[MY FAVORITE THINGS OF 2012]
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(I’m entirely certain that I left out some stuff & that I didn’t get a chance to hear // see // read everything notable this year – if you have any recommendations based on my lists, please let me know)
THESE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
IF YOU’RE BORED BY A PARTICULAR SECTION, KEEP GOING – THERE’S A LOT HERE
BTW I WORKED ON THIS FOR HOURS
SRY
I also worked & schooled a lot in 2012 so I didn’t get a chance to check everything out :(
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MUSIC
Grimes – Visions
Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes
Crystal Castles – III
Lotus Plaza – Spooky Action at a Distance
How to Dress Well – Total Loss
Purity Ring – Shrines
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Burial – Kindred EP
Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d eity
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Beach House – Bloom
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar // Clear Moon
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
Passion Pit – Gossamer
Hot Chip – In Our Heads
TNGHT – TNGHT EP
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
The Congos / Sun Araw / M. Geddes Gengres – Icon Give Thank
Holy Other - Held
Twin Shadow – Confess
Young Family – You Ruined It EP
The Caretaker - Patience
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EXPERIENCES:
putting together & finishing my MFA thesis
all the interviews / video responses I curated & received (thank you everyone who participated & watched!!!)
when Steve Roggenbuck stayed on my couch for 2 nights in San Francisco
creating the online lit mag GESTURE & soliciting writers like Lydia Davis, Franz Wright, Rosemarie Waldrop, Edward Mullany, Ben Mirov, Daniel Alexander, Steve Roggenbuck
discovering Ted Berrigan’s interview w/ Jack Keroauc
discovering Abner Jay
reading at 851
reading at QUIET LIGHTNING
when Dennis Cooper sent me a msg back on FB saying he was a ‘total devoted regular’ to Cutty Spot
when I started writing some ‘reviews’ for I AM ALT LIT
FACEBOOK:
VIDEOS ETC:
Chris Dankland’s video poems
NEW ANIMAL – ‘FALLING UP’
‘Conversations’ on Chart Attack
discovering possibly my favorite video ever – battle between Lions & Buffalo
Paige Elizabeth’s documentary EVERYTHING HERE NOW
Gabby Gabby’s’ i will write a nature poem about feeling grateful for my mouth’
Ben Mirov’s trailer (directed by DW Lichtenberg) for HIDER ROSER
BABY BABY promotional video by Fontez Brooks
promo video for Mira Gonzalez’s book
my music video for Tedo Stone’s BEST IS YET
BLOGS ETC:
TWITTER:
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BOOKS // EBOOKS // E-MAGS:
Letters From Robots by Diana Salier
No One Can Do Anything Worse to You Than You Can by Sam Pink
The Collected Works of Scott McClanahan by Scott McClanahan
I AM READY TO DIE A VIOLENT DEATH by Heiko Julien
CONGRATULATIONS YOU’VE BEEN SELECTED TO WIN ANOTHER DAY ON PLANET EARTH by Hunter Payne
NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL ALTERNATIVE LITERATURE
Crush Dream by Lonely Christopher
Raddddd by Daniel Alexander
Crunk Juice by Steve Roggenbuck
UNTITLED by Chuck Young
STEALING THINGSby Keegan Crawford
JAMES GANAS WAS MY BEST FRIEND AND I’M SORRY HE DIED SO YOUNG OF CANCER by James Ganas
GOODBYE DRINKS by Sarah Jean Alexander
I’M GOING TO FUCK AND THAT’S A PLACE YOU LITTLE ASSHOLE, NOT A VERB by Pancho Espinosa
HIDER ROSER by Ben Mirov
COME TO MY OCEAN by Moon Temple
THINGS IN MY TO-READ PILE THAT I THINK WILL BE FAVORITES
Snow Poems by Janey Smith
Airplane Food by Gabby Gabby
I AM MY OWN BETRAYAL by Guillaume Morissette
YOU PRIVATE PERSON by Richard Chiem
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