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

• Tidal by Brian Lopez

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

• Songs of A Lost World by the Cure

• 100% Sahara Guitar by Etran De L'Aïr

• Nature Of The Universe by Stewart Forgey

• Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

• Mahal by Glass Beams

• Goat by Goat

• the Collective by Kim Gordon

• Blu Wav by Grandaddy

• the Handover by the Handover

• Olustee by JJ Grey and Mofro

• Chain of Light by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

• 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

• Chain of Light by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

• This is Basic by Basic

• Le Rêve de Polyphème by Polyphème

• Songs of A Lost World by the Cure

• Goat by Goat

• Nature Of The Universe by Stewart Forgey
  
  

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

2023

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 // Browse 2021 // Browse 2022 //

Notable 2022 Releases I Didn’t Get To In Time Last Year (In order heard):

• There is No Time by Church of the Cosmic Skull

• NO THANK YOU by Little Simz

• And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

• Kel Tinariwen by Tinariwen

• A New Kind of Love by Ghost Funk Orchestra

Pre-2023 Music Discovered/Or At-Least Really Paid-Attention-To in 2021 (In order according to first heard):

• Beats de Los Muertos by Osunlade (1999)

• Origin Myths by Bobby Lee (2021)

• Dreamers Are Waiting by Crowded House (2021)

Favorite Music Reissues/Box Sets in 2023/Misc. (in alphabetical order):

Favorite Singles/Songs of 2023 (in alphabetical order):

Favorite Music Videos of 2023 (in alphabetical order):

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2023 (in alphabetical order):

• Afro Futuristic Dreams by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

• A Trip To Bolgatanga by African Head Charge

• Tony Allen JID018 by Tony Allen, Adrian Younge

• New Blue Sun by André 3000

• My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by Anohni & The Johnsons

• Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily

• Shook by Algiers

• Tony Allen JID018 by Tony Allen/Adrian Younge/Ali Shaheed Muhammad

• Blue Period by Beauty Pill

• Black Duck by Black Duck

• Sun Arcs by Blue Lake

• Sahel by Bombino

• Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You by Bonnie “Prince” Billy

• Dimanche à Bamako by Bounaly

• the Record by boygenius

• Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by jaimie branch

• Nocturnal Country by Sammy Brue

• Lucky For You by Bully

• Villagers by Califone

• Chitinous Mandible by Chitinous Mandible

• Hostile Environment by Creation Rebel

• Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey

• Workin' On A World by Iris Dement

• Shadow Kingdom by Bob Dylan

• & the Charm by Avalon Emerson

• Some Kinda Love Performing The Music Of The Velvet Underground by The Feelies

• A River Running To Your Heart by Fruit Bats

• Let the Moon Be a Planet by Steve Gunn & David Moore

• Philanthropy by Hauschka

• Days In The Desert by High Pulp

• Jump For Joy by Hiss Golden Messenger

• Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley

• James and the Giants by James and the Giants

• Joy'All by Jenny Lewis

• New Future City Radio by Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek

• Should’ve Learned by Now by Lucero

• Improvisations by Ian Manire

• No Fixed Point In Space by Modern Nature

• the Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monae

• Since Time Is Gravity by Natural Information Society 

• Travel by the Necks

• Continue As A Guest by the New Pornographers

• Prism by the Orb

• Jump On It by Bill Orcutt

• Switched-On by Pachyman

• After the Magic by 파란노을 (Parannoul)

• The Times by Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra

• Strays by Margo Price

• Drag On Girard by Purling Hiss

• Breaking The Balls of History by Quasi

• The Window by Ratboys

• Saved! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

• Connection by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

• New Future City Radio by Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek

• Mid Air by Romy

• Garden Party by Rose City Band

• Live at Third Man Records by Rich Ruth

• 12 by Ryuichi Sakamoto

• Jasmine on a Night in July by Scree

• Robed In Rareness by Shabazz Palaces

• Everything Is Alive by Slowdive

• Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

• Boogie to Baja EP by Stoner

• Music Is Victory Over Time by Sunwatchers

• Secret Stratosphere by William Tyler And The Impossible Truth

• Rat Saw God by Wednesday

• Cousin by Wilco

• Zango by Witch

• Perennial by Woods

• Maps by Billy Woods & Kenny Segal

• This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

• Heaven Is a Junkyard by Youth Lagoon

Favorite Albums/EPs released in 2023 (in order first heard):

