25. The Who – A Quick One "Happy Jack," "I'm a Boy" and especially "Substitute" would have rocketed The Who's second album into a contender for best of the year. However, props for boldly tackling a 9:11 minute mini rock opera. #festerslucky13 #aoty1966 #who #freakbeat #psych #musicsky

26. The Seeds – The Seeds More proto-indie than punk and a definitive Nuggets band with "Pushin' Too Hard," "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" and "Evil Hoodoo" #festerslucky13 #aoty1966 #seeds #garagepsych #protopunk #musicsky

27. Donovan - Sunshine Superman Weaving jazz, folk, pop, blues and Asian music into a potent form of worldly psychedelia. And "Season of the Witch" is simply one of the best, languidly menacing jams of the year. #festerslucky13 #aoty1966 #donovan #musicsky

28. Cream - Fresh Cream The template for a virtuosic power trio, earning respect from the jazz and blues worlds for their talent, power and precision, a tantalizing glimpse at what was just around the corner with Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. #aoty1966 #cream #musicsky

29. The Animals – Animalisms There's no denying the power of songs like "Inside Looking Out," "Don't Bring Me Down," "See See Rider" and their cover of Screaming Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You." #festerslucky13 #aoty1966 #animals #musicsky

30. Monks – Black Monk Time Who knew that the first proto-punk was created by five GIs in West Germany in 1964? The dark matter that connects The Sonics to the Velvet Underground to Can to Iggy & Bowie in Berlin to Sonic Youth and beyond. #festerslucky13 #aoty1966 #monks #protopunk #musicsky

1966: Albums That are 60 Years Old 31. Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Sometimes, more so in the 60s, great music can be popular and popular music can be great. Favorite deep cut, "Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall." #aoty1966 #simonandgarfunkel #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Stoner/Desert/Fuzz There are now fourteen Causa Sui albums that might be hard to tell apart for both newcomers and even seasoned fans, cuz they're all amazing. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#st... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #stoner #desertrock #fuzz #musicsky #causasui

Fester's Lucky 13: Records Vinyl shopping in 2025 was focused on filling out my 1981-82 favorites. Not all, but many of these were pickups this year. Bubbling under: Messa, Custard Flux, Shriekback, The Zombies, Love, Rush. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#re... #records #musicsky #festerslucky13

Fester's Lucky 13: Doom The gothic doom force was strong with New Zealand band REMINA. The liquidy vocals of Heike Langhans interwoven with the band’s gleaming obsidian tones are a must hear. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#doom #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #doom #remina #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Country, Country Blues/Psych/Rock/Soul Teethe just how I like my country, slow and woozy, bringing to mind memories of Cowboy Junkies had they collaborated with Low. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#co... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #countrymusic #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Reissues It’s a good thing more reissues don’t come out in the hardcover bookback format, because I’d spend too much money collecting ’em. #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #reissues #stifflittlefingers #dreamsyndicate #talkingheads #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Jazz Norway’s I LIKE TO SLEEP has a reputation as an incendiary unit playing powerjazz for the people, jazz-rock avant-prog, could be difficult, but goes down easy as a slippery oyster. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#jazz #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #jazz #iliketosleep #musicsky

Philip K. Dick - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964) Precogs with psychic powers, reality-warping biomechanical technology, hallucinations-within-hallucinations, influencing both SF and culture. fastnbulbous.com/autumn-readi... #PKD #philipkdick #sf #favoritebooks #booksky

A bit earlier in the month was Raven Sings the Blues' list, always an alluring work of art in itself, which I'm still catching up on. www.ravensingstheblues.com/2025-favorit... #aoty2025 #listophilia #rstb

Fans of stoner/psych/prog/doom are encouraged to follow along Stoner HiVe's daily countdown over its' remaining week. stonerhive.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #aoty2025 #musicsky

Good things come to those who wait. A couple of the best lists come out now. The Obelisk always has unique insights into albums that I may have mostly heard, but I get more out of them on re-listening after reading JJ Koczan's Year in Review. theobelisk.net/obelisk/2025... #aoty2025 #obelisk

Fester's Lucky 13: Experimental, Modern Classical, Drone Fuzzy Lights' Kosmische psych prog, and folk with droning violin and eerie atmospherics. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ex... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #experimentalmusic #drone #fuzzylights #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Indie Rock, Pop & Jangle Pop Greet Death have lightened up their “gloomgaze” sound into a more diverse assortment of accessible indie, dream pop and slowcore. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#in... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #indierock #indiepop #janglepop #musicsky #greetdeath

