critical listening 202312

20231231 CTI Records: The Cool Revolution, 4CD: Masterworks Jazz 88697-76821-2 EU [2010]
20231231 Ominum War for Peace 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: ominumthrash.bandcamp.com [2023]
20231231 Shrinebuilder Shrinebuilder, LP: Neurot NR-070 [2009]
20231230 Eleven Howling Book, LP: ORG ORGM-2273 [2023]
20231227 Ambrose Akinmusire Owl Song, CD: Nonesuch 075597901856 DE [2023]
20231223 The Roots Organix, CD: Remedy / Cargo CRGD-81100 [1998]
20231222 Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Les Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1, 3CD: Brainfeeder BFCD134 EU [2023]
20231221 Pat Metheny Dream Box, CD: Modern / BMG 538891672 [2023]
20231218 XTC 3D, CD: Ape House APEEP906CD UK [2023]
20231218 Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily Love in Exile, CD: Verve B0037175-02 [2023]
20231216 Meshuggah Chaosphere, LP: Atomic Fire AF0109V EU [2023]
20231216 John Zorn Masada Book 3: The Book Beri’ah, LP: Tzadik TZ-6005 [2018]
20231215 John Zorn Parrhesiastes, CD: Tzadik TZ-9305 [2023]
20231213 Tricky Angels with Dirty Faces, CD: Island I2-24520 [1998]
20231209 Tony Hatch Hatchback, CD: Sequel NEM-CD-951 UK [1997]
20231208 Autopsy Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts, CD: Peaceville CDVILEF1076 EU [2023]
20231205 Fol Naïs, Dur et Doux DD068 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: niiii.bandcamp.com [2023]
20231204 John Zorn Nothing Is as Real as Nothing, CD: Tzadik TZ-9304 [2023]

2023-12-31 critical listening

vlog 2023

202301—202312

film:

20231230 The Fox and the Hound, 1981, Dir.: Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens
20231228 Extraction II, 2023, Dir.: Sam Hargrave
20231222 Thanksgiving, 2023, Dir.: Eli Roth
20231221 A Disturbance in the Force, 2023, Dir.: Jeremy Coon & Steve Kozak
20231217 The Silencing, 2020, Dir.: Robin Pront
20231217 Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, 2019, Dir.: Chris Smith
20231216 Fyre Fraud, 2019, Dir.: Jenner Furst & Julia Willoughby Nason
20231215 The Family Plan, DIr.: Simon Cellan Jones
20231210 The Holdovers, 2023, Dir.: Alexander Payne
20231209 Fast Charlie, 2023, Dir.: Phillip Noyce
20231207 There’s Something in the Barn, 2023, Dir.: Magnus Martens
20231207 It’s a Wonderful Knife, 2023, Dir.: Tyler Macintyre
20231206 Take Care of Maya, 2023. Dir.: Henry Roosevelt
20231204 Thriller 40, 2023, Dir.: Nelson George
20231125 Dumb Money, 2023, Dir.: Craig Gillespie
20231119 The Killer, 2023, Dir.: David Fincher
20231117 The Creator, 2023, Dir.: Gareth Edwards
20231112 Dicks: The Musical, 2023, Dir.: Larry Charles
20231103 Willy’s Wonderland, 2021, Dir.: Kevin Lewis
20231102 Milli Vanilli, 2023, Dir.: Luke Korem
20231030 Five Nights at Freddy’s, 2023, Dir.: Emma Tammi
20231028 When Evil Lurks, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Demián Rugna
20231024 Death Proof, 2007, Writ. & Dir.: Quentin Tarantino
20231023 Planet Terror, 2007, Writ. & Dir.: Robert Rodriguez
20231022 Cobweb, 2023, Dir.: Samuel Bodin
20231021 Talk to Me, 2022, Dir.: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou
20231019 The Money Pit, 1986, Dir.: Richard Benjamin
20231014 The Re-Education of Molly Singer, 2023, Dir.: Andy Palmer
20231013 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, 2023, Dir.: Christopher McQuarrie
20231008 The Nun, 2018, Dir.: Corin Hardy
20231007 Reptile, 2023; Dir.: Grant Singer
20231006 Totally Killer, 2023, Dir.: Nahnatchka Khan
20230930 Joy Ride, 2023, Dir.: Adele Lim
20230923 Jules, 2023, Dir.: Marc Turtletaub
20230909 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2023, Dir.: Jeff Rowe & Kyle Spears
20230905 Under the Volcano, 2021, Dir.: Gracie Otto
20230901 Hammett, 1982, Dir.: Wim Wenders
20230901 Operation Napoleon, 2023, Dir.: Óskar Thór Axelsson
20230830 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, 2023, Dir.: James Mangold
20230828 You Hurt My Feelings, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Nicole Holofcener
20230826 Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis, 2023, Dir.: Anton Corbjin
20230812 The Covenant, 2023, Dir.: Guy Ritchie
20230806 Evil Dead, 2013, Dir.: Fede Alvarez
20230727 The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders, 2023, Dir.: María José Cuevas
20230727 Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case, 2023, Dir.: Hyoe Yamamoto
20230725 Fear the Night, Writ. & Dir.: Neil LaBute
20230721 Asvins, 2023, Dir.: Tarun Teja Mallareddy
20230716 Army of Darkness, 1992, Dir.: Sam Raimi
20230715 Evil Dead II, 1987, Dir.: Sam Raimi
20230714 The Evil Dead, 1981, Writ. & Dir.: Sam Raimi
20230714 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, 2023, Dir.: Steven Caple Jr.
20230710 Evil Dead Rise, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Lee Cronin
20230708 The Blackening, 2022, Dir.: Tim Story
20230623 Attack of the Doc!, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Chris Gore
20230619 Maggie Moore(s), 2023, Dir.: John Slattery
20230617 The Wrath of Becky, 2023, Dir.: Matt Angel & Suzanne Coote
20230616 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, 2008, Dir.: Steven Spielberg
20230616 Dio: Dreamers Never Die, 2022, Dir.: Don Argott & Demian Fenton
20230614 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989, Dir.: Steven Spielberg
20230613 Victim/Suspect, 2023, Dir.: Nancy Schwartzman
20230610 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984, Dir.: Steven Spielberg
20230607 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981, Dir.: Steven Spielberg
20230527 John Wick: Chapter 4, 2023, Dir.: Chad Stahelski
20230521 Polite Society, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Nida Manzoor
20230519 To Catch a Killer, 2023, Dir.: Damián Szifron
20230513 The Super Mario Bros. Movie, 2023, Dir.: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc
20230513 The Sound of 007, 2022, Dir.: Mat Whitecross
20230513 Mafia Mamma, 2023, Dir.: Catherine Hardwicke
