June 2025 reading

fiction:

• Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

visual:

• Charles Burns, Final Cut

nonfiction:

• Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness

ratings (and occasional commentary) on my Goodreads and my Letterboxd

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

• Kevin Drumm, Disintegrating Day to Day Incorporeal Matters
• Vic Rawlings, Howard Stelzer, Jason Talbot, Open
• Jim O’Rourke & Mats Gustafsson, Xylophonen Virtuosen
• Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath (feat. Louis Moholo-Moholo)
• Tortoise, Beacons of Ancestorship
• Bohannon, Stop & Go
• I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969–70
• Sly & the Family Stone, Fresh
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
• Paul McCartney, McCartney II
• The Beach Boys, Love You

Monday, June 30, 2025

• Kevin Drumm, Disintegrating Day to Day Incorporeal Matters
• Hello Spiral, granular lol analysis
• B.C. Gilbert & G. Lewis, 8 Time
• Louis Moholo-Moholo Octet, Spirits Rejoice!
• Tobias Delius, Luftlucht
• James Moody, James Moody and His Modernists
• Duke Ellington, Black, Brown & Beige
• Tortoise, It’s All Around You
• BASIC, This Is BASIC
• David Thomas and the Wooden Birds, Blame the Messenger
• Pere Ubu, Worlds in Collision
• Bohannon, Summertime Groove
• Sly & the Family Stone, Small Talk
• U2, October

Sunday, June 29, 2025

• Hello Spiral, Staunch Advocate of Doing Nothing
• Jim O’Rourke, Steamroom 67
• Henry Threadgill Sextett, You Know the Number
• David Murray, Hamid Drake & Brad Jones, Seriana Promethea
• Tortoise, Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters
• Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique
• Bohannon, On My Way
• I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969–70
• Pere Ubu, Shape of Things
• The Beach Boys, Surf’s Up
• U2, Under a Blood Red Sky

Saturday, June 28, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Kraanerg (Erato)
• Sun Ra, Haverford College 1980 Solo Piano
• COWWS Quintett, Grooves ’N’ Loops (feat. Stephan Wittwer)
• Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal
• James Booker, Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah
• Dudu Pukwana & Spear, In the Townships (feat. Louis Moholo-Moholo)
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Forces and Feelings
• San Agustin, The Expanding Sea (disc 1)
• Tortoise, The Catastrophist
• Matmos, Return to Archive
• Gate, We Want a Riot
• David Thomas & Two Pale Boys, Meadville
• BASIC, Dream City
• Bohannon, Stop & Go
• Sly & the Family Stone, There’s a Riot Goin’ On
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 2)
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire
• The Beach Boys, The Smile Sessions (disc 1)

Friday, June 27, 2025

• Ouest, No It Isn’t
• Sven-Åke Johansson, Schlingerland
• David Rempis / Tomeka Reid / Joshua Abrams, Allium
• Louis Moholo-Moholo Octet, Spirits Rejoice!
• James Booker, Spiders on the Keys
• James Moody, James Moody and His Modernists
• Miles Davis, In Concert (disc 1)
• Yussef Dayes, Live at Joshua Tree
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Chris & Cosey, Heartbeat
• LFO, Frequencies
• Bohannon, The Collection
• Sly & the Family Stone, A Whole New Thing
• The Beach Boys, Love You

Thursday, June 26, 2025

• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 4)
• Tortoise, It’s All Around You
• USA/Mexico, Laredo
• The Heptones, Party Time
• I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969–70
• U2, October
• The Beach Boys, Endless Summer

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 1)
• Miles Davis, In Concert (disc 2) (feat. Al Foster)
• David Thomas and the Wooden Birds, Blame the Messenger
• Killing Joke, Night Time
• Bohannon, Stop & Go
• Sly & the Family Stone, There’s a Riot Goin’ On
• The Beach Boys, Today!

