One more time around the sun! This year had lows, it had highs, but the lows
were lower and the highs were higher. A
pretty intense year, if you want to know the truth. And now to the awards ...
MUSIC: Maybe it was
just serendipity, but music seems to have had a pretty good year, or I just
heard some good music that's been out there for a while. A few
songs were outstanding and kept playing in my brain throughout the summer and
fall, most notably "Pristine" by Snail Mail and "Your Dog"
by Soccer Mommy. Despite a late surge by
"Future Me Hates Me" by the Beths,
the Song of the Year award goes to "Pristine" (local girl
Lindsey Jordan makes good). Other songs
I kept pressing repeat on were "Lover Chanting" (Little Dragon),
"Almost Had to Start a Fight" (Parquet Courts), "Yellow Bike" (Pedro the Lion), and "Highway Tune" (Greta van Fleet). Of cover tunes, "Destination Unknown"
(Joan Jett) and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Patti Smith) deserve
notice.
MOVIES: I saw some
movies! Very enjoyable were The Favourite (not at all what I expected) and Incredibles 2 (pretty much what I
expected). But the Best Movie award goes
to Into the Spider-Verse, with Avengers: Infinity War a close second. (Yeah, I'm a Marvel fan, what of it? Sad farewell to Steve Ditko and Stan Lee.)
TV: I didn't watch
TV. I had it on from time to time. There
were ball games and re-runs.
BOOKS (Non-fiction): I
tried to read Bob Woodward's Fear, but found it too depressing to go more than
a few pages in. But I finally got
around to reading Just Kids by Patti Smith, which was SO good. I don't feel a part of that kind of demimonde
at all, but anyone can relate to the story of artists finding their voice and
growing up at the same time.
BOOKS (fiction): Did
anything blow my mind this year? I guess it was Lincoln in the Bardo by George
Saunders. A very compelling read.
POLITICS: I actually
donated some money to Beto O'Rourke's campaign.
First time I've done that in .... a long time. I'm sorry he didn't win, but I have a feeling
he'll be around for a while.
That's all, folks!
See you next year.
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