NorwoodEar 2024

My favorite songs from the past year. Music was one of the few things that just kept getting better and better…I only just heard the number one song for the first time today.

  1. “The Feminine Urge” by The Last Dinner Party

  2. “Big Time Nothing” by St. Vincent

  3. “Lovers Leap” by Elbow

  4. “Dancer” by IDLES

  5. “The Sorrow That Comes With Loving You” by Rubblebucket

  6. “Like A Woman” by Lady Blackbird

  7. “So Fly” by Brittany Davis

  8. “Walk Through Fire” by Yannis & The Yaw

  9. “Down By The Stream” by Yard Act

  10. “A Love International” by Khruangbin

  11. “My Fun” by Suki Waterhouse

  12. “Punk Rocker” by Teddybears (featuring Iggy Pop)

  13. “Coffee” by Hinds

  14. “All The Same” by Fat Dog

  15. “Coast” by Kim Deal

  16. “Black Madonna” by Cage the Elephant

That’s all, folks.

EUREKA Comments

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1964

I’ve gotten so far off-track with the page; I meant for it to be a rambling, cinema-centric replacement for social media. Now, a year later, it is 90% Letterboxd links and I’m on three sm platforms.

To ease back into the thing, here are images from the year of my birth, and if I posted them a year ago, oh well…no one’s looking anyway.

THE TRAIN

DR. STRANGELOVE

THE PINK PANTHER

THE PAWNBROKER

THE KILLERS

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS

GOLDFINGER

FAIL-SAFE

ZORBA THE GREEK

MY FAIR LADY

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

KWAIDAN

ONIBABA

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

R.I.P. Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones has one of those remarkable histories, producing and creating a wealth of music over so many decades. A slim piece of that pie: his film scores were tight. Sometimes grooving, other times experimental, but always a joy to listen to. A few favorites: