critical listening 202412
20241231 Joe Lovano Trio Fascination, Ed. 1, CD: Blue Note CDP-7243-8-33114-2-2 [1998]
20241231 The Body The Crying Out of Things, Thrill Jockey THRILL-571 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: thebody.bandcamp.com [2024]
20241229 Sean Wolcott Voce d’Ombra, 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: seanwolcott.bandcamp.com [2024]
20241228 Genesis Foxtrot, CD: Virgin CASCDX-1058, 7243-8-39779-2-5 NL [1994]
20241228 Roy Ayers Ubiquity, 3CD: Robinsongs ROBIN78T EU/MCPS [2024]
20241226 Henry Mancini The Pink Panther, 2CD: Quartet QR570 [2024]
20241226 Jan Zehrfeld’s Panzerballett Strake Stücke, ACT-9661-2 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2014]
20241226 Kneebody You Can Have Your Moment, CD: Winter & Winter 910-165-2 DE [2010]
20241225 Emily Remler Cookin’ at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988, 2CD: Resonance HCD-2076 [2024]
20241225 The Tea Party Blood Moon Rising, Inside Out / Sony IOMLTDCD-604, 19439926832 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com [2021]
20241224 Defeated Sanity Chronicles of Lunacy, Season of Mist SOM813 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: defeatedsanity.bandcamp.com [2024]
20241223 Angelo Badalamenti Music for Film & Television, LP: Varèse Sarabande VSD00877 [2024]
20241222 Thy Catafalque XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek, CD: Season of Mist SOM-800B EU [2024]
20241222 Dorothy Ashby Afro-Harping, CD: Universal / Verve / Cadet 5399757, 00600753997574 DE [2024]
20241221 Jan Zehrfeld’s Panzerballett Hart Genossen von Abba bis Zappa, ACT-9664-2 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2014]
20241221 Thou Umbilical, Sacred Bones SBR-342CD ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: thou.bandcamp.com [2024]
20241221 Tori Amos Diving Deep Live, 2CD: Decca 602475006411 [2024]
20241220 NECKBREAKKER Within the Viscera, Nuclear Blast NBR-71462 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: neckbreakker.bandcamp.com [2024]
20241220 John Barry Moonraker, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1656 [2024]
20241219 John Barry The Man with the Golden Gun, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1655 [2024]
20241214 The Buddy Rich Big Band Big Swing Face, CD: Pacific Jazz CDP-7243-8-37989-2-6 [1996]
20241214 Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar and His Music, CD: Mr. Bongo MRBCD308 UK [2024]
20241213 Bill Evans In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert, CD: Elemental 5990447 EU [2024]
20241212 John Zorn Ou Phrontis, CD: Tzadik TZ-9317 [2024]
20241211 Nino Rota The Godfather Part II, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1652 [2024]
20241210 Bedsore Dreaming the Strife for Love, 20 Buck Spin SPIN203 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: listen.20buckspin.com [2024]
20241208 Vijay Iyer Solo, CD: ACT ACT-9497-2 DE [2010]
20241208 Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas, LP: Fantasy F-8431 [1987]
20241208 Metheny / Mehldau Metheny Mehldau, CD: Nonesuch 79964-2 [2006]
20241207 Behemoth Opvs Contra Natvram, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-6422-0 [2022]
20241207 PainKiller Samsara, CD: Tzadik TZ-9316 [2024]
20241206 Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, CD: Razor & Tie RE-2067 [1995]
20241206 Gary Peacock & Bill Frisell Just So Happens, CD: Postcards POST1005 [1994]
20241205 Bobby Previte Claude’s Late Morning, CD: Gramavision 18-8811-2 [1988]
20241204 Don Byron Tuskegee Experiments, CD: Elektra Nonesuch 9-79280-2 [1992]
20241202 The Ray Brown Trio feat. Gene Harris Soular Energy, Concord Jazz CJ-268 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2006]
20241202 Múr Múr, Century Media 0198028708029 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: murofficialband.bandcamp.com [2024]
20241202 Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights, 3CD: Numero Group 065 [2018]
20241201 Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 4: Bachelor Pad Royale, CD: Capitol CDP-7243-8-35177-2-5 [1996]
