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Music Favorites from 2015

Below is my unscientific picks for some of my favorite music releases from 2015 (in alphabetical order).

  • Advance Base Nephew in the Wild, song pick: Christmas in Milwaukee
  • Supermoon Oh Supermoon, Vol. 1, song pick: Sarah
  • Alabama Shakes Sound & Color, song pick: Dunes
  • Moses Sumney Mid-City Island, song pick: Everlasting Sigh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJm-2Su4I0

  • Boots Aquaria, song pick: I Run Roulette
  • Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear, song pick: The Ideal Husband

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZwLF8pcZs

  • Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, song pick: An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In NY)
  • EL VY Return to the Moon, song pick: I’m The Man To Be
  • The Minus 5 Dungeon Gold’s, song pick: My Generation
  • Pfarmers Gunnera, song pick: The Ol’ River Gang
  • Laurie Anderson Heart of a Dog, song pick: The Release of Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67zkh_X_rRE

  • Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell, song pick: Should Have Known Better
  • John Grant Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, song pick: Snug Slacks
  • Daniel Bachman River, song pick: Song For The Setting Sun II
  • The Mountain Goats Beat The Champ, song pick: Southwestern Territory
  • Taylor Batton Taylor Batton, song pick: Until Summer
  • Father John Misty 1989, song pick: Welcome to New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuM54Aq_Y4


Cover Quiz

Quick quiz: which of these song covers actually exists?

  1. A. Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) playing Bill Murray’s lounge singer version of the “Star Wars” theme,
  2. A 6’8″ clown singing a Vaudeville version of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World”, or
  3. A mariachi band that specializes in the songs of Morrisey?

Answer: They are all true. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS9LPPOIEZM

 


Grinch Cardiologist

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Christmas cartoon from 2004.


Don Wenow

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In the Christmas spirit with this old cartoon from 2007.


2 Types of Beard Comments

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(Neither of which you hear while you have the beard.)


Other, Other Shoe

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Listening to Trump speak is like waiting for the other shoe to drop. Only there are so many shoes.


Haircut Question

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Mused Levels

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Applause-O-Meter

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Eternal Vigilance

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So the whole “Eternal vigilance” thing, I think, is interesting. Many of the pro-gun patriots use this, among other things, to support their cause. Harking back to Jefferson makes it sound pretty good. The only problem is, TJ never said this and no one is really sure who said it first. The earliest attribution is to Boston abolitionist Wendell Phillips and even that is displayed in quotation marks as if he were repeating it himself (among other problems).