The 2018 Year-End Dedication Special goes out to ALL KINDSA GIRLS!
All Kindsa Girls- The Real Kids Real Kids
Letsagetabitarockin'- Joe Strummer Joe Strummer 001
Lady Satellite- Idle Jets Atomic Fireball
Haunt Me- Death By Unga Bunga So Far So Good So Cool
Mighty Girl- Cotton Mather Young Life EP
Good Time Sally- Rare Earth Good Time Sally
Gravity Waits- The Well Wishers A View From Above
So Lonely- Kurt Baker Combo Let's Go Wild!
Hey Hey Helen- ABBA ABBA
Stars Won't Fall- Valley Lodge Fog Machine
In and Out of My Head- Paul Collins Out of My Head
Maybelline- Babyshambles Sequel To The Prequel
One Revolution- Lisa Mychols Sugar
Remember This- Jeremy and The Harlequins Remember This
*Spin Our Wheels- Sloan 12
*Temporary High- Nick Piunti Temporary High
*Even With You- The Genuine Fakes Issues
*Satellite- Bill Lloyd Working the Long Game
*This One's Gonna Be Hot- Geoff Palmer All The Hits And Some Other Sh*t (Singles Collection)
Jackie- Mark Johnson Mark Johnson and The Wild Alligators
This System Is Set To Self Destruct- Justine And The Unclean Heartaches And Hot Problems
Vibrations- The Grip Weeds Trip Around The Sun
When My Baby's Beside Me- Big Star Live At Lafayette's Music Room-Memphis, TN
Are You in Love Again- The Greenberry Woods House
(You and I Are The) Summertime- Permanent Green Light Hallucinations
Red Hot Woman- The Revelons The Revelons: '77-'82
Goofing Around- Jeff Whalen Ten More Rock Super Hits
Jealous Sun- David Myhr Lucky Day
I Belong to You- Matthew Sweet Tomorrow's Daughter
You Know- The Connection Wish You Success
52 Girls- The B-52's The B-52's
*SacroSet: Top 5 Records of 2018
A (belated) Happy New Year to You! I apologize for the lateness of this year's list- we spent the holidays in Boston and the first few days of 2019 in NYC (where we saw Book of Mormon and Come From Away, each amazing in VERY different ways). Since then, well you know how it goes. 2018 was a time of transition, kids (mostly) out of the house and a new job working from home for me. My radio show ALL KINDSA GIRLS has been a Saturday night staple on 91.3 KSVY for 10 years now and I'm starting the new year in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace at Jaime's theater company here in Sonoma. As always my 2018 was enriched by the movies, albums, books and TV shows I saw, listened to and read. Last year I became an adjudicator for Theatre Bay Area so I'm adding an additional category this year- "Top 5 Theatrical Performances." In what is now a 20 year tradition (20 years people!!), I humbly submit my 2018 Top 5's:
Letsagetabitarockin'- Joe Strummer Joe Strummer 001
Lady Satellite- Idle Jets Atomic Fireball
Haunt Me- Death By Unga Bunga So Far So Good So Cool
Mighty Girl- Cotton Mather Young Life EP
Good Time Sally- Rare Earth Good Time Sally
Gravity Waits- The Well Wishers A View From Above
So Lonely- Kurt Baker Combo Let's Go Wild!
