Fiction
(in no order)
Joy Williams HARROW (Knopf)
New Juche THE WORM (Infinity Land Press)
Meghan Lamb FAILURE TO THRIVE (Apocalypse Party)
Janice Lee IMAGINE A DEATH (Texas A&M University Press)
Cecilia Pavón LITTLE JOY (Semiotext(e))
Eugene Lim SEARCH HISTORY (Coffeehouse Press)
Thomas Moore FOREVER (Amphetamine Sulphate)
Garielle Lutz WORSTED (Short Flight/Long Drive Books)
Lance Olsen SKIN ELEGIES (Dzanc Books)
Jack Skelley DENNIS WILSON & CHARLIE MANSON (Fred and Barney Press)
Maggie Siebert BONDING (Expat Press)
Helen Marten THE BOILED IN BETWEEN (Prototype Publishing)
Lucy K Shaw TROISIÈME VAGUE (Shabby Doll House)
Nate Lippens MY DEAD BOOK (Publication Studio)
Alex Beaumais DOX (tragickal)
David Leo Rice DRIFTER: STORIES (11:11 Press)
Isabelle Nicou PARESIS & GENESIS O (Amphetamine Sulphate)
MM/DD/2020 RESIDUE (Calamari Press)
Elle Nash NUDES (Hobart Pulp Press)
Tao Lin LEAVE SOCIETY (Vintage)
Megan Milks MARGARET AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING BODY (Feminist Press)
James Greer BAD EMINENCE (And Other Stories)
Blair James BERNARD AND PAT (Corsair)
Mike Corrao RITUALS PERFORMED IN THE ABSENCE OF GANYMEDE (11:11 Press)
Camille Roy HONEY MINE: COLLECTED STORIES (Nightboat)
Brian Evenson THE GLASSY, BURNING FLOOR OF HELL (Coffeehouse Press)
SJXSJC w/ Steven Purtill THE SEX SHOPS OF SHERMAN OAKS (Amphetamine Sulphate)
Brontez Purnell 100 BOYFRIENDS (FSG Originals)
Ivan Boris MY WEEK WITHOUT GERARD (Morbid Books)
Alexandrine Ogundimu DESPERATE (Amphetamine Sulphate)
Troy James Weaver VISIONS (Apocalypse Party)
Leonor Fini ROGOMELEC (Wakefield Press)
Evan Isodine PHILOSOPHY OF THE SKY (11:11 Press)
Wayne Koestenbaum THE CHEERFUL SCAPEGOAT (Semiotext(e))
Kevin Lambert YOU WILL LOVE WHAT YOU HAVE KILLED (Biblioasis)
Ann Quin PASSAGES (And Other Stories)
Brooks Sterritt THE HISTORY OF AMERICA IN MY LIFETIME (Spuyten Duyvil)
Audrey Szasz TEARS OF A KOMSOMOL GIRL (Infinity Land Press)
Niven Govinden DIARY OF A FILM (Dialogue Books)
Mike DeCapite JACKET WEATHER (Soft Skull)
Zak Ferguson THE SYSTEM COMPENDIUM (Sweat Drenched Press)
Joshua Dalton I HATE YOU, PLEASE READ ME (House of Vlad)
Richard Cabut LOOKING FOR A KISS (Sweat Drenched Press)
Poetry
(in no order)
Amy Gerstler INDEX OF WOMEN (Penguin)
Susana Théno OVA COMPLETA (Ugly Duckling Press)
Kate Durbin HOARDERS (Wave Books)
John Ashbery PARALLEL MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS: FIVE UNFINISHED LONGER WORKS (Ecco Press)
Anselm Berrigan PREGRETS (Black Square Editions)
Nathaniel Mackey DOUBLE TRIO (New Directions)
Madison McCartha FREAKOPHONE WORLD (Inside the Castle)
Candice Wuehle FIDELITORIA: FIXED OR FLUXED (11:11 Press)
N.H. Pritchard THE MATRIX: POEMS 1960 – 1970 (Ugly Duckling Presse)
Sarah Jean Alexander WE DIE IN ITALY (Shabby Dollhouse)
Golnoosh Nour ROCKSONG (Verve Poetry Press)
D.C. Wojciech DAY & NIGHT (Anvil Tongue Books)
Gabrielle Daniels SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN (Materials)
Lonely Christopher DOUBLE RAINBOW (Be About It Press)
Will Alexander THE COMBUSTION CYCLE (Roof Books)
Sonya Vatomsky AND THE WHALE (Paper Nautilus)
Clark Coolidge TO THE COLD HEART (Fenrick Books)
Ted Dodson AN ORANGE (Pioneer Works/Wonder)
Ursula Andkjær Olsen OUTGOING VESSEL (Action Books)
Tom Bland CAMP FEAR (Bad Betty Press)
Lindsay Choi TRANSVERSE (Futurepoem)
Lily Duffy WET WATER HILL (Garden-Door Press)
