2020

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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):

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:


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):

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