Looking Forward, Looking Back
After several years of forced sabbatical — I was locked out of my previous Tumblr blog— I’m back and raring to go. Thanks to my son for pushing and prodding me to get back to what I love to do — posting about new music that captivates, intrigues and excites me.
Let’s begin by looking back at my top 50 (or so) albums of 2019. It was another great year of music, especially for female artists, but the music that took my breath away in 2019 was Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ tragic, haunting and unforgettable album, Ghosteen.
Below is my list of top albums from last year, in no particular order except for Ghosteen.
Top 50 (or so) Albums of 2019
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Dance
FKA Twigs - Magdalene
Clairo - Immunity
William Tyler - Goes West
Kevin Morby - Oh My God
Bill Callahan - Shepard in Sheepskin Vest
Patrick Watson - Wave
King Princess - Cheap Queen
Sharon van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
Florist - Emily Alone
Aldous Harding - Designer
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
Vagabond - Vagabond
Big Thief - Two Hands & U.F.O.F
Dori Freeman - Every Single Star
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe
Rex Orange County - Pony
Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender
Jay Som - Anak Ko
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Out of Sight
Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari
Various Artists - Come on up to the House
Anna Meredith - Fibs
Solange - When I Get Home
Julia Jacklin - Crushing
Rhiannon Giddens - There Is No Other
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep...
Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaire's Club
Deliluh - Beneath the Floors
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
Maren Morris - Girl
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Lankum - The Livelong Day
Jenny Lewis - On The Line
Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons
Burna Boy - African Giant
Brittany Howard - Jaime
Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe
Yola - Walk Through Fire
Richard Dawson - 2020
Cate Le Bon - Reward
Sampa the Great - The Return
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy!
Better Oblivion Community Center
slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs
Anderson.Paak - Ventura
Ari Lennox - Shea Butter Baby
Flying Lotus - Flamgara
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis
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Star, March 18
Cover: Lady Gaga Pregnant But Is Bradley Cooper or Christian Carino the Father?
Page 1: Jason Momoa living in fear as attacker could be paroled
Page 2: Contents, Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson at Captain Marvel premiere in London
Page 4: Selena Gomez steps in to save Justin Bieber
Page 5: Vin Diesel is determined to direct the next Fast & Furious movie but Dwayne Johnson will drop out of the film if he does, Robert Pattinson wants big money to join the Batman franchise, Spot the Stars -- Kristen Bell, Simon Le Bon, Emma Watson, Katie Lee, Bobby Flay, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, Alexa Chung, Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery
Page 6: Fame by A.J. Benza -- Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox on the rocks again, Wendy Williams to sit down for a televised interview to bare her soul, friends fear Orlando Bloom’s partying lifestyle will hurt Katy Perry
Page 8: Ben Affleck asks Jennifer Garner to marry him again
Page 10: Star Shots -- Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger, Christian Slater and wife Brittany Lopez
Page 11: Matthew McConaughey and family including mom Kay and wife Camila Alves and three kids, Hilary Duff and Sutton Foster, Idris Elba and Ellen DeGeneres
Page 12: Lorde, Taylor Hill and Lupita Nyong’o and Zendaya
Page 14: Karlie Kloss, Elle Fanning, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard
Page 16: Academy Awards -- Rami Malek, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, Regina King
Page 17: Samuel L. Jackson and Glenn Close, Helen Mirren, Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet, Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry
Page 18: Kelly Rowland, Isla Fisher, Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton, Jennifer Garner
Page 22: Giada De Laurentiis, Rumer Willis, Tracy Morgan and Kid Mero and Desus Nice
Page 24: Normal or Not? Tori Spelling, Tara Reid and her dog, Channing Tatum
Page 25: Jamie Foxx, Owen Wilson
Page 26: Fashion -- Best of the Week -- Oscars -- Brie Larson, Gemma Chan, Kiki Layne
Page 27: Emilia Clarke, Jennifer Lopez
Page 28: Hot Sheet -- Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
Page 30: Crushed Meghan Markle tells her dad that they’ll never talk again and Prince Harry is ready to go head-to-head with Thomas Markle
Page 32: Why Tristan Thompson cheated on Khloe Kardashian
Page 34: Miranda Lambert’s new marriage to Brendan McLoughlin on the rocks already, Rachel Brosnahan wants to be a mom, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra building their dream home in L.A.
Page 35: Kendall Jenner falls hard for Ben Simmons, Teresa Giudice tells Joe they’re through, Love Bites -- Robin Thicke and April Love Geary welcome their second child, Holly Madison and Pasquale Rotella split, Lily Collins and Noah Centineo getting cozy
Page 36: Cover Story -- Lady Gaga’s pregnancy predicament
Page 40: Celebrities don’t make good neighbors -- Drake, James Franco, Hilary Duff
Page 41: Natasha Lyonne, Hulk Hogan, Taylor Swift
Page 42: Madonna, Robert Downey Jr., David Schwimmer
Page 43: Charlie Sheen, Justin Bieber, Amanda Bynes
Page 44: Burning Questions -- Miley Cyrus pregnant, Ed Sheeran secretly wed Cherry Seaborn, Ryan Seacrest and Shayna Taylor split
Page 46: Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner ask restaurant pianist to quiet down so they can make out, Shawn Mendes changed undies in front of everyone on Calvin Klein photo shoot
Page 49: Double Takes -- Kris Jenner vs. Shay Mitchell
Page 50: Style -- Coveralls -- Lily James
Page 52: Beauty -- Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum, Thandie Newton, Jamie Chung
Page 55: Bella Hadid
Page 56: How They Got That Body -- Kaley Cuoco, Blake Lively
Page 57: Jessica Alba, Julianne Hough
Page 58: Entertainment
Page 61: Q&A with Alexis Neiers
Page 70: Wait, There’s More -- Harry Hamlin and Nicollette Sheridan are unfriendly exes, Pete Davidson kicks out heckler for bringing up Mac Miller, Wise Words -- Olivia Colman
Page 71: Khloe Kardashian is not going to be The Bachelorette
Page 72: Parting Shot -- Prince William and Duchess Kate playing soccer
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Object show requests open!!!
Hrmmm.... y'know it's been a HOT MINUTE since I did something like this but I cannot stop myself from drawing objects in class lately.....
Give me a reason to draw some more with some doodle requests!!
Either BFDI or HfjONE for now
Probably just gonna be sketches in a notebook - maybe some with colored lines, maybe some with shading, who knows???
I'll be a little selective with ships, especially the popular ones (telling you now I won't do fire/afy, coin/pin, pillow/book, l/airy or most Bubble ships sorry 😅)
There's a few characters that I have humanizations for (more not pictured). I'm willing to do stuff with them or even conceptualize some others
Basically feel free to send whatever in! No guarantees for anything big, but I'll do what I can with the motivation I've got
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