Screenshot of Garsington Opera’s production of David Sawer’s “The Skating Rink”- #156 in my daily opera marathon- by There Stands the Glass.
Top Five Albums
1. Bill Frisell- Valentine
2. The Stooges- Live at Goose Lake: August 8, 1970
3. Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong- Harbors
Dark drones.
4. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids- Shaman!
5. Brian Scarborough- Sunflower
Top Five Songs
1. Caroline Shaw and David Lang- "When I Am Alone"
2. Drake featuring Lil Durk- "Laugh Now, Cry Later"
Baby.
3. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion- "WAP"
Game-changer.
4. Gayngs- "Appeayl 2 U"
It’s got that whip appeal.
5. Miley Cyrus- "Midnight Sky"
Radiant.
Top Five Livestreams
1. Robert Wilson performs John Cage’s “Lecture on Nothing”- National Sawdust
2. Bang on a Can Marathon- Jeremy Denk, Wu Man, Oliver Lake, etc.
3. Dayna Stephens, Omer Avital and Anthony Pinciotti- Smalls
4. Washed Out- waterside in Georgia
5. Dee Alexander and John McLean- at home in Chicago
I conducted the same exercise in July, June, May, April, March, February and January.