10s 2018
As usual, most of these are things I haven’t actually gotten to experience, so this is as much a “things on other people’s lists that sound cool” as an “I know what I’m talking about.”
A. Art works/shows
Male Intimacy, Gritty meme
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1. 4th Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh
2. Emil Ferris 3. “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis,” photos by LaToya Ruby Frazier, text by Linda Villarosa, New York Times Magazine 4. Gustav Klimt (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) The Kunsthistorisches Museum built a temporary bridge over a stairway so you could get up close to the wall paintings Klimt produced there between 1890 and 1891. 5. Nation, Deana Lawson 6. Male Intimacy, Gritty meme 7. RAMMΣLLZΣΣ (Red Bull Arts, New York) 8. “Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980” (Museum of Modern Art, New York) 9. Kara Walker With Jason Moran, The Katastwóf Karavan (Prospect.4, “The Lotus In Spite Of The Swamp,” New Orleans) 10. Charles White (Art Institute of Chicago) |
B. Books
1. Atlas of Brutalist Architecture, McLeod and Churly, eds. (Phaidon)
2. The Comeback: Elvis & the Story of the 68 Special, Simon Goddard
3. Counter-Signals 3, Jack Fisher and Alan Smart, eds.
4. Cruel Fiction, Wendy Trevino (Commune Editions)
5. Film Culture 80: The Legend of Barbara Rubin, Jonas Mekas, editor-in-chief (Spector Books)
6. Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight (Simon & Schuster)
7. A Handbook of Disappointed Fate, Anne Boyer (Ugly Duckling Presse)
8. K-Punk, Mark Fisher (Repeater)
9. Lost Empress, Sergio de la Pava (Pantheon)
10. Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1985–1988, Bruce Hainley, ed. (Semiotext[e])
2. The Comeback: Elvis & the Story of the 68 Special, Simon Goddard
3. Counter-Signals 3, Jack Fisher and Alan Smart, eds.
4. Cruel Fiction, Wendy Trevino (Commune Editions)
5. Film Culture 80: The Legend of Barbara Rubin, Jonas Mekas, editor-in-chief (Spector Books)
6. Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight (Simon & Schuster)
7. A Handbook of Disappointed Fate, Anne Boyer (Ugly Duckling Presse)
8. K-Punk, Mark Fisher (Repeater)
9. Lost Empress, Sergio de la Pava (Pantheon)
10. Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1985–1988, Bruce Hainley, ed. (Semiotext[e])
C. Comics
1. Herbert Crowley: The Temple of Silence, Justin Duerr (Beehive Books)
2. Alex Gamsu Jenkins 3. Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley, Frank King (Sunday Press) 4. Everywhere Disappeared, Patrick Kyle (Koyama Press) 5. Prism Stalker, Sloane Leong (Image Comics) 6. Young Frances, Hartley Lin (Ad House Books) 7. Tongues 2, Anders Nilsen (self-published) 8. Lazarus: Risen #1, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (Image Comics) 9. Saga, Vol. 9, Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples (Image Comics) 10. LAAB #0: Dark Matter, Ron Wimberley, ed. (Beehive Books) |
"In a dystopian near-future, government is a quaint concept, resources are coveted, and possession is 100% of the law. A handful of Families rule, jealously guarding what they have and exploiting the Waste who struggle to survive in their domains. Forever Carlyle defends her family's holdings through deception and force as their protector, their Lazarus. Shot dead defending the family home, Forever's day goes downhill from there..."
