rant `n` roll - Dulcie Taylor

rant ‘n’ roll
2014 TOP TENS
I have been into making lists since I was about
12. I used to make lists of my Top 10 favorite
baseball players, comic books, songs, movies,
friends, TV shows, girls I wish I could have sex
with, professional wrestlers, rock ‘n’ roll bands
and family members. These lists were compiled
lovingly throughout the course of the year. Please
note the book and movie lists are comprised of
what I digested in 2014 no matter what year they
were released. (I watch everything at The Greenblatt
Cinema, located in my bedroom.) Also important
is the fact that these lists do not in any way reflect
anything other than my personal favorites. And,
as we all know, there’s no accounting for taste.
TOP 10 2014 BLUES CDS
1. Johnny Winter, Step Back
2. Mud Morgenfield and Kim Wilson, For
Pops: A Tribute To Muddy Waters
3. Liz Mandeville, Heart O’Chicago
4. The Duke Robillard Band, Calling All
Blues
5. Jim Byrnes, St. Louis Times
6. Joe Louis Walker, Hornet’s Nest
7. Gary Clark, Jr., Live
8. Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa,
Live In Amsterdam
9. Eric Bibb, Blues People
10. Keb Mo, Blues Americana
TOP 10 2014 JAZZ CDS
1. Hiromi, Alive
2. Dino Saluzzi Group, El Valle de la
Infancia
3. Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn,
Joey DeFrancesco, Enjoy The View
4. Melissa Saldana & Crash Trio, Melissa
Saldana & Crash Trio
5. Eric Reed, Groovewise
6. Matinier/Ambrosini, Inventio
7. Kavita Shah, Visions
8. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Volume #3
9. Kenny Barron and Dave Holland, The
Art Of Conversation
10. Jimmy Greene, Beautiful Life
by Mike Greenblatt
6. Willie Nelson, Band Of Brothers
7. Dulcie Taylor and Friends, Only Worn
One Time
8. The Roys, The View
9. Jerry Lee Lewis, Rock & Roll Time
10. The Light Upstairs, Breathing
In And Out
JANUARY 8
JANUARY 22
JANUARY 4
FRI JANUARY 23
JANUARY 30
FRI JANUARY 9
FEBRUARY 4
SAT FEBRUARY 7
FRI JANUARY 16
TOP 15 BOOKS
1. Give Me Your Heart: Tales of Mystery
And Suspense, Joyce Carol Oates
2. Raisin’ Cain: The Wild And Raucous
Story Of Johnny Winter, Mary Lou
Sullivan
3. Pops: A Life Of Louis Armstrong, Terry
Teachout
4. Veeck—As In Wreck, Bill Veeck with Ed
Linn
5. Duke: A Life Of Duke Ellington, Terry
Teachout
6. It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, Jenny Boyd
with Holly George-Warren
7. Here Comes The Night, Joel Selvin
8. Broke Heart Blues, Joyce Carol Oates
9. A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir Of
Greenwich Village In The Sixties, Suze
Rotolo
10. The Years Of Lyndon Johnson Volume
#1: The Path To Power, Robert A Caro
11. What’s Exactly The Matter With Me:
Memoirs Of A Life In Music, P.F. Sloan
and S.E. Feinberg
12. Carthage, Joyce Carol Oates
13. Starman: David Bowie The Definitive
Biography, Paul Trynka
14. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life,
Richard Ben Cramer
15. Brian Jones: The Making Of The
Rolling Stones, Paul Trynka
TOP 10 MOVIES
1. Snowpiercer
2. Begin Again
3. Lone Survivor
4. Blood Ties
5. Sleep Tight
6. Under The Skin
7. Beware Of Mr. Baker
8. Divergent
9. Kill Your Darlings
10. Out of The Furnace
Hiromi
PHOTO BY MUGA MIYAHARA
TOP 10 TV SHOWS
1. Treme
2. The Walking Dead
3. Boardwalk Empire
4. American Horror Story
5. House Of Cards
6. Homeland
7. The Newsroom
8. The Following
9. 24
10. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TOP 10 2014 COUNTRY CDS
1. Rosanne Cash, The River & The
Thread
2. Carlene Carter, Carter Girl
3. Rodney Crowell, Tarpaper Sky
4. Colleen Rennison, See The Sky About
To Rain
5. Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison,
Our Year
TOP 5 BROADWAY MUSICALS
1. A Night With Janis Joplin
2. Beautiful
3. Motown
4. Piece Of My Heart: The
Bert Berns Story
5. After Midnight
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