Music

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

Okay, music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:

• Estradasphere: It’s Understood (2000)
• To the Ansaphone: To the Ansaphone (2003)
• Seaworthy: The Ride (2002)
• Terra Ambient: Wanderlust (2009)
• Troum: Grote Mandrenke (2012), Mare Morphosis (2013)
• Johannes Enders: Dome (2007)
• Carl Oesterhelt & Johannes Enders: Divertimento für Tenorsaxophon und kleines Ensemble (2010)
• Fever the Ghost: Crab in Honey (2014)
• Lyra Pramuk: Fountain (2020)
• The Necks: “Bloom” and “Further” (2020)
• Hannah Marcus: Desert Farmers (2004)
• Shannon Wright: Dyed in the Wool (2001)
• Hossam Ramzy: Source of Fire (1995)
• Vladislav Delay: “Rasite” (2020)
• Buffalo Daughter: I (2002), Pshychic (2003)
• Cornelius: Point (2002)
• Algiers: Algiers (2015), The Underside of Power (2017)
• Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
• Friends of Dean Martinez: “Ethchlorvynol” (1999)
• In the Summer of the Mushroom Honey: “Thank You, Mr. Bishop!” (1999)
• DeVotchKa: How it Ends (2004)
• Anahita: “Velvet Shoon” (2009)
• Iglooghost: Neo Wax Bloom (2017)
• A Taste of Ra: Morning of My Life (2007) [wow!]
• Danny Cohen: “In the Barrio” (1999)
• Ill Ease: “New York, London, Paris” (1999)
• Matmos: “Ultimate Care II Excerpt One” (2016)
• Thee Oh Sees: Face Stabber (2019)
• The Soft Pink Truth: Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? (2020)
• Kayo Dot: “Aura on an Asylum Wall” (2006)
• Live Human: Monostereosis: The New Victrola Method (1999)
• Odd Nosdam: Burner (2006), Level Live Wires (2007)
• Ne Zhdali: She-Ye-Ye (1991)
• Blast: A Sophisticated Face (1999)
• Sotos: Platypus (2002)
• X-Legged Sally: Eggs and Ashes (1994), The Land of the Giant Dwarfs (1995)
• Höyry-kone: Hyönteisiä voi rakastaa (1995)
• Louis Sclavis: “Ottomar” (1989)
• Charming Hostess: “Sha! Shtil!” (1998)
• Optical *8: Bug (1994)
• Don Salsa: “The Deck” (1997)
• Dollshot: Lalande (2019)
• Vivenza: “Fondements bruitistes” (1984); “Prolétariat & industrie” (1984)
• Carter Tutti Void: f(x) (2015)
• Trytony: “Zazuły” (1992)
• Łoskot: Amariuch (1998), Sun (2005)
• Deep Turtle: Turkele!! (2003)
• Marc Mellits: Tight Sweater / Agu / Fruity Pebbles / Disciples of Gouda (2006); Paranoid Cheese (2007)
• Non Credo: “Agnes’ Lament” (1988)
• Jeff Rosenstock: No Dream (2020)
• Enrique Morente: “Omega” (1996)
• Cafe Tacuba: Revés (1999)
• Gasp: “Little Jupiter Come Home to a Groat Man” (1998)
• Velma: Cyclique (1999)
• Sandy Dillon: Electric Chair (1999), Las Vegas is Cursed (2000)
• Hint: “100% White Puzzle” (1995), Dys- (1996), Wu-Wei (1998)
• Hissanol: “Angra” (1995), The Making of Him (1998)
• Pugs: Pugs (1993), Sports? (1994), Pugs Bite the Red Knee (1997)
• Soft Mountain: Soft Mountain (rec. 2003, rel. 2007)
• Ensemble 4’33”: Taxidermy (1999), Happiness, Fame and Fortune (2002)
• Paul Dresher: “Dark Blue Circumstance” (comp. 1986, rel. 1993)
• After Crying: “European Things” (1990)
• The Flower Kings: “Retropolis” (1996)
• Voo Voo: Oov Oov (1998)
• Leyland Kirby: “When We Parted, My Heart Wanted to Die (Friedrichshain Memory)” (2009)
• Insides: Clear Skin (1994)
• Hildur Guðnadóttir: Leyfðu ljósinu (2012)
• Carl Stone: “Al-Noor” (2007)
• Jean-Paul Prat: Masal (1984)
• Ray Lema & Professeur Stefanov: “Ponji” (1992)
• Valentin Clastrier: Hérésie (1992)
• Steve Martland: “Horses of Instruction” (comp. 1994, rel. 2001)
• Lake Trout: Volume for the Rest of It (1999), Not Them, You (2005)
• Mikel Rouse: “Soul Train” (1996)
• DJ Hidden: Literal Evil (2006), Enclosed (2013)
• The Group: “Worksong” (1975)
• Dave Liebman [Expansions]: The Puzzle (2015)
• Lamp of the Universe: Heru (2005)
• School of Language: Sea from Shore (2008)