Lazarus: Risen #1, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (Image Comics), 64 pages, perfect-bound. |
D. Listening experiences
- Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady; Rufus & Chaka: Masterjam
- Noname: Room 25; MF Doom x Soul Cookin: Xmas with DOOM (intro); Naughty or Nutz; Let it Snowwwww; Cyrkle: Turn-Down Day; Rod Stewart: Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright); Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: Fool on the Hill; Johnny Rivers: Poor Side of Town
- 12/9 The Replacements: Black Diamond; Rattlesnake; Brian Eno: More Music For Films, tks 5-16; Nerve Net; The Shutov Assembly; Neroli (Thinking Music Part IV); Headcandy; Rufus Wainright: Go Or Go Ahead
- 12/8 Soft Machine: Hope For Happiness; Kevin Ayers: Joy of a Toy Continued; May I; There Is Loving/Among Us/There Is Loving; Don't Let It Get You Down; Day By Day; Guru Banana
- 12/1 Chris Isaak: Wicked Game; Bryan Adams: Everything I Do, I Do For You; Lionel Ritchie: Sail On; Starship: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now; Foreigner: I've Been Waiting; Tears For Fears: Head Over Heels; When In Rome: The Promise; Journey: Don't Stop Believin'
- 11/25 Bury Your Past: Civil Disobedience; Bitchin Bajas: Rebajas, discs 2-3; Henry Cow: Beautiful As the Moon (live, Suisse, Veivey, 1976); Nirvana For Mice, Amygdala
- 11/21 Pretenders: s/t; Pretenders II; Louie Louie; The Jam: A Town Called Malice; Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart; The Moody Blues: Question; Lou Reed: Intro/Sweet Jane (live 1974)
"But I can't say
The words you want to hear I suppose you're gonna have to Play it by ear, right here" "Girls Talk," Dave Edmunds, video still (1979). |
8. 11/16 The Decemberists: Prelude; The Hazards of Love 1; A Bower Song; Won't Want For Love; Led Zeppelin: Dancing Days; Nirvana: Sliver; Joe Jackson: Is She Really Going Out With Him; Cheap Trick: Ain't That a Shame; Dave Edmunds: Girls Talk; Peggy Lee: Fever; David Bowie: Fame; Bury Your Past: Loss Imagined; Know Your Enemy
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9. 11/12 Robyn Hitchcock: Flavour of Night; City of Shame; Love; The Soft Boys: Wading Through a Ventilator; Face of Death; Hear My Brane; Magazine: Shot By Both Sides; John Coltrane: Both Directions At Once, side 4; Robert Wyatt: Yesterday Man; At Last I Am Free; Nothing Can Stop Us
10. National Health: Elephants; The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1; The Rolling Stones: Happy (live, 1972); The Singer Not The Song (mono); Congratulations; Something Happened To Me Yesterday; Ruby Tuesday; Let's Spend the Night Together (stereo); Tell Me; Brown Sugar; Dead Flowers; Torn and Frayed; Loving Cup; Casino Boogie; Scorpions: Freewheel Burning (Razzmatazz); Galter Life Center Aqua Blast: Lady Genii: Tainted Love (Workout Mix); The Action: Never Ever; Héctor Lavoe: Todo Tiene Su Final; Power Music Workout: Don't Stop Believin' (Workout Mix 138 BPM); The Bobby Fuller Four: Let Her Dance; Outkast: Hey Ya! (Radio Mix / Club Mix); Straight No Chaser: Sweet Dreams / HandClap Medley; Speedogang: I'm A Believer (160 Bpm Workout Remix); Billie Jo Spears: I Will Survive; Seu Jorge and Almaz: Rock With You
10. National Health: Elephants; The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1; The Rolling Stones: Happy (live, 1972); The Singer Not The Song (mono); Congratulations; Something Happened To Me Yesterday; Ruby Tuesday; Let's Spend the Night Together (stereo); Tell Me; Brown Sugar; Dead Flowers; Torn and Frayed; Loving Cup; Casino Boogie; Scorpions: Freewheel Burning (Razzmatazz); Galter Life Center Aqua Blast: Lady Genii: Tainted Love (Workout Mix); The Action: Never Ever; Héctor Lavoe: Todo Tiene Su Final; Power Music Workout: Don't Stop Believin' (Workout Mix 138 BPM); The Bobby Fuller Four: Let Her Dance; Outkast: Hey Ya! (Radio Mix / Club Mix); Straight No Chaser: Sweet Dreams / HandClap Medley; Speedogang: I'm A Believer (160 Bpm Workout Remix); Billie Jo Spears: I Will Survive; Seu Jorge and Almaz: Rock With You
E. Movies
1. Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
2. Custody (Xavier Legrand)
3. The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
4. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992, John Ridley
5. The Other Side of the Wind, Orson Welles
6. Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
7. Sorry To Bother You, Boots Riley
8. Western, Valeska Grisebach
9. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Morgan Neville
10. You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsey
2. Custody (Xavier Legrand)
3. The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
4. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992, John Ridley
5. The Other Side of the Wind, Orson Welles
6. Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
7. Sorry To Bother You, Boots Riley
8. Western, Valeska Grisebach
9. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Morgan Neville
10. You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsey
F. Music
- Baby Grande, 1975–77, Baby Grande (HoZac)
- Les choses extérieures, Salomé Leclerc (SME Canada)
- Elysia Crampton, Elysia Crampton (Break World)
- Freedom’s Goblin, Ty Seagall (Drag City)
- Hippo Lyte, Drinks (Drag City)
- Joy as an Act of Resistance, Idles (Partisan)
- Lush, Snail Mail (Matador)
- Room 25, Noname (no label)
- Safe in the Hands of Love, Yves Tumor (Domino)
- Terminal, ZULI (UIQ)
