(I could pretend to be humble —- who actually gives a rat’s brain about my list of top records and shows from the year about to end? — but we all know EVERYONE needs to see said list otherwise THE YEAR CANNOT CONCLUDE. Or my year cannot conclude.  2025 will just keep going and going and given what a ferociously horrible year it’s been (AND STILL IS) , we absolutely cannot let that happen. This is my  most important act of public service since founding the Guardian Angels in 1979  and I am certain the impact will be thrice as devastating. Thank you – Gerard Cosloy)

prerecorded :

Sanam – Sametou Sawtan (Constellation)

Lucas Abela, Chess Club, Feb 9

Jim White/Marisa Andersen,  29th Street Ballroom, Feb 23
Guardian Singles, Low Down Lounge, March 11
Roger Miller, Francis Kite Club, May 31

Uniform / Couch Slut, 29th St. Ballroom, June 13
Hal Lambert & Mitchell Mobley, Carousel Lounge, June 28
The Rebel, The Ivy House, September 9
Michael Beach, Goner Fest, September 26
Nape Neck, Chess Club, October 1
eyehategod, Kick Butt Coffee, December 5
small screen :
“Adolescence”
“Task”
“The Chair Company”
slightly bigger screen
“The Mastermind” (dir – Kelly Reichardt)
“Petrov’s Flu” (dir –

Kirill Serebrennikov)

things i put on shelves besides records

J. Hoberman -The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop

Bill Perrine – Alien Territory, Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music In 1970’s San Diego
Tamara Saviano –  Without Getting Killed or Caught : The Life and Music of Guy Clark