known artist to come out of the genre, and he was/is a member one of my favorites, The Word. Others include The Campbell Brothers and the various artist albums on Arhoolie.