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

• AALY Trio with Ken Vandermark, Live at the Glenn Miller Café

Monday, June 23, 2025

• Donald Byrd, A New Perspective

Sunday, June 22, 2025

• Sly & the Family Stone, A Whole New Thing

Saturday, June 21, 2025

• Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Crystal Silence
• Gerry Mulligan Paul Desmond Quartet, Blues in Time
• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 1)
• 5 Leyendas de Cuba (disc 4)
• The Beach Boys, Endless Summer

Friday, June 20, 2025

• New York Art Quartet, Old Stuff (feat. Louis Moholo)
• Stereolab, Sound-Dust
• The Beach Boys, Sunflower

Thursday, June 19, 2025

• Derek Bailey / Louis Moholo / Thebe Lipere, Village Life
• Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks, Orange Crate Art

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

• Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo, Ancestors
• Brian Wilson, Smile

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

• Costin Miereanu, Poly-Art Recordings 1976–1982 (disc 2)
• Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath (feat. Louis Moholo-Moholo)
• Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Tortoise, It’s All Around You
• James Brown, Make It Funky: The Big Payback 1971–1975 (disc 2)
• Sly & the Family Stone, Dance to the Music
• The Beach Boys, Endless Summer

Monday, June 16, 2025

• Costin Miereanu, Poly-Art Recordings 1976–1982 (disc 1)
• Fuubutsushi, Yamawarau
• Sun Ra, Haverford College 1980 Solo Piano
• Dudu Pukwana & Spear, In the Townships
• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 4)
• Allan Holdsworth, Metal Fatigue
• David Thomas and the Wooden Birds, Blame the Messenger
• The Beach Boys, Love You
• I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969–70
• James Brown, Make It Funky: The Big Payback 1971–1975 (disc 1)

Sunday, June 15, 2025

• Costin Miereanu, Luna Cinese
• Iannis Xenakis, Alpha & Omega (disc 4)
• Irène Schweizer & Louis Moholo, Irène Schweizer, Louis Moholo
• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 2) (feat. Al Foster)
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros
• Sly & the Family Stone, A Whole New Thing
• The Beach Boys, Today!

Saturday, June 14, 2025

• Kory Reeder, Homestead (Apartment House)
• Iannis Xenakis, In het Orgelpark
• Howard Stelzer / Thaniel Ion Lee, Folie à deux: 3 (Humanhood)
• Louis Moholo-Moholo Octet, Spirits Rejoice!
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• USA/Mexico, Laredo
• David Thomas and the Wooden Birds, Blame the Messenger
• Sly & the Family Stone, There’s a Riot Goin’ On
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)
• U2, October
• Todd Rundgren, Faithful
• The Beach Boys, Endless Summer

Friday, June 13, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Electroacoustic Works (disc 2)
• Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Tomeka Reid, Chad Taylor, Pivot
• Dudu Pukwana & Spear, In the Townships (feat. Louis Moholo-Moholo)
• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 1) (feat. Al Foster)
• Pain Jerk & John Wiese, Terrazzo
• Matmos, Plastic Anniversary
• USA/Mexico, Del Rio
• Sly & the Family Stone, Dance to the Music
• The Beach Boys, Surf’s Up

RIP Louis Moholo-Moholo

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• Fuubutsushi, Setsubun
• Matmos, Return to Archive
• Nitzer Ebb, That Total Age
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)
• Sly & the Family Stone, Life
• The Beach Boys, Love You

RIP Douglas McCarthy

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

• Mark Fell, Multistability
• Fennesz, Plays
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus
• Miles Davis, The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (disc 4)
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Allan Holdsworth, Metal Fatigue
• Eli Keszler, Eli Keszler
• Stereolab, Not Music
• Todd Rundgren, Faithful
• Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
• The Beach Boys, Endless Summer

RIP Brian Wilson

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

• Jürg Frey, String Quartets (Edition Wandelweiser)
• Marc Hasselbalch, At the Price of Clarity
• McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ (disc 1)
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Miles Davis, We Want Miles (feat. Al Foster)
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• Roy Harper, HQ
• U2, October
• Stereolab, Chemical Chords
• Sly & the Family Stone, Fresh

RIP Sly Stone

Monday, June 9, 2025

• How Low Can You Go? (Dust to Digital) (disc 2)
• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 1)
• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 5) (feat. Al Foster)
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• Britney Spears, The Essential Britney Spears (disc 2)