• Blue Period by Beauty Pill

• The Times by Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra

• This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

• Breaking The Balls of History by Quasi

• Boogie to Baja EP by Stoner

• Should’ve Learned by Now by Lucero

• Shook by Algiers

• Travel by the Necks

• Workin' On A World by Iris Dement

• Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley

• Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily

• Drag On Girard by Purling Hiss

• Jasmine on a Night in July by Scree

• Let the Moon Be a Planet by Steve Gunn & David Moore

• A River Running To Your Heart by Fruit Bats

• Prism by the Orb

• & the Charm by Avalon Emerson

• Maps by Billy Woods & Kenny Segal

• Tony Allen JID018 by Tony Allen, Adrian Younge

• Lucky For You by Bully

• Shadow Kingdom by Bob Dylan

• the Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monae

• Joy'All by Jenny Lewis

• Black Duck by Black Duck

• the Record by boygenius

• Sun Arcs by Blue Lake

• Tony Allen JID018 by Tony Allen/Adrian Younge/Ali Shaheed Muhammad

• Chitinous Mandible by Chitinous Mandible

• A Trip To Bolgatanga by African Head Charge

• Days In The Desert by High Pulp

• Improvisations by Ian Manire

• Strays by Margo Price

• Hostile Environment by Creation Rebel

• Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by jaimie branch

• Connection by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

• Jump For Joy by Hiss Golden Messenger

• Secret Stratosphere by William Tyler And The Impossible Truth

• Some Kinda Love Performing The Music Of The Velvet Underground by The Feelies

• Dimanche à Bamako by Bounaly

• Cousin by Wilco

• Nocturnal Country by Sammy Brue

• 12 by Ryuichi Sakamoto

• Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

• Afro Futuristic Dreams by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

• New Blue Sun by André 3000

• Sahel by Bombino

• Zango by Witch

• After the Magic by 파란노을 (Parannoul)

• Heaven Is a Junkyard by Youth Lagoon

• Continue As A Guest by the New Pornographers

• Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey

• No Fixed Point In Space by Modern Nature

• Philanthropy by Hauschka

• My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by Anohni & The Johnsons

• Robed In Rareness by Shabazz Palaces

• Garden Party by Rose City Band

• Saved! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

• The Window by Ratboys

• Everything Is Alive by Slowdive

• Perennial by Woods

• Switched-On by Pachyman

• Rat Saw God by Wednesday

• Jump On It by Bill Orcutt

• Mid Air by Romy

• Music Is Victory Over Time by Sunwatchers

• Since Time Is Gravity by Natural Information Society 

• Villagers by Califone

• Live at Third Man Records by Rich Ruth

• Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You by Bonnie “Prince” Billy

• James and the Giants by James and the Giants

2023 Albums I Wanted To Like Much More Than I Actually Did But Have Nothing Bad To Say About: (in alphabetical order):

• Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

• Aurora by Daisy Jones and the Six

• Let's Start Here by Lil Yachty

• First Two Pages Of Frankenstein by the National

Things Read in 2023 (in order read):

• Dead People Suck: A Guide for Survivors of the Newly Departed by Laurie Kilmartin (2017)

• Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut (1990) (RE-READ)

• Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut (1997) (RE-READ)

• Epilogue: A Memoir by Anne Roiphe (2008)

• Human Sexuality and Issues of Aging by Justin J. Lehmiller, Susan K. Whitbourne, and Stacey B. Whitbourne (2021)

• Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac (1972)

• High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies Book by Erik Davis (2019)

• Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss by Sameet M. Kumar (2005)

• Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy by J. William Worden (2018, 5th edition)

• Resident Alien Volume 01: Welcome to Earth by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (2013)

• Resident Alien Volume 02: The Suicide Blonde by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (2014)

• Resident Alien Volume 03: The Sam Hain Mystery by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (2015)

• Resident Alien Volume 04: The Man with No Name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (2017)

• Resident Alien Volume 05: An Alien In New York by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (2018)

• Resident Alien Volume 06: Your Ride’s Here by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (2021)

• Millennium by Joe Harris and Colin Lorimer (2015)

• Human Development: A Life-Span View (8th ed.) by Kail, R. V., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2019).

• Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri (2020)

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)

• People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee “Scratch” Perry by David Katz (2021 edition)

• Family Therapy: An Overview by Mark Stanton and Herbert Goldenberg (2017)

• Mastering Competencies in Family Therapy: A Practical Approach to Theory and Clinical Case Documentation by Diane R. Gehart (2018)

• The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (2022)

• Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy (2022)

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2013)

• Crisis Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention 3rd Edition by Lisa Jackson-Cherry (Author), Bradley Erford (Author) (2017)

• Stardust by Neil Gaiman (1997)

• The Sandman Vol. 01: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcom Jones III (1989)

• The Sandman Vol. 02: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman, Neil Dringenberg, Malcom Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, and Steve Parkhouse

• The Sandman Vol. 03: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcome Jones III, Charles Vess, and Colleen Coran (1991)

• The Sandman Vol. 04: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcome Jones III, Mike Dringenberg, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt and P. Craig Russell (1994)

• The Sandman Vol. 05: A Game Of You by Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcome Jones III, Mike Dringenberg, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt and P. Craig Russell (1994)

• The Sandman Vol. 06: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, Stan Woch, P. Graig Russell, Shawn McManus, John Watkiss, Jill Thompson, Duncan Eagleson, and Kent Williams (1994)

• The Sandman Vol. 07: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman, Jill Thompson and Vince Locke (1994)

• The Sandman Vol. 08: World’s End by Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, Alec Stevens, John Watkiss, Michael Zulli, Michael Allred, Shea Anton Pensa, and Gary Amaro (1994)

• The Sandman Vol. 09: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman, Marc Hempel, Richard Case, D’Israeli, Teddy Kristiansen, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston & Kevin Nowlan (1994)

• The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, John Muth, and Charles Vess (1995)

• The Sandman Vol. 11: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman, Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Frank Quitely, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barron Storey (2003)

• The Sandman: Dream Hunters Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano (1999)

• The Sandman: Dream Hunters Vol. 2 by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell (2010)

• The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams (2015)

• Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement. by Cohen, R. J., Tobin, R. M., & Schneider, W. J. (2022).

