Record Scores - One More Of These Will Surely Kill You Edition

Inner City - Good Life 12" (Virgin)
Shai - The Place Where You Belong 12" (MCA)
D Train - You're The One For Me 12" (Prelude)
The Strikers - Body Music 12" (Prelude)
John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane - Cosmic Music Lp (Impulse)
Richard Holmes & Gene Ammons - Groovin With Jug Lp (Pacific Jazz)
Jeremy Steig - This Is Jeremy Steig Lp (Solid State)
Ron Trent - Tell Me 12" (Future Vision)
Marvin Belton - Find A Way 12" (Mahogani Music)
Jeremy Steig - Monium Lp (Columbia)
Alphonse Mouzon - By All Means Lp (MPS)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures Lp (Sire)
Wes Montgomery - Movin' Along Lp (Riverside)
Kenny Burrell - Man At Work Lp (Cadet)
Medeski Martin & Wood - Midnight Birds 12" (Blue Note)
Talking Heads - Naked Lp (Sire)
Centipede Eest - Resonator Lp (New Ruins)
Urban Tribe - Cycloton Emmissions 7" (Micron Audio)
Vis-A-Vis - Obi Agye Me Dofo Lp (Continental)
V/A - Bangs & Works Vol. 1 3xLp (Planet Mu)
Nobekazu Takemura - Sign 12" (Thrill Jockey)

Record Scores - Crossing The River Stix Edition

Will Sessions - Mix Takes Lp (Fat Beats)
Callers & Delicate Steve - Further Out 7" (Western Vinyl)
Anthony Braxton & The Three Rivers Tri-Centric Ensemble - Ensemble (Pittsburgh) 2008 Lp (SSS)
Emaciator - Coveting Lp (Not Not Fun)
The Lamps - Lamps Lp (In The Red)
Frank Foster - The Loud Minority Lp (Mainstream)
The Sunshot Band - Dial M For Murder In Dub Style Lp (Pressure Sounds)
Peaking Lights - Remixes 12" (Weird World)
Peaking Lights - 936 Remixed 12" (100% Silk)
SFV Acid - Grown 12" (100% Silk)
Bobby Browser - Just Browsing 12" (100% Silk)
V/A - Travel Expop Series #1: France 12" (Hands In The Dark)
Pittsburgh Track Authority - monongahela Rainforest 12" (Pittsburgh Trax)

Record Scores - Salty Sidewalks Edition

Ghostface Killah - Ghostfunk Lp (No Label)
Tony Allen - No Accommodation For Lagos Lp (Kindred Spirts)
Tony Allen - Jealousy Lp (Kindred Spirits)
Oracle Offering - Howl's Angels Cs (L'Animaux Tryst)
Brainshadows - Wild Cherry 7" (L'Animaux Tryst)
DJ Magic Mike - Bass Is The Name Of The Game 2xLP (Cheetah)
Boom Boom Satellites - On The Painted Desert - Rampant colors 12" (R&S)
V/A - Freezone 5 4xLp (SSR)
The Qualities - It's Christmas Time 7" (Saturn)
V/A - Music From Saharan Cellphones Lp (Sahelsounds)
The Oscar Peterson Trio - Walking The Line Lp (MPS)
Alphonse Mouzon - The Man Incognito Lp (Blue Note)
Hugh Masekela - The Promise Of A Future Lp (Chisa)
Dizzy Gillespie - My Way Lp (Solid State)
Alice Coltrane - World Galaxy Lp (Impulse)
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb / Shellshag - Split 7" (Plan-It-X South)
John Henry West - Door Bolted Shut Lp (Ebullition)
Jen Buxton - Don't Change Your Plans Lp (Poison City)
Royal Headache - S/T Lp (RIP Society)
Psychic Ills - Telesthetic Tape Lp (Skrot Up)
V/A - African Music Today 7" (Truth & Soul)
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens 2xLp (Sound In Color)
Venice Dawn - Something About April Lp (Wax Poetics)
DJ Krush - Alex Reece / DJ Krust & Roni Size Remixes 10" (Mo Wax)
Cappablack - The Economics 12" (Soup Disk)
DJ Magic Mike - Booty Wax: Bass Join 12" (Mo Wax)
DJ Magic Mike - Booty Wax: Booty Joint 12" (Mo Wax)
DJ Magic Mike - The Journey 3xLp (Mo Wax)
Ifetayo Black Truth Rhythm Band - Love Excells All Lp+7" (Soundway)
Willie Bobo - Hell Of An Act To Follow Lp (Columbia)
Om - Kirikuki Lp (JAPO)
Tony Allen - Progress Lp (Afrostrut)
Al Dowe - A Touch Of Class Lp (No Label)
Ryo Kawasaki - Prism Lp (Inner City)
Billy Cobham - A Funky Thide Of Sings Lp (Atlantic)
Ron Carter - Uptown Conversation Lp (Embryo)
Muhal Richard Abrams - Things To Come From Those Now Gone Lp (Delmark)
Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things Lp (Atlantic)
Neal Hefti - Batman Theme & 11 Hefti Bat Songs Lp (RCA)

