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troyplaysbass · 6 years ago

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We’ll Grow Stronger Making Room and Sharing Space: 2019 In Review

It’s the end of the year and the end of the decade (more on the latter in this post). It’s the time for me to reflect on the year and think too much about lists. Some things will never change.

Music I Worked On This Year

Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home - “Younger Years” (guitar, recording, mixing, mastering)

Apocalypse Quest - Paradoxes (mixing, mastering)

Sloth Hands - Vacation’s Over (mastering)

Apocalypse Quest - “Mediocre Boys” (recording, mixing, mastering)

Flora Self - “Didn’t See It Coming” (bass, recording, mixing, mastering)

Pelafina - “Blue and Gold” (guitar)

Apocalypse Quest - “CEO Blood” (recording, mixing, mastering)

Apocalypse Quest - ERBA (recording, mixing, mastering)

My Favorite Albums of 2019

I’ve had a one-sentence review of my number one album, Breakup Season by Future Teens, in my head for a few months: If I had heard this when I was seventeen, I might have been a better person. That sounds hyperbolic, but I haven’t been able to shake the idea. I know I could have used this album as a teenager. It’s so honest and introspective about heartbreak and sadness and dealing with those emotions in healthy ways. I’m so happy that a band like Future Teens exists. I’m jealous of the kid that hears Breakup Season this year and connects to it like I connected to The Upsides. Future Teens will be that kid’s first favorite band, the soundtrack to their formative years, their inspirations and role models. I keep likening this album to The Upsides, probably the single most influential album on my past ten years. It feels like a torch-passing at the end of the decade, and it’s all the more apt because I saw Future Teens open for the Wonder Years in October.

The rest of my list feels as varied as my year, spanning genre and scope from emo debuts to the biggest pop artist in the world. As always, I think there’s a lot to love on this list, so pick something and give it a spin.

Future Teens - Breakup Season

Charly Bliss - Young Enough

Pedro the Lion - Phoenix

The Menzingers - Hello Exile

The Mountain Goats - In League With Dragons

Jimmy Eat World - Surviving

Taylor Swift - Lover

Origami Angel - Somewhere City

The Get Up Kids - Problems

Telethon - Hard Pop

Proper. - I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better

Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - Routine Maintenance

Ceres - We Are a Team

Oso Oso - Basking In the Glow

Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center

The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature

Somos - Prison On a Hill

Dave Hause - Kick

American Football - LP3

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars

Junius Paul - Ism

The Maine - You Are OK

Nervus - Tough Crowd

Great Grandpa - Four of Arrows

Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

My Favorite EPs of 2019

Better Love - All I Ever Wanted Is To Be Where You Are

Mineral - One Day When We Are Young

Ruston Kelly - Dirt Emo, Volume 1

Rat Tally - When You Wake Up

Bosley Jr - No More

My Favorite Songs of 2019

Here’s a playlist on Apple Music and Spotify of songs I loved this year. It’s vaguely in order (at least the top ten or so).

My Favorite Shows of 2019

I went to 63 shows this year, 35 of which I played. Here were my favorites. These were all great, but the John K. Samson show is a contender for my all-time favorite performance. He doesn’t tour much, so make it a priority to see him if you have the chance.

John K. Samson and Christine Fellows - 11/23 at Beat Kitchen

The Wonder Years, Future Teens - 10/20 at Metro

Ruston Kelly - 11/1 at Thalia Hall

Mineral - 1/24 at Lincoln Hall

Pedro the Lion - 5/18 at The Castle Theater

Jacob Sigman, Jetty Bones - 3/29 at Beat Kitchen

The Sidekicks, Adult Mom - 7/7 at Subterranean

Spanish Love Songs - 5/19 at Cobra Lounge

Los Campesinos! - 7/6 at West Fest

We Were Promised Jetpacks - 7/13 at Bottom Lounge

My Favorite Podcasts of 2019

Two Headed Girl is the best new podcast I listened to this year. It’s a chronicle of gender dysphoria, transitioning, and marriage. Hosts Alex and Matthew Cox are unflinching in their honesty with each other about their lives, health, and feelings. It’s kind of amazing that they recorded all of this and are willing to share such a personal journey with the world.

Elsewhere in the podcast world, two of my favorite long-running podcasts hit new highs in 2019. On episode 102 of Reconcilable Differences, “Preparing the Way,” John Siracusa buys a refrigerator. The two-hour chronicle of this harrowing adventure is everything I love about the podcast format. And The Watch, Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald’s twice weekly talk about movies and TV, transitioned from purely critique to a behind the scenes look at making a TV show as Andy called in from the set and editing room of his upcoming show, Briarpatch.