Hey Hey Helen- ABBA ABBA
Stars Won't Fall- Valley Lodge Fog Machine
In and Out of My Head- Paul Collins Out of My Head
Maybelline- Babyshambles Sequel To The Prequel
One Revolution- Lisa Mychols Sugar
Remember This- Jeremy and The Harlequins Remember This
*Spin Our Wheels- Sloan 12
*Temporary High- Nick Piunti Temporary High
*Even With You- The Genuine Fakes Issues
*Satellite- Bill Lloyd Working the Long Game
*This One's Gonna Be Hot- Geoff Palmer All The Hits And Some Other Sh*t (Singles Collection)
Jackie- Mark Johnson Mark Johnson and The Wild Alligators
This System Is Set To Self Destruct- Justine And The Unclean Heartaches And Hot Problems
Vibrations- The Grip Weeds Trip Around The Sun
When My Baby's Beside Me- Big Star Live At Lafayette's Music Room-Memphis, TN
Are You in Love Again- The Greenberry Woods House
(You and I Are The) Summertime- Permanent Green Light Hallucinations
Red Hot Woman- The Revelons The Revelons: '77-'82
Goofing Around- Jeff Whalen Ten More Rock Super Hits
Jealous Sun- David Myhr Lucky Day
I Belong to You- Matthew Sweet Tomorrow's Daughter
You Know- The Connection Wish You Success
52 Girls- The B-52's The B-52's
*SacroSet: Top 5 Records of 2018
A (belated) Happy New Year to You! I apologize for the lateness of this year's list- we spent the holidays in Boston and the first few days of 2019 in NYC (where we saw Book of Mormon and Come From Away, each amazing in VERY different ways). Since then, well you know how it goes. 2018 was a time of transition, kids (mostly) out of the house and a new job working from home for me. My radio show ALL KINDSA GIRLS has been a Saturday night staple on 91.3 KSVY for 10 years now and I'm starting the new year in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace at Jaime's theater company here in Sonoma. As always my 2018 was enriched by the movies, albums, books and TV shows I saw, listened to and read. Last year I became an adjudicator for Theatre Bay Area so I'm adding an additional category this year- "Top 5 Theatrical Performances." In what is now a 20 year tradition (20 years people!!), I humbly submit my 2018 Top 5's:
TOP 5 MOVIES
Eighth
Grade (Gucci!)
Sorry To
Bother You (Truth To Power Caller)
The Death of Stalin
(leadership vacuum cleaner)
Hearts
Beat Loud (a dad's dream)
Lean
On Pete (lost boy)
TOP 5 STREAMING MOVIES/DVDs
Revenge
(no one puts Jen in a corner!)
Brigsby
Bear (grin and bear it)
First
Reformed (holy father)
A
Ghost Story (truly haunting)
Blockers/Game Night (Smart R
rated comedy is back!)
TOP 5 ALBUMS
Sloan- 12
(Canadoozie!)
Nick Piunti-
Temporary High (Power Pop Prime)
The
Genuine Fakes- Issues (ruling Swedes)
Bill
Lloyd- Working The Long Game (The Master returns)
Geoff
Palmer- All The Hits and Some Other Sh*t (Granite State Rock!)
TOP 5 BOOKS
Manhattan
Beach- Jennifer Egan (living history)
Before
The Fall- Noah Hawley (media monsters)
American
War- Omar El Akkad (rise of The Red)
Six
Four- Hideo Yokoyama (Mikami in a maze)
The
Power- Naomi Alderman (Mother Eve gets even)
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
The
Good Place Seasons 2-3 (forking smart/hilarious)
The
Sinner Seasons 1-2 (searing drama)
Sharp
Objects (Crellen curse)
Atlanta
Robbin' Season (meet Teddy Perkins)
Barry
(killer theater)
TOP 5 THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
Good
People Cinnabar Theater 2/2/18
By The Water
Spreckels Theatre Company 4/7/18
Straight
White Men Marin Theatre Company 6/20/18
The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Spreckels Theater 9/15/18
Hedwig
and The Angry Inch Ray of Light Theatre 9/21/18
(It didn't feel right to consider Sonoma Arts Live shows,
which was tough because one or two might have made the list.)
Not all of the above came out last year but that's when I
got around to them. If you’d like to check out past lists, they are all
available on the Rick’s Top 5
Lists blog. Please respond with your own 2018 favorites- I'm always
on the lookout for quality viewing/listening/reading material. Who knows,
your selections might end up on next year's list! Here's wishing you a
happy, healthy and prosperous 2019!
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