Sunday, June 8, 2025

• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)

Saturday, June 7, 2025

• Yes, Yesstory (disc 2)

Friday, June 6, 2025

• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank

Thursday, June 5, 2025

• Philip Glass, Music with Changing Parts
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• Jeff Lescher, All Is Grace

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 3) (feat. Al Foster)
• Tortoise, TNT
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

• Fuubutsushi, Setsubun
• Miles Davis, Dark Magus (disc 2) (feat. Al Foster)
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Randy Newman, Sail Away

Monday, June 2, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Medea / Oresteia (Erato)
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Forces and Feelings
• McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ (disc 2)
• Archie Shepp, Live Newport 1965 Revisited
• John Coltrane, Evenings at the Village Gate
• Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan, Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi
• Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés
• Miles Davis, Dark Magus (disc 1) (feat. Al Foster)
• Math, Bask Math
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, Monster Walks the Winter Lake
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• U2, Under a Blood Red Sky

RIP Al Foster

Sunday, June 1, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Eonta/Metastasis/Pithoprakta
• Bailey/Parker/Davies/Muir, The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• USA/Mexico, Laredo
• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)
• Stereolab, Refried Ectoplasm
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age

May 2025 reading & viewing

fiction:

• Gary Indiana, Do Everything in the Dark *

nonfiction:

• (Harold Bloom, ed.), Modern Critical Interpretations: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow
• Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
• Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club>
• Chris Fink, Forage Like a Bear

movies:

• Luca Guadagnino, Queer

* = re-read/re-view

ratings (and occasional commentary) on my Goodreads and my Letterboxd

Saturday, May 31, 2025

• Rafael Toral, Space
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Fuubutsushi, Fuubutsushi
• Allan Holdsworth, Metal Fatigue
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• The Heptones, Party Time

Friday, May 30, 2025

• Rafael Toral, Chasing Sonic Booms
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Forces and Feelings
• Jimmy Lyons, The Box Set (Highlights)
• Mal Waldron, The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil
• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 3)
• Allen Lowe & the American Song Project feat. Roswell Rudd, Dark Was the Night — Cold Was the Ground
• Yussef Dayes, Live at Joshua Tree
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, Variations on a Theme
• Chris & Cosey, Heartbeat
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• Cameron Winter, Heavy Metal
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age
• George Faith, To Be a Lover

Thursday, May 29, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Medea / Oresteia (Erato)
• Jon Hassell, Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two
• Howard Riley Trio, Angle
• Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus
• Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Buhaina’s Delight
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• Tortoise, Standards
• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• U.S. Maple, Sang Phat Editor
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• The Verlaines, Bird Dog
• Bill Fay, Life Is People
• Tom Verlaine, Dreamtime
• Thomas Dolby, The Flat Earth
• U2, War

March/April 2025 reading & viewing

fiction:

• Allan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library
• Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
• Harry Crews, Body

visual:

• Barry Phipps, Driving a Table Down
• Wolf Von Eckardt, Marcel Breuer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Bryan Caplan, Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
• David Heatley, My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down

nonfiction:

• Bob Dylan, Chronicles: Volume One
• Lisa Carver, Lover of Leaving
• Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

movies:

• Federico Fellini, Fellini Satyricon
• Todd Haynes, Poison *
• Gordon Douglas, Them!
• George Butler & Robert Fiore, Pumping Iron
• Bong Joon Ho, Mickey 17

* = re-read/re-view

ratings (and occasional commentary) on my Goodreads and my Letterboxd

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Iannis Xenakis (Edition RZ) (disc 1)
• Olivia Block, Breach
• Group Ongaku, Music of Group Ongaku, 1960–61 (feat. Yasunao Tone)
• Burkhard Stangl & Christof Kurzmann, Schnee
• Ellery Eskelin, Trio New York
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• Ruins, Refusal Fossil
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire
• The Heptones, Party Time