Finally, I’ll recommend Michael Lewis’s Against the Rules, a meticulously researched exploration of societal rules and the people who make and enforce them. Unlike the long-running conversational shows I typically like, the tight format and high production value make Against the Rules feel more like an audio book.

My Favorite Books of 2019

As usual, I read very few new releases this year, but the few I did read were fantastic: Hanif Abdurraqib’s latest poetry collection, A Fortune For Your Disaster, Mark Z. Danielewski’s children’s book for all ages, The Little Blue Kite, and Mischa Pearlman’s One Day When We Are Young, a retrospective on the emo band Mineral and a companion piece to their first new music in over twenty years.

The best book I read this year, regardless of release date, was The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

My Favorite Television of 2019

I started 2019 with the vague goal of “keeping up” with TV, but I quickly realized that’s impossible. There’s just too much great TV. With that in mind, I just want to highlight a few of my favorite shows of the year, all remarkable for very different reasons, which also happen to be short and digestible.

Fleabag - Season 2

A tour de force of emotion and energy, every episode left me thinking that writer / producer / star Phoebe Waller-Bridge might be the most talented person alive.

Watchmen

Every frame of this show is immaculate. I’m a longtime defender of the endings of Lost and The Leftovers so I had confidence in Damon Lindelof and his team to pull this sequel/remix, and my expectations were still far exceeded.

When They See Us

Ava Duvernay’s docu-drama about the Central Park Five is a heart-wrenching examination of injustice. The opening sequence alone is worth the price of a Netflix subscription.

Chernobyl

A different kind of bleak docu-drama, set on the opposite side of the world as When They See Us, Chernobyl is equal parts moving, gruesome, frustrating, and deeply sad.

And I can’t leave the TV section without giving a shout to Baby Yoda on The Mandalorian, constant cause of delighted squeals (both Liesi’s and mine) every time he’s on screen.

My Favorite Movies of 2019

As always, I'm very behind on movies at the end of year, but Knives Out is a masterpiece. 1. Knives Out 2. Marriage Story 3. The Irishman 4. Booksmart 5. Midsommar 6. The Report 7. Toy Story 4 8. Us 9. Dolemite Is My Name 10. High Life

Next Year

I haven’t made a formal new year’s resolution in quite a few years, but I do have some plans for 2020.

Pelafina will be releasing a new EP in the next couple months. More on that very soon.

The Long Way Home are deep in the process of recording our next album. That will hopefully be out later in the spring.

I didn’t make a single blog post this year, and I want to change that. I don’t have a clear structure in mind, but I just want to write more.

I’m going to listen to more jazz.

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tvrundownusa · 5 years ago

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tvrundown USA 2020.05.08

Friday, May 8th:

(exclusive/streaming): Into the Dark (hulu, ep #20 "Delivered"), Solar Opposites (hulu, animated series premiere, all 8 eps), "Jimmy O Yang: Good Deal" (amazon, stand-up special), Regular Heroes (amazon, covid-19 docuseries premiere), Dead to Me (netflix, season 2 available, all 10 eps), The Hollow (netflix, season 2 available, all 10 eps), The Eddy (netflix, jazz-themed limited series premiere, all 8 eps), Valeria (netflix, Spanish romantic dramedy series premiere, all 8 eps), Too Hot to Handle (netflix, "Extra Hot" aftershow/reunion special), The King: Eternal Monarch (netflix), Defending Jacob (apple+), Be Our Chef (dsn+), "Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian" (dsn+, regular day), Reno 911! (Quibi, 7th bite), Floored (Quibi, bite 12/12, season 1 finale), Tooning Out the News (AACBS), Harley Quinn (DCU)

(original movies, etc.): "The Goldfinch" (AmazonPrime), "18 Presents" (Netflix, Italian drama "18 regali"), "Spaceship Earth" (hulu, documentary), The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs (SHUDDER), "Into the Arms of Danger" (LMN, 2hrs)

(hour 1): MacGyver (CBS, season 4 finale), The Blacklist (NBC, penultimate), Shark Tank (ABC), Masters of Illusion (theCW, "Escapes" special, 60mins), RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, 90mins)

(hour 2): Magnum P.I. (CBS, season 2 finale, 2hrs), Dynasty (theCW, season 3 early finale), RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, contd) / / RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (VH1, 90mins)

(hour 3): Magnum P.I. (CBS, contd), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO), Friday Night In with the Morgans (AMC), RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (VH1, contd)

(hour 4 - latenight): Betty (HBO), Untucked (VH1), The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm), ELeague (TBS, "Super Punch")

#TheEddy #DeadToMe #SolarOpposites #MastersOfIllusion #television

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tvrundownusa · 5 years ago

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tvrundown USA 2020.05.29

Friday, May 29th:

