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]
I see that Aster’s “Hereditary” didn’t get a star. Did you prefer Midsommar? Did any particular element of Hereditary not work for you? (I think both are masterworks, but Hereditary haunts me in a way that Midsommar hasn’t.)
I did like Midsommar better, hard to say why. I guess it was more unique, and I thought the details of Aster’s filmmaking craft were somewhat more successful in Midsommar. But it’s a small enough difference that it could just be I was in a better mood or paying more attention in one case vs. the other.