Achy Obejas BOOMERANG / BUMERÁN (Beacon Press)
Christian Hawkey SIFT (Action Books)
Gary J. Shipley BRIGHT STUPID CONFETTI (11:11 Press)
Nonfiction
(in no order)
Adrian Dannatt DOOMED AND FAMOUS: SELECTED OBITUARIES (Sequence Press)
Mark Baumer, edited by Blake Butler and Shane Jones THE ONE ON EARTH: SELECTED WORKS OF MARK BAUMER (Fence)
M Kitchell THE ABYSS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE POSSIBLE (Apocalypse Party)
David Trinidad, Editor NEW YORK DIARY BY TIM DLUGOS (Sibling Rivalry)
Andrew Vallance and Simon Payne, Editors FILM TALKS: 15 CONVERSATIONS ON EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA (Contact)
Rachel Kushner THE HARD CROWD (Scribner)
Tony Pipolo THE MELANCHOLY LENS: LOSS AND MOURNING IN AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE CINEMA (Oxford University Press)
Dodie Bellamy BEE REAVED (Semiotext(e))
Megan Milks TORI AMOS BOOTLEG WEBRING (Instar Books)
Bela Koe-Krompecher LOVE, DEATH & PHOTOSYNTHESIS (Don Giovanni Records)
Mercy Fontenot PERMANENT DAMAGE: MEMOIRS OF AN OUTRAGEOUS GIRL (Rare Bird Books)
Chris Kelso INTERROGATING THE ABYSS (Apocalypse Party)
Jennifer Lucy Allan THE FOGHORN’S LAMENT: THE DISAPPEARING MUSIC OF THE COAST (White Rabbit)
Michael J. Seidlinger RUNAWAYS: A WRITER’S DILEMMA (Future Tense Books)
Sarah Schulman LET THE RECORD SHOW: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF ACT UP NEW YORK, 1987-1993 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Helen Reddington SHE’S AT THE CONTROLS: SOUND ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & GENDER VENTRILOQUISM IN THE 21st CENTURY (Equinox)
Lionel Maunz & Peter Sotos S/T (Amphetamine Sulphate/Nine-Banded Books)
Albertine Fox GODARD AND SOUND: ACOUSTIC INNOVATION IN THE LATE FILMS OF JEAN-LUC GODARD (Bloomsbury)
Music
(in no order)
Guided by Voices EARTH MAN BLUES (GbV)
Ben LaMar Gay OPEN ARMS TO OPEN US (Nonesuch)
Tyler Holmes NIGHTMARE IN PARADISE (Ratskin Records)
Ai Aso LONE (Ideologic Organ)
Low HEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
E Ruscha V & The Only Thingz, Too S/T (Good Morning Tapes)
Injury Reserve BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX (Self-released)
Sam Dunscombe OUTSIDE LUDLOW/DESERT DISCO (Black Truffle)
Dry Cleaning NEW LONG LEG (4AD)
Phew NEW DECADE (Mute)
Innode SYN (Editions Mego)
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt MADE OUT OF SOUND (Palilalia Records)
Screamers SCREAMERS DEMO HOLLYWOOD 1977 (Superior Viaduct)
Grouper SHADE (Kranky)
Aki Onda BRISBANE SEPTEMBER 25 2004 (Room 40)
ABBA VOYAGE (Capitol)
Los Angeles Free Music Society LAFMS 1974-1984 (Vinyl on Demand)
Maraudeur PUISSANCE 4 (Maraudeur)
Hecker SYNOPSIS SERIATION (Editions Mego)
Leyden Jars GONE (Outer Reaches)
Yvette Janine Jackson FREEDOM (Fridman Gallery)
MXLX NEBULA RASA (kindarad)
The Bug FIRE (Ninja Tune)
Marcus Schmickler SKY DICE / MAPPING THE STUDIO (Editions Mego)
Moor Mother BLACK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AIR (Anti-)
Judith Hamann HINTERHOF (Longform Editions)
JPEGMAFIA LP! (EQT/Republic)
Cub Scout Bowling Pins CLANG CLANG HO! (Rockathon)
Body/Dilloway/Head S/T (Three Lobed Recordings)
Youth Code x King Josef A SKELETON KEY IN THE DOORS OF DEPRESSION (Youth Code)
Film
(in no order)
Ryan Trecartin & Lizzie Fitch WHETHER LINE
Lisa Rovner SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS
