Music

Spotify playlist for this quarter is here. Playlists for past quarters and years here.

Okay, music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:

• Joe Henry: Tiny Voices (2003)
• Glass Eye: Hello Young Lovers (1989)
• Joshua Abrams: Mandatory Reality (2019)
• Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Savvy Show Stoppers (1988), Music for Pets (1991)
• Dark: Dark (1986)
• Wavestar: Moonwind (1987)
• Chuck van Zyl: Europa (1991)
• Amon Tobin: Fear in a Handful of Dust (2019)
• Steve Douglas: Rainbow Suite (1981)
• ALASKALASKA: The Dots (2019)
• Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (2019)
• Jon Hassell: Flash of the Spirit (1988), Dressing for Pleasure (1994)
• Eternal Wind: Eternal Wind (1984), Wasalu (1988)
• Night Ark: “Trilogy” (1986)
• David Parsons: “Tantra” (1992)
• Joel Ross: KingMaker (2019)
• Zig-Zag: Pièces manquantes 1976 (rec. 1976, rel. 2014)
• Holly Herndon: PROTO (2019)
• Manu Dibango: Waka Juju (1982)
• Deca: Claustrophobia (1989), Simbionte (2002), Aracnis Radiarum (2007)
• Echo Collective: Plays Amnesiac (2018)
• Mesadorm: Heterogaster (2018)
• Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel (2019)
• Lubricated Goat: Schadenfreude (1989)
• Ministry: “Leper” (2003)
• Walking Timebombs: Walking Timebombs (1997)
• Unrest: Isabel Bishop (1992)
• Membranes: The Gift of Life (1985)
• Maurice Louca: Elephantine (2019)
• Ingram Marshall: Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem (1984), Dark Waters (2001), Kingdom Come (2001), Savage Altars (2006)
• Sunwatchers: Illegal Moves (2019)
• Karyyn: The Quanta Series (2019)
• Overpass: Overpass (1993)
• Hetch Hetchy: Swollen (1990)
• Bad Luck: Four (2018)
• Brandt Brauer Frick: Miami (2013)
• Fire! Orchestra: Arrival (2019)

Had completely forgotten about, now rediscovered and really liked:

• Julian Cope: World Shut Your Mouth (1984)
• Nick Cave: From Her to Eternity (1984), The Firstborn is Dead (1985), Your Funeral… My Trial (1986), Tender Prey (1988), Henry’s Dream (1992), Let Love In (1994), Murder Ballads (1996)
• Grinderman: Grinderman 2 (2010)
• Enya: Enya (1986)
• Loreena McKennitt: The Mask and Mirror (1994)
• Camper van Beethoven: Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985), II & III (1986), Camper van Beethoven (1986)
• American Music Club: “Highway 5” (1988)
• Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham (1991), Sport Fishin’ (1993)
• Phono-Comb: Fresh Gasoline (1996)
• Grandmaster Flash: “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” (1981)
• Afrika Bambaataa: “Rock America” (1986)
• Tackhead: Friendly as a Hand Grenade (1989)
• Innerzone Orchestra: “Eruption” (1999), “Basic Math” (1999)
• Primal Scream: XTRMNTR (2000)
• Meat Beat Manifesto: Storm the Studio (1989), Actual Sounds & Voices (1998)
• Paul Speer: Collection 983: Spectral Voyages (1984)
• David Darling: Cycles (1982)
• Turtle Island String Quartet: Turtle Island String Quartet (1988)
• Michael Stearns: Planetary Unfolding (1981)
• Constance Demby: Sacred Space Music (1982), Aeterna (1995)
• Robert Rich: Seven Veils (1998)
• Ray Lynch: “Tiny Geometries” (1984)
• Mark Shreeve: Legion (1984)
• Ian Boddy “Virtual Journey” (1993)
• Mychael Danna: Sirens (1991)
• Tim Clement: “La Danse Du Serpent Blanc” (1990), Wolfsong Night (1994)
• Paul Winter: Prayer for the Wild Things (1994)
• Jon Hassell: City: Works of Fiction (1990), Last Night the Moon… (2009)
• Kitaro: “Hikari No Mai” (1979), Oasis (1979), Silk Road (1980), Ki (1982)
• Osamu Kitajima: Benzaiten (1974)
• Mark Isham: Vapor Drawings (1983), Castalia (1988)
• Michael Brook: Cobalt Blue (1992)
• Lucia Hwong: House of Sleeping Beauties (1985)
• Forrest Fang: The Wolf at the Ruins (1989), World Diary (1992), Folklore (1995)
• Jorge Reyes: “El Anima Sola” (1986), Cronica de Castas (1990), Bajo El Sol Jaguar (1991)
• Benjamin Lew: La Parfum Du Raki (1993)
• Peter Frohmader: Homunculus Vol. 1 (1987), Homunculus Vol. 2 (1988)
• Peter Frohmader & Richard Pinhas: Fossil Culture (1999)
• Klaus Schonning: Cyclus (1980)
• Mathias Grassow: In Search of Sanity (1993)
• Bongwater: Double Bummer (1988), Too Much Sleep (1989), The Big Sell-Out (1992)
• Mark Kramer: The Guilt Trip (1992)
• The Flaming Lips: Telepathic Surgery (1989)
• Death of Samantha: “Coca Cola & Licorice” (1986)
• King Snake Roost: Things That Play Themselves (1989), Ground into the Dirt (1990)
• Lubricated Goat: Plays the Devils Music (1987), Schadenfreude (1989)
• Young Gods: L’eau rouge (1989), T.V. Sky (1992)
• Pain Teens: Stimulation Festival (1992)
• Unrest: Imperial f.f.r.r. (1992), Perfect Teeth (1993)
• Fugazi: Fugazi (1988), Margin Walker (1989), Steady Diet of Nothing (1991), Red Medicine (1995), End Hits (1998), The Argument (2001)
• Royal Trux: Veterans of Disorder (1999)
• Neil Hagerty: Neil Michael Hagerty (2001), Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll (2002)
• Toy Dolls: Dig That Groove Baby (1983), One More Megabyte (1997)
• Chumbawamba: Shhh (1992), Tubthumper (1997)
• Black Sun Ensemble: Black Sun Ensemble [1988] (1988)
• Helios Creed: Lactating Purple (1991)
• Boredoms: Super ae (1998), Vision Creation Newsun (1999), “Seadrum” (2004)
• OOIOO: Taiga (2006)
• Of Cabbages and Kings: Face (1988)
• Pixies: Come on Pilgrim (1987), Bossanova (1990)
• Blind Idiot God: Blind Idiot God (1987)
• Alter Natives: Hold Your Tongue (1986), Group Therapy (1988)
• Phantom Tollbooth: One Way Conversation (1987)
• Tragic Mulatto: Judo for the Blind (1984), Locos por el sexo (1987), Hot Man Pussy (1989)
• Slovenly: We Shoot for the Moon (1989), Highway to Hanno’s (1992)
• Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Mother of All Saints (1992), Admonishing the Bishops (1993), The Funeral Pudding (1994), Strangers from the Universe (1994)
• Hugo Largo: Drum (1987), Mettle (1989)
• Harold Budd: The Pavilion of Dreams (1978)
• John Oswald: Plexure (1993)

Why so many re-discoveries this quarter? I’m listening through the history of rock music again and constructing this playlist along the way. Many great albums aren’t listed above because I hadn’t forgotten about them.

Games

Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):

• [none]

Movies/TV

Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):

• Elizabeth Wood: White Girl (2016)
• Pamela Adlon: Better Things, Season 3 (2019)
• Steve McQueen: Widows (2018)
• Chad Stahelski: John Wick: Chapter 3 (2019)
• Joel Anderson: Lake Mungo (2008)
• Craig Mazin: Chernobyl (2019) ★

Books

• [none]