The 2019 YEAR-END DEDICATION SPECIAL celebrates ALL KINDSA GIRLS!
All Kindsa Girls- The Real Kids Real Kids
This One's Gonna Be Hot- Geoff Palmer Pulling Out All the Stops
C'mon Linda- The Genuine Fakes The Striped Album
Guess You Had To Be There- Richard X. Heyman Pop Circles
Mamacita- Ryan Hamilton And The Harlequin Ghosts This Is The Sound
Gerri G- The Go Instant Reaction
Mumble Psychotic Youth 21
That's For Me- The Muffs No Holiday
You Jane- The Donkeys No Way 45
Do You Remember- The Rubinoos From Home
Animal- The Dollyrots Daydream Explosion
Tough Enough- Ex Hex It's Real
Broken Clocks- Brad Marino Extra Credit
Denver Haircut- The Hold Steady Thrashing Thru The Passion
*The Tide- Nervous Eaters Record 10
*Mint Condition- Pernice Brothers Spread The Feeling
*Dancing with Her Friends- Sidewalk Driver For All the Boys and Girls
*The Party- Redd Kross Beyond the Door
*Number 10- Giuda Racey Roller
Summer Elaine And Drunk Dori- Weezer Weezer (White Album)
You'll Need A New Backseat Driver- The New Pornographers In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights
Cloud Ate- Bracket Too Old to Die Young
Half Life- The Neighborhoods Last Known Address
She's The One- The Dogmatics She's The One
Let's Give Love Another Try- Freeloader Freeloader
Sunshine Rock- Bob Mould Sunshine Rock
Sunshine After Rain- Nick Frater Full Fathom Freight Train
Running- Lannie Flowers Home
Emerge- Chris Von Sneidern Emerge
52 Girls- The B-52's The B-52's
SacroSet: Top 5 Records of 2019
John Lydon once sang "anger is an energy."
In America it seems like anger is an industry these days and business is
booming! This year we should all take a tip from Otis Redding and
"Try A Little Tenderness." I'm happy to report that life here
in Sonoma for The Loves is good. The kids are living (together!?!) in
Fairfield while Jaime and I are both working from home. We just finished
a record-breaking run of A
Christmas Story, The Musical where I had the honor of playing The Old
Man, which was awesome! In 2019 ALL KINDSA GIRLS celebrated 10
years of Power Pop on 91.3 KSVY and is still going strong. In these polarizing times
I'm especially thankful for the movies, TV shows, plays/musicals, records and
books I saw, listened to and read. In a tradition that dates back to
1999, I humbly submit my 2019 Top 5's:
TOP 5 MOVIES
The Last Black Man In San Francisco (Jimmie Fails? I think not)
Fighting With My Family (Florence Pugh owned 2019!) Booksmart (WWBFFD)
Rocketman (party time in the Tower of Babel)
Parasite (how we are now)
TOP 5 STREAMING MOVIES/DVDs
A Vigilante (righteous fury)
Columbus (dancing about architecture)
Capernaum (suffer the children)
The Hate U Give (Starr story)
Support The Girls (we all need a Lisa)
TOP 5 ALBUMS
Nervous Eaters- Record 10 (Boston Rock still rules!)
Pernice Brothers- Spread The Feeling (Power Pop perfection)
Sidewalk Driver- For All The Boys and Girls (Boston Glam Kings!)
Redd Kross- Beyond The Door (McDonald bros still rockin')
Giuda- Racey Roller (Roman stompers)
TOP 5 BOOKS
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Boys, Boys, Boys. Music, Music, Music.- Viv Albertine (not in that order)
There There- Tommy Orange (the crushing weight of history)
Super Sad True Love Story- Gary Shteyngart (Deny and Imply)
Cherry- Nico Walker (how we got here)
Moonglow- Michael Chabon (rocket ride)
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
Lodge 49 (unlike any show I've ever seen)
Fleabag / Undone (listen to the woman)
Unbelievable (Dever + Wever + Collete= incredible)
Fosse/Verdon (as artists- genius; as people- meh)
Watchmen (you can't heal under a mask)
TOP 5 THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
The Who and The What Marin Theater Company 3/6/19 Spring Awakening Marin Musical Theater Company 3/8/19 Rapture, Blister, Burn Lucky Penny Theater Company 5/9/19 Once 42nd Street Moon 6/19/19
Eureka Day Spreckels Theater Company 8/30/19
(I did not consider our Sonoma Arts Live shows though one or two easily could have made the list.)
Several of the selections above did not come out in 2019 but that's when I got around to them. If you’re curious about past lists, they are all compiled on the Rick’s Top 5 Lists blog. Please send your own best of 2019 lists- I've a feeling during this election year I'm going to need the distraction/immersion of quality viewing/listening/reading material more than ever. And your selections might even show up on next year's list! Wishing you all the best in 2020!
TOP 5 MOVIES
The Last Black Man In San Francisco (Jimmie Fails? I think not)
Fighting With My Family (Florence Pugh owned 2019!) Booksmart (WWBFFD)
Rocketman (party time in the Tower of Babel)
Parasite (how we are now)
TOP 5 STREAMING MOVIES/DVDs
A Vigilante (righteous fury)
Columbus (dancing about architecture)
Capernaum (suffer the children)
The Hate U Give (Starr story)
Support The Girls (we all need a Lisa)
TOP 5 ALBUMS
Nervous Eaters- Record 10 (Boston Rock still rules!)
Pernice Brothers- Spread The Feeling (Power Pop perfection)
Sidewalk Driver- For All The Boys and Girls (Boston Glam Kings!)
Redd Kross- Beyond The Door (McDonald bros still rockin')
Giuda- Racey Roller (Roman stompers)
TOP 5 BOOKS
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Boys, Boys, Boys. Music, Music, Music.- Viv Albertine (not in that order)
There There- Tommy Orange (the crushing weight of history)
Super Sad True Love Story- Gary Shteyngart (Deny and Imply)
Cherry- Nico Walker (how we got here)
Moonglow- Michael Chabon (rocket ride)
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
Lodge 49 (unlike any show I've ever seen)
Fleabag / Undone (listen to the woman)
Unbelievable (Dever + Wever + Collete= incredible)
Fosse/Verdon (as artists- genius; as people- meh)
Watchmen (you can't heal under a mask)
TOP 5 THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
The Who and The What Marin Theater Company 3/6/19 Spring Awakening Marin Musical Theater Company 3/8/19 Rapture, Blister, Burn Lucky Penny Theater Company 5/9/19 Once 42nd Street Moon 6/19/19
Eureka Day Spreckels Theater Company 8/30/19
(I did not consider our Sonoma Arts Live shows though one or two easily could have made the list.)
Several of the selections above did not come out in 2019 but that's when I got around to them. If you’re curious about past lists, they are all compiled on the Rick’s Top 5 Lists blog. Please send your own best of 2019 lists- I've a feeling during this election year I'm going to need the distraction/immersion of quality viewing/listening/reading material more than ever. And your selections might even show up on next year's list! Wishing you all the best in 2020!
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