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BRE'R's Top Albums/Books/Etc of 2009

  • Circle Into Square's BRE'R gave us an impromptu list of what he's been digging in 2009.

    Albums, songs, etc

    -Silver Apples/"Contact"/LP

    -Grouper/"Way Their Crept"/LP

    -cLOUDDEAD/"Ten"/LP

    -Tortoise/"TNT"/LP

    -Kate Bush/"Never For Ever"/LP

    -The Monks/"Love Came Tumblin' Down"/song

    -Bobby Vinton/"Crying"/)(Roy Orbison cover)

    -Buddy Holly/"Everyday"/song

    -Karl Blau/"Dance Positive"/LP

    -Muddy Waters/"Electric Mud"/LP

    -Steve Reich/"Music for 18 Musicians"/LP

    -The Association/"Remember"/song

    -Red Red Meat/"There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight"/LP

    -Washington Phillips/"What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?"/comp. LP

    -Flying Saucer Attack/"Distance"/LP

     

    ....And here's some choice reads I dove into in 09

    -Dennis Tedlock's translation of "Popol Vuh; The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings" (c.1985)

    -Charles MacKay's "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" (c.1841)

    -Philip F. Gura's "American Transcendentalism: A History" (c.2007)

     

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