#eoty

[gogetyrshovel]

2024!!

[rogersandclarke]

@jerrylandis tagged me to share the posters of my 9 favorite first watches this year! or maybe my nine favorite posters from first watches i’m not really sure but i did the first one. i will tag @elicash @williamfriedkin @librarycard @simonettasforza @16mmshrine @redrhodes @reds1981!

easy living - written by preston sturges! thank god!

the exorcist - was definitely the movie of october/november.

american movie - a milwaukee man tries to make his movie. i don’t really know how to accurately describe this one so that you’re interested. everyone is very fascinating and familiar at once, especially if you know these kind of midwestern people, wisconsin people, etc.

man with a movie camera - the first domino to fall for experimental and feature-length documentary. and still one of the greatest. dominos to fall.

written on the wind - really great sirk stuff, with a fantastic dorothy malone. see also imitation of life.

the ladies man - the hat scene. he took down a Ciller. JERRY!

the out-of-towners - the original uncut gems. but for middle america tourists.

daughters of the dust - such a beautifully shot, touching portrait of a sea islands community/extended family. great performances. the bygone world and the world to come. seminal!

shiva baby - really great directorial debut! tense and funny. so well-written. like comfort food that eats you back.

[allastud]

Favourite Albums of 2020

Here are my favourite and most played albums of 2020.

Read the list and give them a spin you may find something new you have never heard before and really dig.

Touché Amoré - Lament

Ways Away - Ways Away

Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall

Anchor & Braille - Tension

Off Road Minivan - Swan Dive

Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision

RMR - Drug Dealing Is A Lost Art

Polaris - The Death Of Me

The 1975 - Note On A Conditional Form

Taylor Swift - Folklore

Modern Color - From The Leaves Of Your Garden

Colony House - Leave What’s Lost Behind

Run The Jewels - RTJ4

Idle Threat - Nothing Is Broken

R I L E Y - Loss Angeles

Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything

Deftones - Ohms

Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human

Matthew Good - Moving Walls

Tyson Motsenbocker - Some Day We’ll Make It Up To You

Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone

Nothing - The Great Dismal

Tigerwine - Nothing Is For You

Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?

[monasterymonochrome-archived]

Not My Tune: Top 20 Releases of 2018

Here they are, my personal top 20 favorite releases of the year. I’ve already talked about them all previously, so if you want more than my middling attempt at graphic design and a playlist, check out my review posts for quarters one, two, three, and four of 2018. Also, check out this special post I wrote for my (very obvious) number one choice because it’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever written. Merry Christmas, and happy listening!

[dailyjeons]

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM BTS 

[everythinggarthbrooks]

A year of Garth Brooks 28/365

[mamamaysa]

2k16

2k16 video is here!

Definitely one of the weirdest years I’ve ever experienced. Some good things that did happen: worked with bands that are actually of my interest on another level (behind the scenes/photoshoots) and not just live shooting, saw snow for the first time, saw friends I haven’t seen in years, made new friends, and saw new places. I also feel really comfortable with where I am at with my business than I’ve ever been before.

Emotionally, 2016 was so not great. I feel like I’ve cried and stressed more this year than any other year in my life. I’m really trying to enter 2017 with a better outlook and positive mind. And pick up my camera much more for personal use instead of just work. I want to travel outside the country this year. I want to work with bigger artists. Maybe even make a move that I’ve been talking about for ages? It’s definitely time to step out of my comfort zone and make some changes.  

If you watched this video, hope you enjoyed it! Very short and simple this time. I’ll make sure this year is twice as long.

[gogetyrshovel]

2023 has been a rollercoaster -- in the span of one year i feel like i've aged five. so much has changed for me since january - in no small part because i met someone and fell in love. i am still figuring my shit out. i am still finding my sea legs. but lately, i feel a quiet confidence that i can handle what comes my way. i feel warmth and community and care beyond my wildest fantasies. "the thing about love is that it collapses the temporal order. instead of walking down the street you leap across the field."

top: kayaking in the everglades, my first tattoo, blurry kathleen hanna

middle: cousin's wedding (not pictured: my soles turning black from hotel carpet dirt), 2nd date flowers ft. cta, epidermis section

bottom: tree on my commute to work, final writing push