Occular Optometrical: Best Films Of 2011

The Movies I Saw, Released (In The U.S.) In 2011 (Total Count: 125):
The Adjustment Bureau / The Adventures Of Tintin / Angel's Crest / Another Earth / Anuvahood / Apollo 18 / Attack The Block / Bad Teacher / Batman: Year One / Beats, Rhymes, Life: The Story Of A Tribe Called Quest / Beautiful Boy / Bellflower / The Bleeding House / Bridesmaids / Brownian Movement / Captain America: The First Avenger / Cars 2 / Cave Of Forgotten Dreams / Cedar Rapids / Certified Copy / The Change-Up / Colombiana / Conan O'Brien Can't Stop / Contagion / A Dangerous Method / Dead Awake / The Devil's Rock / Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark / Dream House / Drive / Drive Angry 3D / Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night / Everything Must Go / Everywhere And Nowhere / Exorcismus / 50/50 / Final Destination 5 / Fly Paper / Friends With Benefits / Fright Night / The Future / Girl Walks Into A Bar / Girl With The Dragon Tattoo / A Good Old Fashioned Orgy / The Greatest Movie Ever Sold / The Green Hornet / Green Lantern / The Hangover 2 / Hanna / Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 / Hesher / Horrible Bosses / Hugo / The Human Centipede 2 / The Ides Of March / The Inbetweeners / Insidious / Jackass 3.5 / Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer / Killing Bono / Kill List / Kung Fu Panda 2 / Limitless / Little Deaths / Love / Lucky / Magic Trip / Martha Marcy May Marlene / The Mechanic / Melancholia / Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol / Moneyball / The Muppets / My Week With Marilyn / Neds / No Strings Attached / Paranormal Activity 3 / Paul / Pear Jam: Twenty / Peep World / The Pig Farm / Pirates Of The Caribean: On Stranger Tides / Quarantine 2: The Terminal / Rango / Red State / Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles / Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes / Roadie / The Rum Diary / Scream 4 / Snowtown / A Somewhat Gentle Man / Source Code / Stake Land / Square Grouper / Submarine / Sucker Punch / Sunset Limited / Super / Super 8 / Take Me Home Tonight / Terri / Texas Killing Fields / The Thing / 30 Minutes Or Less / Thor / Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy / Tower Heist / The Trip / Troll Hunter / Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil / The Tunnel / Tyrannosaur / A Very Harold And Kumar 3D Christmas / The Vinyl Frontier / Wake Wood / Warrior / The Weird World Of Blowfly / Winnie The Pooh / Win Win / The Woman / Wrecked / Young Adult / Your Highness / X-Men: First Class

The Worst Films Of 2011:
05. The Green Hornet
04. Tower Heist
03. Sucker Punch
02. Wrecked
01. No Strings Attached

The Best Films Of 2011:

20. Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest
19. Magic Trip
18. Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
17. Square Grouper
16. Kill List


15. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles
14. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
13. The Vinyl Frontier
12. Super
11. Neds


10. Contagion
09. Snowtown
08. Martha Marcy May Marlene
07. Rango
06. A Somewhat Gentle Man


05. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
04. Tyrannosaur
03. Certified Copy
02. Melancholia
01. Drive

Record Scores - In Before The Lock Edition

Sapphire Slows - True Breath 12" (Not Not Fun)
Utah Jazz - It's The Real Thing Demo Cs (Drug Party)
NASA Space Universe - Brainrailers 7" (Shogun)
Shoppers - Silver Year Lp (Feeble Minds)
The Mike Mainieri Quartet - Insight Lp (Solid State)
Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez - Outlaws Lp (Inner City)
Human Arts Ensemble - Whisper Of Dharma Lp (Arista)
Billy Hart - Enchance Lp (A&M)
Power Of Idea - Hyper Yellow Thrash Lp (Tribal War Asia)
Cypress Hill - Throw Your Set In The Air 12" (Ruff House)
Johnny Lytle - A Groove Lp (Riverside)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Sonata Erotica Lp (Inner City)
Charlie Earland - Smokin' Lp (Muse)
Willis Jackson - Cookin' Sherry Lp (Prestige)
Majeure / Sankt Otten - Split Lp (Denovali)
Kim Phuc - Copsucker Lp (Iron Lung Death)
Warsaw - Warsaw + Bonus Tracks Lp (Vinyl Passion)
The Back-Wash Rhythm Band - Golden Breed OST Lp (Capitol)

2011 - Lock it down.

Record Scores - Playing With The Box Edition

Audio Two - What More Can I Say Lp (First Priority Music)
Nubian Crackers - Do You Wanna Hear It? 12" (Big Beat)
Fantasy - Fantasy Lp (Liberty)
Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters 12" (Hivern)
Zombi - Slow Oscillations 7" (Static Caravan)
V/A - True Spirit Part II 2xLp (Tresor)
Recloose - Cardiology 2xLp (Planet E)
Napi Hedz - The Blessed And Bliss 12" (Women On Wax)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Bulletproof Brass 12" (HBE)
Bill Evans & George Russell Orchestra - Living Time Lp (Columbia)
Albert Dailey Trio - That Old Feeling Lp (Steeplechase)
Galaxy Toobin' - S/T Cs (Not Not Fun)
Octo Octa - Rough, Rugged, And Raw Cs (100% Silk)
Dirg Gerner - Preface EP 12" (Ho Tep)
Mike Huckaby - My Life With The Wave 12" (Synth)
Ricardo Miranda presents Latin Soul Brothas - Peace And Strength EP 12" (Neroli)
V/A - Sub Rosa Vs. Shi-Ra-Nui Lp (Sub Rosa)
Sons Of The Sun - Heavenlamp 12" (Fat Cat)
Washed Out - Life Of Leisure Lp (Mexican Summer)
Maria Minerva - Sacred & Profane Love 12" (100% Silk)
TV Casualty - S/T 7" (Matador)
Oscar D'Leon y Su Salsa Mayor - Con Bajo Y Todo Lp (Indica)
Cult Of Youth - S/T Lp (Sacred Bones)
Curtis Amy & Paul Bryant - The Blues Message Lp (Pacific Jazz)
Jimmy Neeley - Jimmy Neeley Now Lp (Ali Baba East)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Upon The Wings Of Music Lp (Atlantic)
Rob Wasserman - Solo Lp (Rounder)
Ron Carter / Herbie Hancock / Tony Williams - Third Plane Lp (Milestone)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction Lp (Columbia)
Peaking Lights / Golden Jooklo - Split Lp (Holidays)
Grap Luva - Neva Done EP 12" (Slice Of Spice)
Dorothy Ashby - The Jazz Harpist Lp (Regent)
The Jimmy Neeley Trio - Misirlou Lp (Tru Sound)

Best Vinyl Albums Of 2011

No. 20 - Psychic Reality - Vibrant New Age Lp (Not Not Fun)
[YouTube Video For "Fruits"]
No. 19 - Cult Of Youth - Cult Of Youth Lp (Sacred Bones)
[YouTube Video For "Casting Thorns"]
No. 18 - The UV Race - Homo Lp (In The Red)
[YouTube Video For Live Performance Of "Girl In My Bed"]
No. 17 - Implodes - Black Earth Lp (Kranky)
[YouTube Video For "Experiential Report"]

No. 16 - Wounded Lion - IVXLCDM Lp (In The Red)
[YouTube Video For "Going Into The Unknown"]
No. 15 - Mi Ami - Dolphins Lp (Thrill Jockey)
[YouTube Video For Live Performance of "Echo"]
No. 14 - The Soft Moon - The Soft Moon Lp (Captured Tracks)
This Album Came Out In November 2010, But I Don't Care
[YouTube Video For "Tiny Spiders"]

No. 13 - Balaclavas - Snake People Lp (Dull Knife)
[YouTube Video For "Down And Loose"]
No. 12 - Zombi - Escape Velocity Lp (Relapse)
[YouTube Video For "Shrunken Heads"]
No. 11 - Jungle By Night - Jungle By Night Lp (Kindred Spirits)
[YouTube Promo Video For Jungle By Night]

No. 10 - KWJAZ - KWJAZ Lp (Not Not Fun)
[YouTube Video For Excerpt From Side-A Of Album]
No. 09 - Little Dragon - Ritual Union Lp (Peacefrog)
[YouTube Video For "Ritual Union"]
No. 08 - Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Horizontal Structures 2xLp (Honest Jons)
[YouTube Video For "Structure 4"]

No. 07 - Sao Paulo Underground - Tres Cabecas Loucuras Lp (Cuneiform)
[YouTube Video Of Sao Paulo Underground]
No. 06 - Elzhi - Elmatic 2xLp (Fat Beats)
[YouTube Video For "Ain't Hard To Tell"]
No. 05 - Floating Points - Shadows 2x12" (EGLO)
[YouTube Video For "Myrtle Avenue"]

No. 04 - Various Artists - Vibe 2 2x12" (Future Times)
[YouTube Video For Hunee "Folga"]
No. 03 - Maria Minerva - Cabaret Cixous Lp (Not Not Fun)
[YouTube Video For "Ruff Trade"]
No. 02 - Madeline - Black Velvet Lp (This Will Be Our Summer)
[YouTube Video For Live Performance Of "Dead Moon"]

No. 01 - Peaking Lights - 936 Lp (Not Not Fun)
[YouTube Video For "Key Sparrow"]
[YouTube Video For "All The Sun That Shines"]