I still mean what I said in the previous post. This is everything that has “2021” in the date field. All are recommended.
Category: Music
Listening to 2020
2019 in shows
Some (but not all) of the shows I saw in 2019:
LP – Jan 25, The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
Le Butcherettes – Feb 5, Marty’s On Newport, Tustin, CA
ShitKid – Mar 8, Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – Mar 17, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Bush Tetras – Apr 20, Bowery Electric, New York, NY
Live Skull – Apr 25, Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
Bikini Kill – May 2, Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
The Cactus Blossoms – May 4, The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
The Hives – May 29, The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA
Sam Phillips – Jun 6, Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles, CA
This Is Not This Heat – Jul 25, The Regent Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Katatonic – Sep 5, The LEM HQ, Los Angeles, CA
Stereolab – Sep 27, Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
Seefeel – Nov 3, Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
The Raincoats – Nov 16, Mono, Glasgow, Scotland
Listening to 2019
2018 in shows
Some (but not all) of the shows I saw in 2018:

Steve Kilbey – April 28, private home, Sierra Madre, CA

Le Butcherettes – May 12, The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – May 27, Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles

Hedgehog – June 15, B10, Shenzhen, China

Wanda Jackson – July 7, Marty’s On Newport, Tustin, CA

The Bangles – July 14, Pershing Square, Los Angeles

My Bloody Valentine – July 22, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Charalambides – October 7, Blank Forms, New York City

Spiritualized – October 11, Kings Theater, Brooklyn

Shearwater + friends play David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy – October 19, Brookfield Place, New York City

Lady Gaga – December 28, Park Theatre at Park MGM, Las Vegas
My 2018 album list
RIP Celia Mancini
Somewhere over the years King Loser became one of my favorite bands. There was a reunion tour last year and I was hoping that they could manage some shows outside of New Zealand.
22 minute RNZ music special about King Loser (from 2016).
X Night at Dodger Stadium
Exene of X throws out the first pitch at the August 16 Dodger game…
(the ballpark organ version of “Blue Spark” is great)
…and John Doe sings the national anthem.
Episode #015 – Punk Rock Reagan
Quartz City Podcast Episode #015
For election day today: fifty minutes of punk rock songs about Reagan.
- Ron and Nancy Reagan – Pro Drugs PSA [00:00]
- Government Issue – Hey, Ronnie [01:44]
- Minutemen – Fascist [02:49]
- Wasted Youth – Reagan’s In [03:45]
- Accelerators – Reaganland [04:38]
- D.I. – Reagan Der Fuhrer [07:02]
- D.O.A. – Fucked Up Ronnie [08:23]
- The Damned – Bad Time For Bonzo [09:56]
- Sector 4 – White House [13:27]
- Crucifucks – Hinkley Had A Vision [14:23]
- Ism – John Hinckley Jr. [16:33]
- J.F.A. – Jodie Foster’s Army [18:23]
- Shattered Faith – Reagan Country [19:39]
- The Proletariat – Voodoo Economics [22:52]
- D.R.I. – Reaganomics [25:33]
- No One Can Decide For You – Reagan Hysteria [26:11]
- Stanx – Reagan [28:30]
- Toxic Reasons – Destroyer [29:58]
- Dead Kennedys – We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now [32:34]
- Suicidal Tendencies – I Shot The Devil [37:01]
- T.S.O.L. – Superficial Love [38:50]
- Dayglo Abortions – Ronald McRaygun [40:07]
- MDC – Bye, Bye Ronnie [41:38]
- Lennonburger – Reagum [44:14]
- Violent Femmes – Old Mother Reagan [45:23]
- Youth Brigade – Moral Majority [45:53]
- Ramones – Bonzo Goes To Bitburg [46:57]
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Separated At Birth, Part XXIV
Newly identified geoglyphs near Quilcapampa in southern Peru.
The Bridget Riley-style op-art background used everywhere by Spacemen 3.