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]
Curious to know your approach to curating your favorite music. Do you just add whatever your listen to and like to the quarter’s playlist or is there a more systematic way of doing (ie: add most listened to tracks to QX Playlist, or some other condition you can set programmatically in Spotify)
Loved your articles on commonsenseatheism and that’s what led me to your new blog!
A.F
I’ve just been manually adding things as I listen to them and like them; I don’t have any automatic system.