RIP Yasunao Tone

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

• Erik Satie, Uspud (Reinbert de Leeuw) (disc 2)
• Fuubutsushi, Natsukashii
• George Faith, To Be a Lover
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• Spacemen 3, Sound of Confusion
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• U2, Boy

Monday, May 26, 2025

• Music Overheard (disc 1)
• Fuubutsushi, Fuubutsushi
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Buhaina’s Delight
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Reunion
• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music
• Matmos, For Alan Turing
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• Ruins, Refusal Fossil
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy
• Bill Fay, Life Is People

Sunday, May 25, 2025

• J.S. Bach, Toccatas Vol. 1 (Glenn Gould)
• Muhal Richard Abrams w/ Amina Claudine Myers, Duet
• Thelonious Monk, At the Blackhawk
• Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés
• Gerry Mulligan, California Concerts, Volume 1
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Yussef Dayes, Live at Joshua Tree
• Tortoise, It’s All Around You
• Allan Holdsworth, Metal Fatigue
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• George Faith, To Be a Lover
• The Heptones, Party Time
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age
• U2, War
• Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
• David Ackles, American Gothic

Saturday, May 24, 2025

• J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations (Murray Perahia)
• Erik Satie, Uspud (Reinbert de Leeuw) (disc 1)
• Michael Pisaro & Greg Stuart, Closed Categories in Cartesian Worlds
• Eleh, Radiant Intervals
• Bengt Frippe Nordström, Reality
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Susan Alcorn & Tom Carter, Ajax Peak
• Ben Vida, DPElements
• Tortoise, Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• The Jesus Lizard, Goat
• U2, Boy

Friday, May 23, 2025

• J.S. Bach, French Suites (Glenn Gould)
• Peter Ablinger, Grisailles (1–100)
• Terry Riley, ZOFO Plays Terry Riley
• Jim O’Rourke, Steamroom 66
• London Jazz Composers Orchestra w/ Irène Schweizer, Theoria
• Space Quartet, Directions
• Howard Riley, The Complete Short Stories 1998–2010 (disc 2)
• Terje Rypdal, Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• Bill Fay, Life Is People
• David Ackles, American Gothic

Thursday, May 22, 2025

• India: Super Percussion of India (King)
• J.S. Bach, The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould, 1981)
• Olivia Block, Breach
• White Winged Moth, Ribbon Arcade
• Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus
• Bobo Stenson, Underwear
• Eberhard Weber, Endless Days
• Yussef Dayes, Live at Joshua Tree
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• John Cale, Fear

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

• Semar Pegulingan Club of Teges Kanyinan, Bali: Gamelan Semar Pegulingan: Gamelan of the Love God (Nonesuch)
• Arthur Russell, First Thought Best Thought (disc 2)
• Gene Ammons, Boss Tenor
• Donald Byrd, A New Perspective
• Ruins, Refusal Fossil
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• U2, Boy

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

• Arthur Russell, First Thought Best Thought (disc 1)
• Muhal Richard Abrams w/ Amina Claudine Myers, Duet
• Booker Little, Booker Little and Friend
• Bobby Hutcherson, Happenings
• Miles Davis, Dark Magus (disc 2)
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• Roxy Music, Siren
• Bill Fay, Life Is People
• David Ackles, American Gothic

Monday, May 19, 2025

• Keith Jarrett, Solo Concerts: Bremen / Lausanne (disc 2)
• Jandek, Modern Dances
• Pere Ubu, Lady from Shanghai
• Killing Joke, what‘s THIS for...!

Sunday, May 18, 2025

• J. Guy Laughlin & Bbob Drake, Liminality
• Howard Riley Trio, Angle
• Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés (Gitanes)
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Reunion
• Joe Lovano, From the Soul
• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music
• Fuubutsushi, Natsukashii
• Head of David, Dustbowl
• Killing Joke, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
• U2, Boy
• Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas, Automaginary
• Killing Joke, Night Time

Friday, May 16, 2025

• Steve Reich, Tehillim (ECM)
• Milford Graves, Children of the Forest
• Paul Motian Trio, Le Voyage
• Duke Ellington, Black, Brown & Beige
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• The Heptones, Party Time
• Burning Spear, Creation Rebel