As always, the 2024 Year-End Special is dedicated to ALL KINDSA GIRLS!
All Kindsa Girls- The Real Kids Real Kids
Don't Need to Make You Mine- Nervous Eaters Rock n Roll Your Heart Away
God Damn New York- The Dictators The Dictators
Face in the Moon- X Smoke & Fiction
Blind Eye- MC5 Heavy Lifting
#Do I Love You- The Rubinoos From Home
#Alfred Starr Hamilton- The Bye Bye Blackbirds Take Out The Poison
#Death Ship- Hoodoo Gurus Stoneage Romeos
#September Gurls- Big Star Radio City
#I'm in Love- The dB's Stands for Decibels
#Annie's Gone- Redd Kross Third Eye
Real Long Time- White Reaper You Deserve Love
Get Away- No Tears Heart Shaped Eyes
Don't Wanna Be Like You- Uni Boys Buy This Now!
*All The Way Down- The Reflectors Going Out Of Fashion
*Vitamin U- The Yum Yums Poppin' Up Again
*Burn Out!- Billy Tibbals Nightlife Stories
*Daylights- Valley Lodge Shadows in Paradise
*Candy Coloured Catastrophe- Redd Kross Redd Kross
^That's Rock 'n Roll- Eric Carmen Eric Carmen
^Happy Man- Greg Kihn "Best Of Beserkley" '75-'84
^Magic Power- The Paley Brothers The Paley Brothers
^Achin' to Be- The Replacements Don't Tell a Soul
52 Girls- The B-52's The B-52's
SacroSet[s]: #Favorite 2024 Shows
*Top 5 Records of 2024
^Roll Call: Those We Lost In 2024
Well,
2024 happened. We lived and we learned- there were some hard lessons
along the way yet I strive to stay positive. On the home front the news
is good. The theater company I help Jaime run, Sonoma Arts Live, had another successful season and my radio show ALL KINDSA GIRLS remains a Saturday night staple on KSVY.
Best of all, 2025 is starting with a wedding and by this time next year
we'll be grandparents! Like every year, my 2024 was full of great
movies, TV shows, records, books and live performances. So now, in a
tradition that dates back to 1999 (this is my 25th year!) I humbly
submit my 2024 Top 5 Lists:
TOP 5 MOVIES:
Ghostlight (theater community)
Anora (American Dreamers)
A Real Pain (cousin commitment)
Kneecap (Scannán spraíúil!)
The Substance (acid gaze)
TOP 5-ish STREAMING/DVD MOVIES
Perfect Days / The Taste of Things / Nowhere Special (a job worth doing...)
The Royal Hotel / How To Have Sex / Bird (save our daughters)
The Civil Dead / Snack Shack (brothers in arms)
The Innocent / Hit Man (thriller/comedy or comedy/thriller?)
Eileen / The Teacher's Lounge (in for a penny...)
TOP 5 CLASSIC THURSDAY MOVIES
You Can't Take It With You (Caprafection)
Born To Kill (noir nastiness)
Christmas In July (consummate Sturges)
Detective Story (secrets revealed)
Act of Violence (war at home)
TOP 5 WORKOUT ROCUMENTARIES
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents (such commitment!)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (Link lives!)
Fanny: The Right To Rock (Bowie was right)
Freak Scene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (feel the pain)
Joy Division (atrocity exhibition)
TOP 5 ALBUMS
Yum Yums- Poppin' Up Again (Norwegian necessity)
Billy Tibbals- Nightlife Stories (glamtastic!)
Redd Kross- Redd Kross (rock & roll party tonight)
Valley Lodge- Shadows In Paradise (New York Rockers)
The Reflectors- Going Out of Fashion (Power Pop Purveyors)
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
Jury Duty (we need more like Ronald)
Disclaimer (dig two graves)
We Are Lady Parts Season 2 (faith, friendship, rock & roll)
Nobody Wants This (yet, we do)
Marianne (quelle sorcière)
TOP 5 BOOKS
The Bee Sting- Paul Murray (family trauma)
A Rage In Harlem- Chester Himes (meet Digger & Ed)
Stone Arabia- Dana Spiotta (sister/curator)
The Criminal- Jim Thompson (cold-blooded)
The Nickel Boys- Colson Whitehead (bully "school")
TOP 5 LIVE PERFORMANCES
Stereophonic 8/17/24 NYC (went their own way)
Big Star Quintet 10/5/24 SF (o, my soul)
The dB's 11/14/24 SF (we were happy there)
Redd Kross 11/24/24 SF (huge wonder)
Kimberly Akimbo 11/26/24 SF (great adventure)
Wishing you all the best in 2025!
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