All Kindsa Girls- The Real Kids Real Kids
Do You Want To Build A Snowman- The Genuine Fakes Do You Want To Build A Snowman
Cecile- The Marshalls Wicked Good Music!
I Wanna Know Her- Warm Soda Symbolic Dream
Valentina- Jack Green Humanesque
Labor Of Love- The Connection Labor Of Love
Joanne- Times Square Joanne 7"
Daydream- The Ravines Everything's Fine
^Sorry Suzanne- The Hollies 30th Anniversary Collection 1963-1993
Just Let Me Know- Imperial State Electric Honk Machine
Lorraine- Bad Manners Lorraine
I Don't Need No Doctor- The Sonics This Is The Sonics
Christianne- The Early Hours Evolution
Sorry About Tomorrow- The Rezillos Zero
Josephine Geraldine- Ben's Diapers Middle Eights For Modern Lovers
Hung Myself Out To Dry- Pugwash Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)
Beth- No Use For A Name Making Friends
*Out Of My Mind- Tommy Keene Laugh In The Dark
*Something's Wrong- Nick Piunti Beyond The Static
*Where Does the Time Go?- Chris Stamey Euphoria
*Enough's Enough- Kurt Baker Play It Cool
*How Do You Do- Reno Bo Lessons from a Shooting Star
Emily- Sylvain Sylvain Sylvain Sylvain
King of the Scene- Greg Pope Fanboy
Venus- Television Marquee Moon
>Barbarella- The Glitterhouse Barbarella
Out With The Tide- Datura4 Demon Blues
Amerie- Big Kid All Kidding Aside
You Close Your Eyes- The Orange Humble Band Depressing Beauty
Longships- The Bevis Frond Example 22
Life Saver- The Grip Weeds How I Won The War
You'll Be Back- Jonathan Groff Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
^Power Pop Peak: #56 Billboard Hot 100 2/28/69
*SacroSet: Top 5 Albums of 2015
>Power Pop Prototype: 1968
Happy New Year Everybody! 2015 had its ups and downs. On the upside, I had a great time in our local production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins and my radio show ALL KINDSA GIRLS has been proudly purveying Power Pop for eight years now. On the downside- my teenage children are killing me. That said, everyone is healthy and once again my 2015 was considerably brightened by the many great movies, TV shows, music and books I saw, heard and read. Now, in a tradition that dates back to 1999, I humbly submit my 2015 Top 5's:
TOP 5 MOVIES
Room (12x12 heaven/hell)
Inside Out (= 5 years of therapy)
It Follows (and you thought chlamydia was bad!)
Me and Earl and The Dying Girl (Greg gains)
Spotlight // The Big Short (systemic failures that couldn't happen again.... right?!?)
TOP 5 DVD'S/WEB STREAMS
What We Do In The Shadows (vampilarious!)
Frank (=genius+mental illness)
Blue Ruin (revenge cuts both ways)
The Tall Man (parental nightmare)
'71 / Starred Up (Jack O'Connell has arrived)
TOP 5 ALBUMS
Nick Piunti- Beyond The Static (back to Detroit)
Kurt Baker- Play It Cool (my Maine man)
Chris Stamey- Euphoria / Tommy Keene- Laugh In The Dark (the masters reign)
Reno Bo- Lessons From A Shooting Star (my Nashville music)
Hamilton Original Cast Recording (an American original)
TOP 5 BOOKS
Fourth of July Creek- Smith Henderson (social work)
Redeployment- Phil Klay (horror stories)
The Good Lord Bird- James McBride (little onion blossoms)
Purity- Jonathan Franzen (in praise of Pip)
All The Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr (spirit of the radio)
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
Bloodline Season 1 (family feud)
The Bridge Season 1 (over seriously troubled water)
Scrotal Recall (great series, HORRIBLE name)
Rita Seasons 1 and 2 (hot for teacher)
The Americans Seasons 1 and 2 (the couple that spies together...)
Yes I cheated on the "Top 5" a little but it was that kind of year. Also, not all of the above were released in 2015 but this is the year I caught up with them. Please send your own 2015 favorites- I'm always on the look out for quality viewing/listening/reading material and maybe your selection will show up on next year's list. If you're interested in past year's lists, I've compiled them on the Rick's Top 5 Lists Blog. Here's to an awesome 2016!!
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