GILMORE TAMNY’S HIGHLIGHTS OF 2017
So here we are. God/dess knows God/dess loves a list. I think. I sure can. You all and your art kept me sane. Tough year.
NOTE:
- they are in no particular order
- I don’t know what yet, but I’ve forgotten stuff.
- a few of these things came out in 2016 but did not appear on my scene till 2017 due to distribution, etc. Some count as highlights as the first time I encountered them is 2017.
- I missed a lot of undoubtedly life-altering shows, sights, readings, sounds, films.
- unquantifiably subjective
CAVEAT
Some of these things…
- were generated by persons I know and call friends
- I was involved in or performed at
…and some not. Don’t freak out. I mean, unless it’s necessary, then have at it.
MUSIC PERFORMED in PERSON in RECORDINGS or ON VIDEO
- Victoria Shen, Bromp Treb, Sakiko Mori, show, Boston Sculptor’s Gallery
- A Band Called E, show, Industry Labs
- Scupper, rekkid, “Some Gauls”
- Rob Noyes playing guitar here there everywhere
- Vibe Killer, rekkid, Endless Boogie
- Flights of Fire doing Led Zeppelin covers at GRCB Halloween cover band extravaganza
- Ladyfest 2017 (particularly PILL, Rose Melburg-related, Palberta)
- Boston Hassle telethon on SCATV: (partic enjoyment: Andrea Pensado, Gary War, Somerville Speakout, Spectramotiv)
- Non-Event fundraiser, Le Laboratoire Cambridge
- The Monsieurs Xmas video
MOVIES SEEN
- The Love Witch
- Linefork
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
- Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World
PHENOMENON WITNESSED
#MeToo
TV/VIDEOS (youtube/Instagram) VIEWED
- Dear White People
- Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Guitar Moves, Matt Sweeney
- Master of None
- Lonelymimewilltell
- Desus and Mero
- One Mississippi, Season 2
- Life of Boris
LITTERACHEWAR CONSUMED ONE WAY OR ‘TOTHER (ears n’ eyes mostly)
- Eileen Myles, Boston Book Festival
- Rapture by Ilziad, translated by Thomas Kitson
- Beth Castrodale reading at JP Stich
- “Relativity,” One City, One Story by Daphne Kalotay
- Yrsa Daley-Ward and Joshua Bennett reading, Harvard Books
- My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris
- Grace Talusan, Eddie Tontongi and Toni Bee, reading, Somerville Armory
- Ben Hersey and Eric Paul reading, 5th floor of interesting apt in Chinatown
- On The Parental Gaze, Amy Fusselman
- FB post, Terrence Pennington
- Moby Dick on Twitter
- Storytime at the Ape’s Nest reading/performance/podcast
RADIO/PODCASTS I HAVE KNOWN
ART, ART EXHIBITS, MUSEUMS, or THINGS LIKE MUSEUMS VISITED and VIEWED
- Holding Remnants, exhibit, Fafnir Adamites
- Munch Museet, Oslo, Norway
- Josh Jefferson on Instagram
- Kon Tiki Museum, Oslo, Norway
- Mini Europe, Brussels, Belgium
- Backstreet Museum, New Orleans, LA
- Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, LA
- Paintings, Sharon Anderson “Dusted Omnipotent: Nina”
- Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway
EVENTS EXPERIENCED
- Women’s March
- eating chicken parm sub in sub shop watching the Celtics on giant TV
- fluffy white tails of deer hastening away in large bounds while walking down a dirt road in rural New York
- the defeaning sound of relief that the sound of no nuclear weapons going off
- Punk Rawk Name That Tune GRCB Fundraiser
VARIOUS AND SUNDRY
- the Roomba that appeared (<—the sounds of my love) answering my wildest dreams (thank u mysterious benefactors)
- sneak peek at Sara Gran story
- my friend having a 2 liter bottle of diet caffeine free Pepsi in her fridge leftover from her party and her letting me to take that home
- cell phone was NOT LOST JUST IN THE BOTTOM OF MY BAG (x 1000 times of phew)
- recommitting to bringing fresh ground peanut butter into my life
