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33rd Annual Poop

PoOPlists, Yearly PoOP Analyses January 31, 2020

Main Poop Analysis 2019

Dear POOPster: Here we go again. As the nation flounders and is perhaps on the verge of altogether going down, we POmpous and OPinionated blowhards carry on like the band on the Titanic deck did. And we know how that ended. Now more than ever we need whatever distractions we can muster that might refocus our attention and restore the Old Normal to our lives, which brings us to the 33rd Annual POOPlist. This year only 19 blathering bloviants shot their confetti cannons into the cybersphere. Maybe it was the decision to not post the lists as they were submitted…

Brittany Howard Jaime

PoOPlists, Pooplists 2019 January 31, 2020

Eric Fine Poop 2019

Wow – in the 25 years I have been participating in the POOP, this might be the least interesting list of releases. Truth be told, I spent the majority of the year moving back and forth from jazz to classical. More interested in background music than foreground, I guess. Nonetheless, the draw to put down my opinions on paper are too strong to quit now. With that, let’s see what I can eke out from what I’ve heard this year.     Buy New or Used via Amazon    Rent via iTunes [?] 1. Brittany Howard – Jaime A real eclectic collection…

Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze

PoOPlists 2013, Yearly PoOP Analyses January 30, 2014

Main Poop Analysis 2013

Dear POOPster: I know you’ve been waiting with bad breath for the front-page POOP analysis and tabulation. So on this occasion, the 27th annual foray into the realm of the POmpous and the OPinionated, I present to you the combined musings of pretty much the same gaggle of blowhards, 28 of them to be exact. For reasons that both escape and annoy me, we are once again an almost entirely male sampling of swillmeisters; it’s getting right testosterony up in here. Talk about fitting the record geek profile. . . Anyway, to the Price-Waterhouse stuff. As usual, I’ve attempted to…

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2013 January 28, 2014

Kevin Falahee Poop 2013

2013 Poopzus Albums of 2013 1) Phosphorescent – Muchacho 2) The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Whenever, If Ever 3) Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 4) Lorde – Pure Heroine 5) Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City 6) FIDLAR– s/t 7) Chvrches — The Bones of What You Believe 8) Local Natives — Hummingbird 9) Superchunk – I Hate Music 10) Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork 11) Danny Brown – Old 12) Kurt Vile – Wakin’ on a Pretty Daze 13) Deafieaven – Sunbather…

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2013 January 28, 2014

Dan Wilmer Poop 2013

“I hate music. What is it worth?Can’t bring anyone back to this earth.But fill in the space between all the notes,And I’ve got nothing else so I guess here we go.” – “Me and You and Jackie Mittoo,” Superchunk This list goes to eleven:    Buy New or Used via Amazon Jason Isbell – Southeastern. Just a perfect alt country album.    Buy New or Used via Amazon Kurt Vile – Wakin’ on a Pretty Daze. Love him and he’s just getting better and better.    Buy New or Used via Amazon Steve Earle – The Low Highway. One of his very best….

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2013 January 25, 2014

Patrick Kennedy Poop 2013

MUSIC Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork Phosphorescent – Muchacho HAIM – Days Are Gone Kvelertak – Meir Kanye West – Yeezus Disclosure – Settle Jon Hopkins – Immunity Worth Mentioning: Dawn of Midi – Dysnomia; Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe; Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap; Deafheaven – Sunbather; Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt MOVIES The World’s End Her Short Term 12 Spring Breakers The Wolf of Wall Street Gravity 12 Years A Slave Mud Side Effects…

Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2013 January 2, 2014

Andrew Stewart PoOP 2013

BEST: 2013 “Time for the comedown.”    Buy New or Used via Amazon 1. Kurt Vile / Wakin On a Pretty Daze: A mobius strip of psychedelia blooms up, up and away from this newly-minted guitar icon, who unfurls eighty minutes of magic here, and makes it seem effortless. Wonderful.    Buy New or Used via Amazon 2. Mikal Cronin / MCII: Former sidekick kicks down the mike stand, making your eyes widen and your heart pump love. Brendan Benson, take notice: this guy is eating your lunch.    Buy New or Used via Amazon 3. Islands / Ski Mask: Another fancy hopscotch…