tris mccall

*spike* is my favorite album of '89, so i am very biased. there are several beautifully arranged, ambitious songs on that set that have stayed in the repertoire for 30+ years: deep dark truthful mirror, god's comic, baby plays around... anyway, imho it's much more than just veronica!

I remember that guy!

that guy was a prophet. if anybody ever has been.

it's a good sign that there's enough variation among reviewers (and enough history of bg video criticism) that people have strong preferences and are passionate about them. the "it's just not the same" stage in rock criticism was the '80s, and now we look back on that era with warranted nostalgia.

i've been meaning to check out quique crudo, the casa enrique spinoff in the west village. i've heard it's great.

it was my pleasure as always.

it really is a beautiful show. the afro sentinels gave me the chills.

written as if this *isn't* a town in which a driver can run over a bicyclist, leave the scene, and retain her seat on the city council and the good will of the mayor.

also, let's leave sabrina carpenter out of this.

good wurly-hammond combination, too.

fwiw my girlfriend has it at #3!

spoon is like genesis in that there’s no consensus pick for their best set. my favorite is kill the moonlight.

lido shuffle always wins!

you may be interested in my list and commentary on my favorite music of 2024.

trismccall.net/the-best-of-...

it is better than doomscrolling, i promise. click the link at the bottom to get to part two. i'll write the third section next week.

xotmc

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gosh i love this song.

or revealing/scoring the castillo in el grande. always fantastic!

i love unboxing. but i think the greatest excitement comes four or five plays in when there's still plenty to discover but you're starting to master the systems.

and some games never get old. no matter how many times i turn a clay house to a stone one in agricola, i am still thrilled.

this is very interesting (i would expect no less from you).

it also reminds me of the way that white flight and discriminatory policies shaped the landscape of the place where i live -- northern new jersey. wherever you are, you look around and there are scars as far as the eye can see.

now i gotta put that on.

don't remember much about pavement *but* southern harmony is so good. i think it's down to making eddie hawrysch a proper part of the group. he really brought the gospel to thorn in my pride. that whole "love light shine" section is glorious. they named that album after a hymnal for a good reason.

I love this song!

Top 15 NJ art shows of 2024: Elana Herzog, Nan Ring, Richard Whitten and more Also Ben Jones, Didier William and Paul Gardère, Kate Dodd ...

@trismccall.bsky.social picks his favorite NJ art shows of 2024.

www.njarts.net/133009

also good socks.

i strongly agree with this, but i wonder what frank would have wanted. he was so often so negative about rock.

hi! mostly i'm writing about visual art these days.

but yes, we did a big show on friday, so i do continue to play music!

the 2024 pop music abstract is now live. forty thousand words on 150+ '24 albums, written as fast as i can with no editing allowed. the object of the game is to try to write faster than i can think, and in so doing, figure out what it is i think.

www.trismccall.net/pop-music-ab...

and out of them, too!

thank you!