20230507 The Pope’s Exorcist, 2023, Dir.: Julius Avery
20230506 Renfield, 2023, Dir.: Chris McKay
20230505 Ghosted, 2023, Dir.: Dexter Fletcher
20230429 Scream VI, 2023, Dir.: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
20230421 Clerks III, 2022, Writ. & Dir.: Kevin Smith
20230421 The Lair of the White Worm, 1988, prod. & dir. by Ken Russell
20230421 Black Balsam, 2022, Dir.: Heath Franklin
20230414 Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, 2022, Writ. & Dir.: Austin Bragg & Meredith Bragg
20230412 Tetris, 2023, Dir.: Jon S. Baird
20230408 One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975, Dir.: Milos Forman
20230408 Bordello of Blood, 1996, Dir.: Gilbert Adler
20230407 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, 1995, Dir.: Ernest R. Dickerson
20230402 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, 2023, Dir.: Guy Ritchie
20230401 The Boston Strangler, 1968, Dir.: Richard Fleischer
20230331 Once upon a Time in Mexico, 2003, Writ. & Dir.: Robert Rodriguez
20230330 Desperado, 1995, Dir.: Robert Rodriguez
20230329 From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996, Dir.: Robert Rodriguez
20230328 Raising Arizona, 1987, Writ. & Dir.: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
20230325 Clue, 1985, Dir.: Jonathan Lynn
20230325 Who Done It: The Clue Documentary, 2022, Writ. & Dir.: Jeff C. Smith
20230324 Anthrax: Kings Among Scotland, 2018, Dir.: Paul M. Green
20230323 Boston Strangler, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Matt Ruskin
20230319 Knock at the Cabin, 2023, Dir.: M. Night Shyamalan
20230318 Missing, 2023, Dir.: Nicholas D. Johnson & Will Merrick
20230317 Cocaine Bear, 2023, Dir.: Elizabeth Banks
20230312 Stevie Wonder; Live at Last, 2009, Dir.: Hamish Hamilton
20230303 Harry Connick, Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert, 1993, Dir.: Jill Goodacre
20230301 Slayer: War at the Warfield, 2003, Dir.: Anthony M. Bongiovi
20230227 Living Colour: Time Tunnel, 1990, prod. & dir. by Bruce Leddy
20230217 The Crystal Calls: Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, 2019, Dir.: Randall Lobb
20230213 History of the World: Part I, 1981, Writ. & Dir.: Mel Brooks
20230212 Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home, 2020, Dir.: Jack Bennett
20230211 M3GAN, 2022, Dir.: Gerard Johnstrone
20230210 Young Frankenstein, 1974, Dir.: Mel Brooks
20230210 Slayer: Still Reigning, 2004, Dir.: Dean Karr
20230209 Living Colour: On Stage at World Cafe Live, 2007
20230208 The Dark Crystal, 1982, Dir.: Jim Henson & Frank Oz
20230206 Living Colour: The Paris Concert, 2008, prod. & dir. by Daniel Farhi
20230204 Plane, 2023, Dir.: Jean-François Richet
20230204 Meshuggah: The Ophidian Trek, 2014, Dir.: Anthony Dubois
20230130 Sick, 2022, Dir.: John Hyams
20230130 Meshuggah: Alive, 2010, Dir.: Ian McFarland
20230128 The Pale Blue Eye, 2022, Writ. & Dir.: Scott Cooper
20230120 Under the Volcano, 2021, Dir.: Gracie Otto
20230117 The Woman King, 2022, Dir.: Gina Prince-Bythewood
20230115 Holy Spider, 2022, Dir.: Ali Abbasi
20230113 The Old Way, 2023, Dir.: Brett Donowho
20230112 Moloch, 2022, Dir.: Nico van den Brink
20230109 Men, 2022, Writ. & Dir.: Alex Garland
20230107 The Menu, 2022, Dir.: Mark Mylod

television:

American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing S01
Ash vs Evil Dead S01, S02
Batman: The Animated Series S01
Billions S07
Burden of Proof S01
Dark S01, S02, S03
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance S01
The Fall of the House of Usher S01
Futurama S11
History of the World: Part II S01
The Ivory Tower S19, S20
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial S01
The Last of Us S01
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S10
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S01
Love & Death S01
1923 S01
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S01
The Muppet Show S04
The Muppets Mayhem S01
The Night Agent S01
Poker Face S01
Real Time with Bill Maher S21
Severance S01
The Simpsons S02, S03, S04, S05, S18, S19, S20. S21, S22, S23
Special Ops: Lioness S01
Tales from the Crypt S01, S02, S03
That 90s Show S01
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan S03, S04
Tulsa King S01
Waco: The Aftermath S01
Waco: American Apocalypse S01
Who Is Erin Carter? S01
Wilderness S01
Yellowjackets S02
Yellowstone S05

2023-12-30 annalist