• Invincible Compendium Volume One by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley (2011)

• Invincible Compendium Volume Two by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cory Walker (2013)

• Invincible Compendium Volume Three by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cory Walker (2018)

• Sad Happens: A Celebration of Tears compiled and edited by Brandon Stosuy and illustrated by Rose Lazar (2023) (featuring yours truly on page 233!!)

• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (1997)

• Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work by Brown, S. D., & Lent, R. W. (2021).

• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006)

• The ​Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008)

Concerts, Speakers, Plays and Such:

• 12/30/22 :: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers with the Vandoliers at the Crescent Ballroom

• 03/19/23 :: JPW and Dad Weed at the Dirty Drummer

• 03/23/23 :: Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion at Scottsdale Center for the Arts

• 04/11/23 :: Wood Brothers with Chris Jacobs at Scottsdale Center for the Arts

• 04/21/23 :: Vieux Farka Touré at Scottsdale Center for the Arts

• 04/29/23 :: Backseat Lovers with Renata Zeiguer at Arizona Financial Theatre

• 05/05/23 :: Calexico with Orkestra Mendoza and Xixa at Gila River Wild Horse Pass Casino

• 05/10/23 :: Crowded House with Liam Finn at Mesa Center For The Arts

• 05/23/23 :: Dead and Company at Talking Stick Ampitheater

• 06/13/23 :: Erykah Badu with Yasiin Bey at AZ Financial Theater

• 11/12/13 :: Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, and Rakesh Chaurasia at Mesa Arts Center

• 11/13/23 :: the National with Hand Habits at AZ Financial Theater

Favorite (Or at least most intriguing) Podcasts/Radio Listened to in 2023:

• The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow

• The Haunted Objects Podcast

Favorite Movies and/Or Shorts Watched in 2023 (in order seen):

• X-Files: Fight The Future (1998) (RE-WATCH)

• X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (RE-WATCH)

• The Pez Outlaw (2022)

• RRR (2022)

• 137 Shots (2021)

• Tales from Earthsea (2006)

• Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)

• Kiki's Delivery Service (RE-WATCH) (1989)

• Princess Mononoke (RE-WATCH) (1997)

• Porco Rosso (RE-WATCH) (1992)

• My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

• Kill Boksoon (2023)

• Kung Fu Hustle (RE-WATCH) (2004)

• the Boondock Saints (RE-WATCH) (1999)

• the Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)

• Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse (2023)

• Asteroid City (2023)

Favorite Television Watched in 2023:

• X-Files (1993 - 2018) (RE-WATCH)

• Northern Exposure (1990 - 1995) (RE-WATCH)

• Poker Face season 01 (2023)

• The Lone Gunmen (2001)

• Millennium (RE-WATCH) (1996 - 1999)

• Resident Alien seasons 1 and 2 (2021 & 2022)

• Shrinking Season 01 (2023)

• Chainsaw Man Season 01 (2022)

• One Punch Man Season 01 (2015)

• Demon Slayer Seasons 01 - 03 (2019 - 2022)

• Shrink Season 01 (2017)

• Baki seasons 01 and 02 (2018 - 2020)

• Baki Hanma season 01 (2023)

• Jury Duty Season 01 (2023)

• Avatar: The Last Airbender Seasons 01 - 03 (2005 - 2008) (RE-WATCH)

• the Legend of Korra Seasons 01 - 04 (2012 - 2014) (RE-WATCH)

• the Sandman Season 01 (2022)

• the Bear Season 02 (2023)

• I Think You Should Leave Season 03 (2023)

• Good Omens Season 01 (RE-WATCH) (2019)

• Good Omens Season 02 (2023)

• Invincible Season 01 (2021)

• Daredevil Seasons 01 - 03 (2015 - 2018)

• Jessica Jones Seasons 01 - 03 (2015 - 2019)

• Luke Cage Seasons 01 - 02 (2016 - 2018)

• Iron Fist Seasons 01 - 02 (2017 - 2018)

• The Punisher Seasons 01 - 02 (2017 - 2019)

• The Defenders (2017)

• Invincible Season 02 (2023)

Misc. Pop-Culture Moments of Consequence (Or Not)/Random Thoughts, etc., (2023 Edition):

• Sorry, I’ve stopped paying attention

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.

// 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 // Browse 2021 //

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.

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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)