may we present round three of our 2012 lists! in case you missed them, round one is here and round two is here.
joe brooker (the pines): top ten attractive modernist writers
(all to be pictured at their peak, c. eg mid-20s: no alluring oldsters here)
- mina loy
- katherine mansfield
- jean rhys
- w.b. yeats
- ezra pound
- william carlos williams
- james joyce
- arthur rimbaud
- t.s. eliot
- virginia woolf
+ one hollywood wild card: anita loos (pictured above), ‘the soubrette of satire’ (photoplay), more stunning than any of them.
stephin merritt: movies I liked in 2012
- life of pi
- searching for sugarman
- detropia
- a separation
- this is not a film
- photographic memory
- dark horse
- bear city 2: the proposal
- how to survive a plague
- die nibelungen (restoration)
calvin johnson’s (k records) 2012 favorites in no particular order
- laura leif, rough beast CS
- priests, “radiation” 45 (sister polygon)
- dent may, do things LP (paw tracks)
- quintron & miss pussycat, “haterz” 7″ (rhinestone)
- my friend wallis / watermelon split 45 (student loan)
- channels 3 and 4, christianity LP (gelgongo)
- cold warps, “slimer” 45 (fundog)
- christian mistress, possession LP (relapse)
- briana marela, speak from your heart LP (bicycle)
- stickers, buy my nightmares CS
- the evens, the odds LP (dischord)
- ballantynes, “misery” 45 (la-ti-da)
- hysterics, EP plus CS
- weird TV 12″ EP (perennial)
- nite prison, compilation LP
- memory boys, send it across to me LP
- fred thomas, night times LP (frameworks)
gilmore tamny’s (the yips, wiglet) 2012 list
- LOIS at the CHICKFACTOR NYC show
- bill orcutt and chris corsano show
- how to be black by baratunde thurston
- various and sundry major stars shows
- sweet tooth by ian mcewan
- sara marcus reading/benefit for girls rock camp alliance
- the endless boogie CD I bought that I don’t think even has a name
- jean comaroff lecture “divine detection: crime and metaphysics of disorder”
- native cats show
- nw by zadie smith
james mcnew (dump + yo la tengo)’s list
- allen callaci
- “check it out w/ dr steve brule”
- jing wei
- sightings
- “delocated”
- lambchop, mr. m
- great restaurant (stay away)
- great coffee place (stay away)
- great pedal (don’t use)
- “jon benjamin has a van”
brian nelson’s (black tambourine) top ten
- hanging with my black tambo fam
- folkroom records
- breaking bad
- building stories by chris ware
- neil halstead show at IOTA
- chickfactor’s back!
- honeybunch t-shirt
- ibuprofen (25 year running)
- anchor steam christmas beer
- cut the rope
jennifer o’connor’s top 13 things of 2012 in no particular order
- running a half-marathon
- my dog paco
- james mcnew
- touring with tom beaujour, tim foljahn, jon langmead, michael brodlieb and amy bezunartea
- funkbox
- having my music on TV a lot (thanks lyle!)
- rihanna’s “diamonds” and singing it with amy bezunartea at the final our hit parade
- monthly songwriter’s night with amy, jim, larry, bridget and david
- vanessa’s dumplings in williamsburg
- “bad religion” by frank ocean
- “the bill is due” by mark eitzel
- kelly hogan, I like to keep myself in pain
- “goldie,” A$AP rocky
joe brooker (the pines): one line each from top ten go-betweens songs
- “his father’s watch – he left it in the shower”
- “I wish you had a big house and that your work would start to sell”
- “you’ll get hurt if you play with crooks”
- “I can only say it when we’re apart”
- “but then the lightning finds us”
- “the mangroves go quiet”
- “her father works, her mother works in exports”
- “I took their top prize and paid them back with rain”
- “and I ride your river under the bridge”
- “please take out the garbage”
rachel blumberg & jeffrey honeybunch’s top ten tantalizing tastes we treasured
- homemade cured ham ginger rhubarb biscuit at huichica music festival, sonoma, CA
- sliced beef brisket with collard greens, butter beans, and banana pudding – prince george barbecue, chester, VA
- pepe’s white clam pizza, pepe’s pizza, new Haven, CT
- portuguese brown stew, antonio’s, new bedford, MA
- laksa, taste good malaysian food, elmhurst, NY
- phillipino style breakast plate at love bites, saugerties, NY
- ramen with kimchi greens and smoked pork shoulder, biwa, portland, OR
- falafel, l’as du fallafel, paris, FR
- shiso wrapped tuna, daikokuya ramen, los angeles, CA
- grilled ginger and plum muffin and side of hand cut bacon, the kitchen, providence, RI
michael grace jr’s (the secret history/my favorite) top events/things/phenomena
- barack obama/elizabeth warren/sherrod brown are elected/re-elected
- the revealing self-pity/fake outrage/fatalism/denial amongst the right upon this occurring
- the aislers set & the pines at chickfactor NYC
- dr. maz’s DJ set after the secret history/smittens/summer fiction NYC popfest run-up show at rock shop in gowanus.
- the northside fest’s “jameson’s artist lounge” remarkably makes free whiskey & ginger beers for about 22% of williamsburg’s population for 3 days straight.
- I spin quite a yarn for joe pinefox and carrick blair about my family’s historic ties to the sicilian mafia whilst all at dumont burger.
- the moma exhibits robert longo’s “pressure” in the contemporary collection.
- the opponent-confidence-sapping genius of andrea pirlo’s chip penalty kick in europe 2012.
- west ham united earn promotion back into the premier league.
- the debut season of the wythe avenue beatnik basketball association ends with zero fatalities.
joe brooker (the pines): one line each from ten stephin merritt songs: only one per LP
- “and we picnic in the winter on maple syrup and snow”
- “we will dance in the autumn with the leaves in our hair”
- “there’s no point pointing pistols at me”
- “after all those trains and all those breakdown lanes”
- “a crime, crime, crime, sin and illness is time”
- “summer left its light green lipstick on our wet faces”
- “in fact that’s where music comes from”
- “it’s drunk – I’m three”
- “the rain won’t change my heart at all”
- “I can’t make it twang and beep”
janice headley’s (cf, kexp, fantagraphics) top ten comics of 2012 (in no real particular order)
- big questions, anders nilsen (drawn & quarterly)
- the voyeurs, gabrielle bell (uncivilized)
- ticket stub, tim hensley (yam)
- marbles, ellen forney (gotham)
- my sincerest apologies, jessica campbell (oily)
- the cartoon utopia, ron rege, jr. (fantagraphics)
- barack hussein obama, steven weissman (fantagraphics)
- building stories, chris ware (pantheon)
- the making of, brecht evens (drawn & quarterly)
- sunday in the park with boys, jane mai (koyama)
rachel blumberg’s top ten places in providence so far for eating & drinking
- red fez
- AS220
- the kitchen
- julians
- white electric
- e and o tavern
- coffee exchange
- seaplane diner
- palmieri’s
- la lupita