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):
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:
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):
Trump claims controversial comment about injecting disinfectants was ‘sarcastic’
“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”
The “president” signaled “WHITE POWER” to people protesting . . . racism.
“Michigan state representative confirms Rudy Giuliani farted during an election hearing”
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)