A collection of lists of things that I like. Don’t confuse these for “best of” lists. These are my favorites and their reasons are many and varied.
Top 10 Bands
- R.E.M.
- Five Eight
- Magnolia Electric Co.
- Uncle Tupelo
- Jason Isbell
- The The
- Peter Gabriel
- Manchester Orchestra
- Prince
- Elbow
Top 10 Albums
- “Girlfriend” - Matthew Sweet
- “The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place” - Explosions in the Sky
- “Disintegration” - The Cure
- “Southeastern” - Jason Isbell
- “Murmur” - R.E.M.
- “The Good Nurse” - Five Eight
- “A Black Mile To The Surface” - Manchester Orchestra
- “Act II: The Father of Death” - The Protomen
- “Purple Mountains” - Purple Mountains
- “Themes from Venus“ - Love Tractor
Top 10 Books
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen
- Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
- Shakespeare Unbound by René Weis
- Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
- City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Biophilia by Edward O. Wilson
- The Travels of Ibn Battutah edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith