Music

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

Okay, music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:

• Pohjola Pekka: Keesojen lehto (1977)
• Mandingo: The Primeval Rhythm of Life (1973)
• Zao: Z=7L (1973)
• Speed Limit: Speed Limit [1975] (1975)
• Clivage: Regina Astris (1977), “Mixtus Orbis” (1979)
• Rialzu: Rialzu (1978)
• Orchestra Njervudarov: Con le orecchie di Eros (1979)
• Arcane V: Marron Dingue (1978)
• Random: Nothin’ Tricky (1977)
• Yochk’o Seffer: Delire (1976), Ima (1977), Ghilgoul (1978)
• Bobby Krlic: “Fire Temple” (2019)
• Imants Kalniņš: Symphony No. 4 (1973)
• Frederik Magle: Anastasis-Messe (2017)
• Kollektiv: SWF-Sessions Volume 5 (rec. 1973, rel. 2001)
• Glenn Kotche: Anomaly (2014)
• László Hortobágyi: Transreplica Meccano (1989)
• Helga Pogatschar: Mars Requiem (1995)
• Les McCann: Invitation ot Openness (1971)
• Buddy Terry: Pure Dynamite (1972)
• Allison Miller: Glitter Wolf (2019)
• Fieldwork: Simulated Progress (2005)
• Mahjun: Vivre la mort du vieux Monde (1971), Mahjun [1973] (1973), Mahjun [1974] (1974)
• K. Miho & Jazz Eleven: Kokezaru Kumikyoku (1971)
• Béa Tekielski: La folle (1976)
• Malcolm Braff & Stephane Galland: “Afro Blue” (2015)
• Malcolm Braff & Aurélie Emery: “Crimson Waves” (2011)
• De Lorians: De Lorians (2019)
• The Pyramids: Lalibela (1973), King of Kings (1974), Birth / Speed / Merging (1976)
• Masahiko Sato: Yamataifu (1972)
• Iltar: Iltar (1977)
• Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Osorezan / Dō no Kenbai (1976), Ecophony Rinne (1986), Symphonic Suite Akira (1988)
• Emmanuel Booz: Dans quel état j’erre (1979)
• Haki Madhubuti: Medasi (1984)
• Heinrich von Biber: Battalia à 10 (1673)
• Sigmund Snopek III: Virginia Woolf (1973), Trinity Seas Seize Sees (1974)
• Olga Bell: Tempo (2016)
• Christy Doran: Black Box (2001)
• Serge Bringolf: Strave (1981)
• Lask: Lask (1982)
• Letícia Garcia: Magamaquiavérica em canturbano (1984)
• Fulano: Fulano (1987), En el Bunker (1989), El Infierno de los payasos (1993)
• yMusic: First (2017)
• Het: Let’s Het (1984)
• Eskaton: Ardeur (1980), Fiction (1983)
• Daisuck & Prostitute: Shinu Made Odori Tsuzukete (1981)
• Heiner Goebbels: Der Mann im Fahrstuhl (1988)
• Blanck Mass: “Death Drop” (2019)
• The Blech: Zip Zip (1987)
• Lights in a Fat City: Somewhere (1988)
• Elomar: Fantasia Leiga Para Um Rio Seco (1981)
• Billie Eilish: “Bad Guy” (2019)
• Herbert Bairy: Traumspiel (1980)
• John Psathas: Omnifenix (2000)
• Adam Hopkins: Crickets (2018)
• Ein Jahr Garantie: Hoch/tief (1982)
• Fibulator: Drank from the Asphalt (1993), Unhammerlike (1994)
• Bruce Hornsby: Absolute Zero (2019)
• Chris Cutler & Lutz Glandien: Domestic Stories (1992)
• Lutz Glandien: The 5th Elephant (2002)
• Trey Anastasio: Surrender to the Air (1996)

Had completely forgotten about, now rediscovered and really liked:

• Il Balletto di Bronzo: Ys (1972)
• Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Holy Mountain (rec. 1973, rel. 2007)
• Adriano Celentano: “Prisencolinensinainciusol” (1972)
• Julianna Barwick: Nepenthe (2013)
• Curlew: Curlew (1981)
• Christy Doran: Confusing the Spirits (1999)
• Au Pairs: Playing with a Different Sex (1981)
• Azalia Snail: Snailbait (1990), Fumarole Rising (1993)
• Jarboe: The Thirteen Masks (1991), Sacrificial Cake (1995)
• Lida Husik: Your Bag (1992)
• Robin Holcomb: Larks, They Crazy (1989), Robin Holcomb (1990)
• Anna Homler & Steve Moshier: Breadwoman (1985), Dō Ya Sa’ Di Dō (1992)
• Bastro: Diablo Guapo (1989)
• Bitch Magnet: Umber (1989)
• Jim O’Rourke: The Visitor (2009)
• Isotope 217°: The Unstable Molecule (1997)
• Him: Sworn Eyes (1999)
• Soul Coughing: Ruby Vroom (1994), El Oso (1998)
• Six Finger Satellite: The Pigeon is the Most Popular Bird (1993)
• Ui: 2-Sided EP (1993), Sidelong (1996), The Sharpie (1996), Lifelike (1998), Answers (2003)
• Pigeonhed: Pigeonhed (1993)
• Labradford: Labradford (1996), Mi Media Naranja (1997)
• Jessamine: The Long Arm of Coincidence (1996)
• Don Caballero: Don Caballero 2 (1995)
• Storm & Stress: Storm & Stress (1997)
• Concussion Ensemble: Stampede (1993)
• Dirty Three: Horse Stories (1996)
• Vampire Rodents: Gravity’s Rim (1996)
• Ether Bunny: Papa Woody (1996)
• Scorn: “Walls of My Heart” (1992)
• Pram: The Stars Are So Big… (1993), Helium (1994), Sargasso Sea (1996), North Pole Radio Station (1997)
• Moonshake: Eva Luna (1992), The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow (1994), Dirty & Divine (1996)
• Laika: Silver Apples of the Moon (1996)
• DUSTdevils: Extant EP (1996)
• Oxbow: King of the Jews (1991), An Evil Heat (2002)
• Heliogabale: Yolk (1995)
• Phish: Lawn Boy (1990), A Picture of Nectar (1992), Rift (1993)
• Phil Kline: Zippo Songs (2004)
• Motherhead Bug: Zambodia (1993)
• Sulfur: Delirium Tremens (1998)
• Cul de Sac: ECIM (1991), China Gate (1996), Crashes to Light, Minutes to the Fall (1999), Immortality Lessons (2002), Death of the Sun (2003)
• Ozric Tentacles: Pungent Effulgent (1989), Erpland (1990), Strangeitude (1991), Jurassic Shift (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 other great albums I listened to recently aren’t listed above because I hadn’t forgotten about them.)

Movies/TV

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

• Paul Feig: A Simple Favor (2018)
• Gaspar Noe: Climax (2018)
• Ari Aster: Midsommar (2019) ★

Games

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

• [none]

Books

• [none]