Saturday, February 2, 2019

Show #169 2018 YEAR-END DEDICATION SPECIAL January 26, 2019



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:

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)

TOP 5 BOOKS
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 
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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