(exclusive/streaming): Ramy (hulu, sitcom season 2 available, all 10 eps), Space Force (netflix, workplace comedy series premiere, all 10 eps), Somebody Feed Phil (netflix, season 3 available, all 5 eps), The King: Eternal Monarch (netflix), "Kenny Sebastian: The Most Interesting Person in the Room" (netflix, special), Defending Jacob (apple+, limited series finale), Central Park (apple+, musical animated series premiere, first 2 eps), Be Our Chef (dsn+), "Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian" (dsn+), Harley Quinn (DCU), Tooning Out the News (AACBS, on hiatus), "Ponmagal Vandhal" (AmazonPrime, movie premiere, foreign drama), "The Vast of Night" (AmazonPrime, movie premiere, sci-fi thriller)

(also new): "Psycho Escort" (LMN, original movie, 2hrs), The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs (SHUDDER)

(hour 1): Masters of Illusion (theCW), "Haircut Night in America" (CBS, special), RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, season 12 finale, 90mins)

(hour 2): RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, contd), "Jesus Trejo: Stay at Home Son" (SHO, stand-up special)

(hour 3): Friday Night In with the Morgans (AMC), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

(hour 4 - latenight): Betty (HBO, penultimate), The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm, 40mins), ELeague (TBS, "Super Punch"), The Split (Sundance, ~82mins)

#SpaceForce #SomebodyFeedPhil #television

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tvrundown USA 2020.05.15

Friday, May 15th:

(exclusive/streaming): The Great (hulu, comedy series premiere, all 10 eps), She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (netflix, season 5 available, all 13 eps), Magic for Humans (netflix, reality season 3 available, all 7 eps), The Unremarkable Juanquini (netflix, series premiere, all 7 eps), White Lines (netflix, drama series premiere, all 10 eps), The King: Eternal Monarch (netflix), Defending Jacob (apple+), Be Our Chef (dsn+), "Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian" (dsn+), Reno 911! (Quibi, bite 12/12, season 7 finale), Tooning Out the News (AACBS), Harley Quinn (DCU), The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs (SHUDDER), "I Love You, Stupid" (Netflix, Spanish rom-com movie, ~90mins)

(also new): "Engaged to a Psycho" (LMN, original movie, 2hrs), "The Greatest #StayAtHome Videos" (CBS, special), "Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line" (CBS, special), "Basketball County: In the Water" (SHO, documentary)

(hour 1): The Blacklist (NBC, season 7 finale w/animation), Shark Tank (ABC, season 11 finale), Masters of Illusion (theCW, season 10 opener, 60mins), RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, 90mins)

(hour 2): RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, contd) / / RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (VH1, 90mins)

(hour 3): Friday Night In with the Morgans (AMC), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, preempted), RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (VH1, contd, limited series finale)

(hour 4 - latenight): Betty (HBO), Untucked (VH1), The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm), ELeague (TBS, "Super Punch")

[note: BattleBots (DSC|SCI) scheduled season opener has been indefinitely postponed.]

#She-Ra #MagicForHumans #BasketballCounty #television

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tvrundown USA 2020.04.24

Friday, April 24th:

(exclusive/streaming): Making the Cut (amazon, competition season 1 finale, last 2 eps), Defending Jacob (apple+, limited series premiere, first 3 eps), "Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill" (netflix, comedy special), Love 101 (netflix, series premiere, all 8 eps available), Hello Ninja (netflix, season 2 available, all 10 eps), After Life (netflix, season 2 available, all 6 eps), The King: Eternal Monarch (netflix), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (dsn+), Be Our Chef (dsn+), Tooning Out the News (AACBS), Harley Quinn (DCU)

(original movies, etc.): "Extraction" (Netflix, action-thriller), "The Beastie Boys Story" (AppleTV+, documentary premiere), "Happiness Continues" (AmazonPrime, a Jonas Brothers concert film), "Remember Me, Mommy?" (LMN, 2hrs), The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs (SHUDDER, season 2 opener)

(highlights): 2020 NFL Draft (ABC|ESPN, "Rounds 2 & 3" primetime special, live, 4-5hrs)

(hour 1): MacGyver (CBS), The Blacklist (NBC), RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, 90mins)

(hour 2): Magnum P.I. (CBS), RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, contd) / / RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (VH1, series premiere, 90mins)

(hour 3): Blue Bloods (CBS), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO), Friday Night In with the Morgans (AMC), RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (VH1, contd)

(hour 4 - latenight): Untucked (VH1, "Drag Race" aftershow, new time), The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm)

[preempted, returning next week: Charmed (theCW), Shark Tank (ABC), Dynasty (theCW) ] [note: Vagrant Queen (SyFy) moved to Thursdays latenight.]

#NFLDraft #DefendingJacob #CelebrityDragRace #television

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