G. Poems
1. “Arrival Day,” “Sonnet,” and “Shea Butter Manifesto,” Eve Ewing
2. Excess — The Factory, Leslie Kaplan (Commune Editions)
3. “Ode,” Jane Huffman
4. “Totality,” from “The Hidden Eyes of Things,” Peter O’Leary
5. Lola Ridge | To the Many (Little Island Press)
6. Auguste Blanqui | The Blanqui Reader | Political Writings (Verso)
7. Jackie Wang | Carceral Capitalism (Semiotext(e))
8. Roberto Ohrt, Wolfgang Scheppe | The Most Dangerous Game (Merve Verlag)
9. Nathalie Quintane | Un oeil en moins (P.O.L.)
10. Rae Armantrout | Wobble (Wesleyan University Press)
2. Excess — The Factory, Leslie Kaplan (Commune Editions)
3. “Ode,” Jane Huffman
4. “Totality,” from “The Hidden Eyes of Things,” Peter O’Leary
5. Lola Ridge | To the Many (Little Island Press)
6. Auguste Blanqui | The Blanqui Reader | Political Writings (Verso)
7. Jackie Wang | Carceral Capitalism (Semiotext(e))
8. Roberto Ohrt, Wolfgang Scheppe | The Most Dangerous Game (Merve Verlag)
9. Nathalie Quintane | Un oeil en moins (P.O.L.)
10. Rae Armantrout | Wobble (Wesleyan University Press)
H. Reissues
1. Both Directions at Once, John Coltrane
2. Cover Me: The Songs of Eddie Hinton
3. Earth Rot, David Axelrod
4. The Girl From Chickasaw County, Bobbie Gentry
5. Jazz Jazz Jazz, The Scorpions and Saif Abu Bakr
6. No. 2, Catherine Ribeiro and Alpes
7. Rebajas, Bitchin Bajas
8. Sings For You, Gene Clark
9. Spiritual Eternal, Alice Coltrane
10. The Three EPs, The Beta Band
2. Cover Me: The Songs of Eddie Hinton
3. Earth Rot, David Axelrod
4. The Girl From Chickasaw County, Bobbie Gentry
5. Jazz Jazz Jazz, The Scorpions and Saif Abu Bakr
6. No. 2, Catherine Ribeiro and Alpes
7. Rebajas, Bitchin Bajas
8. Sings For You, Gene Clark
9. Spiritual Eternal, Alice Coltrane
10. The Three EPs, The Beta Band
I. Victories
- Ben Joravsky's coverage of Rahm Emanuel's announcement that he will not seek a 3rd term
- Congress to Democrats
- CPS mandates progressive Facing History and Ourselves units in its 8th grade Social Studies curriculum
- CTU and ACTS merge, then ACTS wins nation's first-ever charter school strike
- Democrats win 7 governorships including against real right wing in IL, WI and several other states, DA races, many progressive victories, Orange County CA goes Blue
- Divestment at Harvard, Yale, the entire Republic of Ireland, and NYC’s pension fund
- Florida’s approves Amendment 4, allowing felony re-enfranchisement for 1.4 million
- #MeToo movement rises
- Mueller investigation continues
- Teacher strikes win around country—starting in West Virginia
J. Video games
- The Game: The Game, Angela Washko
- Deracine, PS4 (PSVR) Developer From Software
- Soulcalibur 6, PS4/Xbox One/PC (Bandai Namco)
- Obra Dinn, PC Developer Lucas Pope
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey, PS4/Xbox One/PC Developer Ubisoft
- Frostpunk, PC Developer 11 Bit Studios
- Gris, Switch/macOS/Windows (Nomada Software)
- Ni No Kuni 2, PS4, PC Developer Level 5
- Shadow of the Colossus, PS4 Developer Sony/Bluepoint Games
- Subnautica, PC (Unknown Worlds Entertainment)