Artavazd Pelechian NATURE
Lothar Baumgarten UNSPRUNG DER NACHT
Leos Carax ANNETTE
Steve Reinke & James Richards WHEN WE WERE MONSTERS
Wes Anderson THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Mark Rappaport L’ANNE DERNIERE A DACHAU
Todd Haynes THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Michael Salerno THE MASTURBATOR’S HEART
Daniel & Clara ON THE ISLAND
Laure Portier SOY LIBRE
Bruno Dumont FRANCE
O.B. De Alessi MUDMONSTER
Roy Andersson ABOUT ENDLESSNESS
Tori Kudo ARCHIVE
Dalibor Barić ACCIDENTAL LUXURIANCE OF THE TRANSLUCENT WATERY REBUS
Prano Bailey-Bond CENSOR
Stephen Broomer FAT CHANCE
Cheryl Dunne MOMENTS LIKE THIS NEVER LAST
Lyle Kash DEATH AND BOWLING
Art
(in no order)
James Coleman (Centre Pompidou, Paris)
Aerodream ( Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris)
Thomas Ruff Tableaux chinois (David Zwirner, Paris)
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni GIFS (Galerie Allen, Paris)
Hubert Duprat (Art : Concept, Paris)
Robin Kid (Templon, Paris)
Elles font l’abstraction (Centre Pompidou, Paris)
Francis Alÿs Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River (David Zwirner, Paris)
David Hammons (Pinault Collection, Paris)
Kandis Williams (Night Gallery, Los Angeles)
Nick Zedd (xxiii) THERE WILL BE BLOOD, SHAME, PAIN AND ECSTASY (Goswell Road, Paris)
Kenji Siratori’s SOCIAL MEDIA FEED (Facebook)
Oscar Tuazon L’École de l’eau (Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris)
Wang Bing L’œil qui marche (Le Bal, Paris)
NOT I: Throwing Voices (LACMA, Los Angeles)
Internet
(in no order)
SCAB
The Wire
Shabby Dollhouse
Expat
Original Cinemaniac
Filthy Dreams
Small Press Distribution
4columns
Full Stop
X-R-A-Y
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SELFFUCK
Please Kill Me
Wake Island
DIAPHANES
Bookworm
Bookforum
PlayTherapy/Tik Tent Radio
Rhizome
GAME SCENES
Theme Park Review
NO CARTRIDGE AUDIO
TOWARDS CYCLOBE
Musique Machine
Fanzine
Volume 1 Brooklyn
zoran rosko vacuum player
Kill the Darling
Gurochan
Experimental Cinema
The Los Angeles Review of Books
3:AM Magazine
largehearted boy
pantaloons
Harriet
Open Culture
Locus Solus: The New York School of Poets
giphy
The Wonderful World of Tam Tam Books
Hobart
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p.s. Hey. So, it’s that yearly day when I lay out my annual faves, of 2021 in this case. As always, no doubt I spaced out and forgot some favorite things, and there are undoubtedly things that I would have listed if I’d read/ heard/ watched them in time, but so it goes. And, as always, if anyone out there wants to hit the blog back with their faves of the past twelve months, I’d be hungry and grateful. ** _Black_Acrylic, It’s a beaut. Ah, PT to the rescue! Everyone, Coincidentally, one of my 2021 faves (see: ‘Internet’) offers you a fresh chance so see why that’s the case. I’m talking about _Black_Acrylic’s lower body-reviving Play Therapy podcast, and which … Wait here’s _B_A: ‘The new episode of Play Therapy is online here via Tak Tent Radio! Ben ‘Jack Your Body’ Robinson returns to deliver abrasive Swedish Industrial, imaginary Hebrew horror soundtracks and oh yeah, some Acid as well.’ Yum, Ben! ** David Ehrenstein, Sonbert = go! ** Jack Skelley, Hey, Jack! Based on what I’ve watched of ‘Get Back’ so far, the original director is also an extremely irritating guy. I think he’s dead? Yes, let’s talk re: it, him, them, etc. Brendan dropped a copy of the catalog off at Joel’s/my place, so I’ll get it whenever I hit LA next if nothing else. Cool, the month’s end is a mereblink away, unlike our next Zoom confab, sadly. But at least it’s there and locked. Will you stay in NYC through the big X? I bet it’s pretty there, but not as pretty as here, dare I say. Biggest up, my bud. ** David, Thanks, but I just opened the door and put down the door mat. I’m obviously glad that there band still had enough going on in their ranks to make you happy. I was just thinking of walking down to the Xmas village in the Tuileries and getting me a chocolat chaud as they calls such things here. Have major weekend stuff! ** Lawrence Patti, Hi, Lawrence! Welcome! Me too: I’d heard he was finished with the old writing thing, but thank god, etc. not so, it seems. How are you? Have a very fine weekend, and come back any old time please. ** Bill, Maunz was new to me too pre-this book. Ah, well, there’s my year’s faves list right up there, and I’ll be patiently awaiting yours, need I say. ** Dominik, Hi!!! It did, in the nick of time. I too saw ‘BBB’ ages ago, and can hardly remember it other than thinking it was very weird in some particularly Australian way. Hats off to anyone seeking innovation, but I do have to say that putting sugar in falafel is not going to change the world. Based on the actual although modest line of people waiting to buy their precious sugary falafel, the combo seems to have a cult following, for the moment. Aw, what a heartening love aka love story. Let’s plan to check in with them a year from now and see how they’re doing. Love realising only one of The Monkees is still alive and feeling odd, G. ** l@rst, Hey, L. The 70s are/were a good subject. ‘Licorice Pizza’ hasn’t landed in France yet, but I’m definitely going to see it whenever. You’re one of those enviable people who gets every movie that the cognoscenti deems possibly award worthy delivered to your door every year. I suppose most of them are ten-foot-pole things, but still. What are Theresa’s ceramics like? Does she like Ron Nagle’s ceramics? I adore his work. That’s what I want for Xmas, come to think of it. Fat chance. ** Brian, Hey, Brian. It is, beautiful that is. Right, ‘Seven Beauties’, that’s it. ‘The Damned’. Great stuff in there. I could probably also watch Dirk Bogarde perform in anything. He’s even great in that not-his-best, English language Fassbinder film. What’s it called, oh, ‘Despair’. I honestly didn’t care about or think about the smoothing of the film in The Beatles show for one second, but that might just be me. Thank you about ‘Guide’. I think that’s my fave of George Miles Cycle novels if I had to pick. Um, I don’t remember the actual editing of ‘Guide’ precisely, and I usually have a whole kind of set of guidelines for each novel, but, yeah, in a word or two, subtraction and sanding down will do. Thank you, man. My weekend is mostly going to be about trying to figure out a back up plan re: making Zac’s and my new film ASAP in case our producer keeps disappointing us, which unfortunately seems likely at the moment. So lots of brain work, and, physically, we’ll see. I hope your weekend adds voluminously to your heart’s bank account. ** Okay. You all know the weekend’s drill. See you come Monday.
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