vlog 2024
202401—202412
film:
20241231 Nightbitch, 2024, Dir.: Marielle Heller
20241230 Land of Bad, 2024, Dir.: William Eubank
20241230 The Wasp, 2024, Dir.: Guillem Morales
20241230 The Witch, 2015, Writ. & Dir.: Robert Eggers
20241227 Gladiator II, 2024, Dir.: Ridley Scott
20241225 Y2K, 2024, Dir.: Kyle Mooney
20241224 The Order, 2024, Dir.: Justin Kurzel
20241223 Bullitt, 1968, Dir.: Peter Yates
20241212 L’amour et les Forêts, 2023, Dir.: Valéreie Donzelli
20241211 The Invisible Raptor, 2023, Dir.: Mike Hermosa
20241210 Smile 2, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Parker Finn
20241209 Smile, 2022, Writ. & Dir.: Parker Finn
20241207 The Batman, 2022, Dir.: Matt Reeves
20241205 Oh, God!, 1977, Dir.: Carl Reiner
20241129 PCU, 1994. Dir.: Hart Bochner
20241116 Wonderland, 2003, Dir.: James Cox
20241116 Führer und Verführer, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Joachim Lang
20241111 Se7ev, 1995, Dir.: David Fincher
20241110 Falling Down, 1993, Dir.: Joel Schumacher
20241109 Alien³, 1992, Dir.: David Fincher
20241103 Lee, 2023, Dir.: Ellen Kuras
20241101 Revenge, 2017, Writ. & Dir.: Coralie Fargeat
20241028 Bookworm, 2024, Dir.: Ant Timpson
20241027 The Substance, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Coralie Fargeat
20241025 Batman, 1966, Dir.: Leslie H. Martinson
20241025 Transformers One, 2024, Dir.: Josh Cooley
20241023 Aliens, 1986, Dir.: James Cameron
20241022 Strange Darling, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: JT Mollner
20241021 Last Straw, 2023, Dir.: Alan Scott Neal
20241020 Salem’s Lot, 2024, Dir.: Gary Dauberman
20241019 Speak No Evil, 2024, Dir.: James Watkins
20241018 Alien: Romulus, 2024, Dir.: Fede Alvarez
20241017 The Killer’s Game, 2024, Dir.: J.J. Perry
20241015 Good Girl Jane, 2022, Writ. & Dir.: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz
20241012 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, 2024, Dir.: Tim Burton
20241008 V/H/S/Beyond, 2024, Dir.: Jay Cheel, Jordan Downey, Christian Long
20241007 Les Chambres Rouges, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Pascal Plante
20241006 Azrael, 2024, Dir.: E.L. Katz
20241002 The 4:30 Movie, 2024, Dir.: Kevin Smith
20241001 Mars Attacks!, 1996, Dir.: Tim Burton
20240930 Ed Wood, 1994, Dir.: Tim Burton
20240929 Cuckoo, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Tilman Singer
20240927 Killer Heat, 2024, Dir.: Phillippe Lacôte
20240926 Stopping the Steal, 2024, Dir.: Dan Reed
20240924 Succubus, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: R.J. Daniel Hanna
20240920 Skincare, 2024, Dir.: Austin Peters
20240915 The Exorcist, 1973, Dir.: William Friedkin
20240913 Rebel Ridge, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Jeremy Saulnier
20240910 Trap, 2024, Dir.: M. Night Shyamalan
20240906 Doctor Sleep, 2019, Dir.: Mike Flanagan
20240901 Borderlands, 2024, Dir.: Eli Roth
20240829 Strange Brew, 1983, Dir.: Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas
20240827 Cecil B. Demented, 2000, Writ. & Dir.: John Waters
20240826 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, 1991, Dir.: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola
20240824 Longlegs, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Osgood Perkins
20240823 Jackpot!, 2024, Dir.: Paul Feig
20240820 River’s Edge, 1986, Dir; Tim Hunter
20240819 The Cotton Club, 1984, Dir.: Francis Ford Coppola
20240818 The Rainmaker, 1997, Dir.: Francis Ford Coppola
20240815 Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1992, Dir.: Francis Ford Coppola
20240813 Serpico, 1973, Dir.: Sidney Lumet
20240808 Jim Henson: Idea Man, 2024, Dir.: Ron Howard
20240804 A Quiet Place: Day One, 2024, Dir.: Michael Sarnoski
20240803 Apocalypse Now, 1979, Dir.: Francis Ford Coppola
20240730 Pecker, 1998, Writ. & Dir.: John Waters
20240729 Kill, 2023, Dir.: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
20240727 Serial Mom, 1994, Dir.: John Waters
20240725 In Bruges, 2008, Writ. & Dir.: Martin McDonagh