Rediscovered or revisited (i.e. I’m no longer excluding great albums I revisited but hadn’t forgotten about), and really liked:

• Guapo: Five Suns (2004), Elixirs (2009)
• Volapuk: Le feu du tigre (1995), Slang! (1997), Polygot (2000), Where Is Tamashii? (2003)
• Forgas Band Phenomena: Roue libre (1997)
• Jaga Jazzist: A Livingroom Hush (2001)
• Shining: In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005), Grindstone (2007), Blackjazz (2010)
• Supersilent: 6 (2003), 7 (2005), “13.7” (2016)
• Macha: Macha (1998), See It Another Way (1999)
• Tuatara: Breaking the Ethers (1997)
• Terra Ambient: The Gate (2004)
• Kiln: Holo (1998), Ampday (2000)
• Yume Bitsu: Yume Bitsu (1999)
• Pan American: 360 Business / 360 Bypass (2000)
• Stars of the Lid: The Tired Sounds of… (2001), And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)
• Hood: Home Is Where It Hurts (2001), Cold House (2001), Outside Closer (2005)
• Sigur Rós: Ágætis byrjun (1999), ( ) (2002), Takk… (2005), Kveikur (2013)
• CoH: “Spring Come Shooting: Make Love, Make War” (2002)
• Matmos: “…And Silver Light Popped in His Eyes” (1999)
• Herbert: “Just Once” (2006)
• Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (1998), Geogaddi (2002)
• Kammerflimmer Kollektief: Maander (1999), Incommunicado (2001), Hysteria (2001), Cicadidae (2003), Absencen (2005)
• Doves: Lost Souls (2000)
• Six by Seven: “Spy Song” (1998)
• Coldplay: “Politik” (2002)
• The Delgados: The Great Eastern (2000), Hate (2002)
• Broadcast: Work and Non Work (1997), The Noise Made By People (2000), Haha Sound (2003)
• Add N to (X): On the Wires of Our Nerves (1998), Avant Hard (1999), Loud Like Nature (2002)
• Clinic: Clinic (1999), Internal Wrangler (2000), Walking with Thee (2002)
• Muse: “Sunburn” and “Cave” (1999), Origin of Symmetry (2001), Absolution (2003), Black Holes and Revelations (2006), “Survival” (2012)
• Buffalo Daughter: New Rock (1998)
• Garbage: “Only Happy When It Rains” (1995)
• Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
• The Olivia Tremor Control: Dusk at Cubist Castle (1996), Black Foliage (1999)
• Circulatory System: Circulatory System (2001)
• Neutral Milk Hotel: On Avery Island (1996), In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
• Antony and the Johnsons: “Hope There’s Someone” (2005)
• Air: Premiers symptômes (1997), Moon Safari (1998), Talkie Walkie (2004)
• The Postal Service: “Such Great Heights” (2003)
• Mount Eerie: “Pale Lights” (2012)
• Hash Jar Tempo: Well Oiled (1997)
• Bowery Electric: “Beat” (1996)
• Vas Deferens Organization: “First Planet Not to Plummet Seaward” (1996), Saturation (1996), Zyzzybaloubah (1997), Sweat Your Cheeses But Not in My Salad (1997)
• The Beta Band: The Three EPs (1998)
• Acid Mothers Temple: IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno (2005)
• The Dandy Warhols: “It’s A Fast-Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes” (1995), The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997), Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia (2000), “We Used to Be Friends” (2003)
• The Hives: “Hate to Say I Told You So” (2000)
• Shark Quest: Battle of the Loons (1998)
• Dysrhythmia: Contradiction (2000), No Interference (2000)
• Infidel? / Castro!: “The Onset of Life” and “Involuntary Physical Response” (2005)
• Irving Klaw Trio: Utek Pahtoo Mogoi (1997)
• Cursive: Happy Hollow (2006)
• Brand New: “Sic Transit Gloria … Glory Fades” (2003), “Limousine” (2006)
• Dismemberment Plan: Emergency & I (1999)
• Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002), Star Wars (2015)
• 16 Horsepower: Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes (1996)
• Woven Hand: Mosaic (2006)
• Modest Mouse: This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About (1996), The Lonesome Crowded West (1997), The Moon & Antarctica (2000), Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
• The White Stripes: White Blood Cells (2001), “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
• The Raconteurs: “Steady, As She Goes” (2006)
• The Geraldine Fibbers: Butch (1997)
• Pinetop Seven: Bringing Home the Last Great Strike (2000)
• Belle and Sebastian: Tigermilk (1996), If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996), “Step Into My Office, Baby” (2003)
• Jason Falkner: Presents Author Unknown (1996)
• Eels: Beautiful Freak (1996), Electro-Shock Blues (1998), Souljacker (2001), “Trouble with Dreams” (2005)
• Jack Drag: “Debutante” (1998)
• VAST: Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998), “Thrown Away” (2003)
• Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (2005), All Delighted People (2010), The Age of Adz (2010)
• Nicolai Dunger: Soul Rush (2001)
• Jim White: “When Jesus Gets a Brand New Name” (1997)
• Andrew Bird: Thrills (1998), The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005), Noble Beast (2008)
• Cat Power: “I Don’t Blame You” (2003), Sun (2012)
• Fiona Apple: Tidal (1996), When the Pawn… (1999), The Idler Wheel… (2012)
• Edith Frost: Telescopic (1998)
• Heather Duby: Post to Wire (1999)
• Yann Tiersen: Le Phare (1998), “Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi” (2001)
• Creed: “Pity for a Dime” (1997)
• Cacophony: “Concerto” and “Speed Metal Symphony” (1987)
• Jason Becker: Perpetual Burn (1988)
• Nightstick: “Ultimatum: ‘Cut It Off, Then Kill It’” (1988)
• Queens of the Stone Age: “Avon” (1998), Rated R (2000), Songs for the Deaf (2002)
• Ulver: Blood Inside (2005), The Assassination of Julius Caesar (2017)
• Rammstein: “Du Hast” (1997)
• Sunn O))): “Big Church” (2009)
• Deftones: White Pony (2000)
• Limp Bizkit: “Everything” (1997)
• System of a Down: System of a Down (1998), Toxicity (2001), Mezmerize (2005)
• Dredg: Leitmotif (1999)
• Kayo Dot: Choirs of the Eye (2003)
• DJ Logic: The Anomaly (2001)
• Eminem: “Stan” (2000)
• Company Flow: Little Johnny From the Hospitul (1999)
• El-P: High Water (2004), I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead (2007)
• cLOUDDEAD: cLOUDDEAD (2001)
• Subtle: A New White (2004), For Hero: For Fool (2006), Exiting Arm (2008)
• Sixtoo: “The Mile-End Artbike / Sucide Manual” (2003), Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures (2004)
• Medeski, Martin & Wood: Notes from the Underground (1992)
• Mark Nauseef: Wun-Wun (1984)
• Scott Walker: “Farmer in the City” (1995)
• Uludag: Mau Mau (1988)
• Bulgarian State Television Female Choir: Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol. 1 (1975)
• Ben Neill: “Mainspring” (1988), “Living Close to the Knives: Aggregation” (1992), Torchtower (1994)
• Kanye West: “Love Lockdown” (2008), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2020)
• Edan: Beauty & the Beat (2005)
• Astronautalis: “Down and Out in the Bold New City of the South” (2006), Pomegranate (2008)
• Georgia Anne Muldrow: “New Orleans” (2006)
• RJD2: “The Horror” and “Ghostwriter” (2002)
• M.I.A.: “Paper Planes” (2007)
• The Streets: “Turn the Page” and “It’s Too Late” (2002), A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004)
• Burial: Burial (2006), Kindred (2012), Rival Dealer (2014)
• Terminal Sound System: Constructing Towers (2008)
• DJ Hidden: The Later After (2007)
• Joanna Newsom: Ys (2006), Have One On Me (2010)
• Dirty Projectors: The Getty Address (2005), Bitte Orca (2009)
• Beirut: Gulag Orkestar (2006)
• Ed Harcourt: “Beneath the Heart of Darkness” (2001), “Ghostwriter” (2003)
• Lykke Li: “Never Gonna Love Again” (2014)

Movies/TV

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

• Various, Succession, season 2 (2019) ★
• Various, Bojack Horseman, season 6 (2020) ★
• Various, Better Things, season 4 (2020)
• Ward, The Midnight Gospel, season 1 (2020)
• Various, Better Call Saul, season 5 (2020) ★
• Various, Solar Opposites, season 1 (2020)
• Finley, Bad Education (2019)
• Cole & Krudy, Blow the Man Down (2019)

Games

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

• Red Dead Redemption 2 ★

Books

• Lewis, The Fifth Risk
• Moore, Perfectly Confident