20240722 Vanishing Point, 1971, Dir.: Richard C. Sarafian
20240721 Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, 2018, Dir.: Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
20240717 Silverado, 1985, Dir.: Lawrence Kasdan
20240716 Bad Faith, 2024, Dir.: Stephen Ujlaki & Christopher Jacob Jones
20240704 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, 2024, Dir.: Mark Molloy
20240703 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, 2024, Dir.: George Miller
20240630 In the Line of Fire, 1993, Dir.: Wolfgang Petersen
20240629 In a Violent Nature, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Chris Nash
20240621 Civil War, 2024, Writ. & Dir.: Alex Garland
20240618 Mars Express, 2023, Dir.: Jérémie Périn
20240617 Dusk for a Hitman, 2023, Dir.: Raymond St-Jean
20240615 Gerald’s Game, 2017, Dir.: Mike Flanagan
20240612 Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sings, 2023, Dir.: Alison Ellwood
20240610 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 1986, Dir.: John McNaughton
20240601 Death at a Funeral, 2007, Dir.: Frank Oz
20240531 South Park: The End of Obesity, 2024, Dir.: Trey Parker
20240530 The First Omen, 2024, Dir.: Arkasha Stevenson
20240528 Boy Kills World, 2024, Dir.: Moritz Mohr
20240520 The Score, 2001, Dir.: Frank Oz
20240518 Natural Born Killers, 1994, Dir.: Oliver Stone
20240517 You Can’t Run Forever, 2024, Dir.: Michelle Schumacher
20240514 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, 2024, Dir.: Guy Ritchie
20240513 Godzilla Minus One, 2023, Dir.: Takashi Yamazaki
20240511 Abigail, 2024, Dir.: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
20240510 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, 2024, Dir.: Gil Kenan
20240505 Unfrosted, 2024, Dir.: Jerry Senfield
20240503 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, 2021, Dir.: Marily Agrelo
20240503 Rumble in the Bronx, 1995, Dir.: Stanley Tong
20240428 Payback, 1999, Dir.: Brian Helgeland
20240427 Monkey Man, 2024, Dir.: Dev Patel
20240421 The Foreigner, 2017, Dir.: Martin Campbell
20240420 Late Night with the Devil, 2023, Dir.: Cameron Cairnes & Colin Cairnes
20240418 Die Another Day, 2002, Dir.: Lee Tamahori
20240415 The World Is Not Enough, 1999, Dir.: Michael Apted
20240413 Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997, Dir.: Roger Spottiswoode
20240412 GoldenEye, 1995, Dir.: Martin Campbell
20240411 The Truth vs. Alex Jones, 2024, Dir.: Dan Reed
20240406 Knox Goes Away, 2023, Dir.: Michael Keaton
20240404 Never Say Never Again, 1983, Dir. Irvin Kershner
20240329 Road House, 2024, Dir.: Doug Liman
20240323 Drive-Away Dolls, 2024, Dir.: Ethan Coen
20240318 JFK, 1991, Dir.: Oliver Stone
20240316 The Doors, 1991, Dir.: Oliver Stone
20240311 World War Z, 2013, Dir.: Marc Forster
20240308 The Beekeeper, 2024, Dir.: David Ayer
20240303 JCVD, 2008, Dir.: Mabrouk El Mechri
20240224 Double Impact, 1991, Dir.: Sheldon Lettich
20240217 Strange Way of Life, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Pedro Almodóvar
20240216 Timecop, 1994, Dir.: Peter Hyams
20240201 Nowhere to Run, 1993, Dir.: Robert Harmon
20240120 Kickboxer, 1989, Dir.: Mark DiSalle & David Worth
20240119 Self Reliance, 2023, Writ. & Dir.: Jake Johnson
20240113 Oppenheimer, 2023, Dir.: Christopher Nolan
20240111 Eileen, 2023, Dir.: William Oldroyd
20240110 Miranda’s Victim, 2023, Dir.: Michelle Danner
20240106 The Bricklayer, 2023, Dir.: Renny Harlin
20240101 La Nuit du 12, 2022, Dir.: Dominik Moll
television:
Bodkin S01
Fallout S01
Futurama S01, S02, S03, S04, S06, S07, S08, S09, S10, S11, S12
Halo S02
The Haunting of Bly Manor S01
Icons Unearthed S05
The Ivory Tower S20, S21
Jean-Claude Van Johnson S01
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S02
Lioness S02
Massacre of the Mormons S01
The Midnight Club S01
Midnight Mass S01
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S01
No Good Deed S01
The Penguin S01
Real Time with Bill Maher S22
The Simpsons S23, S24
Slow Horses S01, S02, S03, S04
Sugar S01
That 90’s Show S02
Tokyo Vice S01, S02
True Detective S04
Yellowstone S05