Fester's Lucky 13: Hard Rock 18 yrs since Japanese rockers' full-length debut, they continue to delve in early NWOBHM, Scorpions, Heavy Load and UFO territory. Added loose ‘n’ sleazy swing at no xtra charge. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ha... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #hardrock #blaze #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Power Pop Jangly arrangements fleshed out with violin, mellotron, trumpet and organ. San Francisco is the go-to spot for prime power pop. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#po... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #thetelephonenumbers #PowerPop #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Synthpop, New Wave, Coldwave, Minimal Synth Heartworms: Jojo Orme has spun a cohesive spell from the spiderwebs of goth, darkwave, dance-punk and synthpop on her debut. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#sy... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #synthpop #newwave #coldwave #heartworms #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Kosmische & Space Rock Norwegian band Dune Sea create vivid imagery through dynamic, but always propulsive energy. Cosmic Norse Choogle. FFO Slift, KGLW. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ko... #festerslucky13 #AOTY2025 #kosmische #spacerock #dunesea

Fester's Lucky 13: Prog & Prog Metal Phantom Spell: Thin Lizzy/Ashbury guitarmonies, early Styx keyboards. Mold is a concern, but in their bony hands it’s fresh as a daisy. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#prog #festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #AOTY2025 #prog #phantomspell #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Art Pop & Dream Pop Cloakroom: Post-hardcore, slowcore, jangle pop, less doomgaze this time and more dream pop, and a bit of Americana via the late Jason Molina. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ar... #festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #artpop #dreampop #cloakroom #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Goth, Goth Metal, Deathrock & Darkwave I pick Anna von Hausswolff's existential crisis over Rosalía's any day. Plus, Iggy Pop beats Björk! | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#goth #festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #goth #annavonhausswolff

Fester's Lucky 13: Punk & Post-Punk Horsegirl – Phonetics On and On :o-fi motorik jangle created in a budget post-punk lab just for me. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#punk #festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #musicsky #horsegirl #mdant

Fester's Lucky 13: Garage Rock Black Honey Cult for that evergreen coctail of Velvet Underground and 13th Floor Elevators with kosmische, goth and post-punk. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ga... #festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #musicsky #blackhoneycult

Fester's Lucky 13: Psych Pop & Prog Pop Triptides – Shapeshifter The jam of Psychedelic Psummer '25. For those who miss when Tame Impala were good. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ps... #festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #musicsky #triptides #mdant

Fester's Lucky 13: Psych The Miffs! The jazzy flow is alluringly hypnotic, until they change it up with some bluesy pscyh/grunge that bring back flashes of the Gits and early Smashing Pumpkins. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ps... #bestalbums2025 #psych #miffs #musicsky

Fester's Lucky 13: Heavy Metal Old school black metal with occult psych noir, goth, post-punk. All hail the glorious Scimitar. 1. Scimitar – Scimitarium I (Crypt of the Wizard) | Denmark Phantom Spell, Mean Mistreater, TOWER, Castle Rat fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#he... #musicsky #festerslucky13

Fester’s Lucky 13: 2025 Year-End Summary It’s that most wonderful time of the the year — lists, more lists and lists of lists! Top 100 Albums of 2025 fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/ #MDANT #MusicSky #bestalbums2025 #messa #chameleons #latheofheaven #bambara #stereolab #civic #belairlipbombs #bask

Gene Wolfe – The Book of the New Sun (1982) SF disguised as epic fantasy, unreliable narration, a big ol’ puzzle, but also a bit of a slog. fastnbulbous.com/autumn-readi...

Happy Krampusnacht! Cozy holidaze romance Champagne Problems has a German character Otto: “We covered ourselves in ashes, crouching in the shadows, eating marzipan and knackwurst while hiding from Krampus.”

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Camp! Trick or Treat (Charles Martin Smith, 1986) "What are you afraid of? It's only rock & roll." letterboxd.com/fastnbulbous...

On a dark and spooky October night thirty years ago, a site called Fast ‘n’ Bulbous was born, screaming into the cosmic abyss. Celebrate with Dr. Fester and friends. Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat, spooky books, movies and more Halloween Nasties fastnbulbous.com/spooky-seaso... #booksky

Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat For someone who doesn’t believe in ghosts, I’ve sure had a hell of a lot of hauntings. Apologies in advance for the nightmares! fastnbulbous.com/amdusias/ #horrorfiction #spookyseason #Halloween #booksky

Tom Robbins – Still Life With Woodpecker (1980) & Jitterbug Perfume (1984) Alltime favorite books, tied at #20. “People are never perfect, but love can be.” fastnbulbous.com/tom-robbins-... #tomrobbins #favoritebooks #booksky

Thomas Pynchon – Shadow Ticket (2025) One of the greatest living authors gifts us with one more classic. fastnbulbous.com/thomas-pynch... #thomaspynchon #shadowticket #booksky

Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse Five (1969) Favorite book #1. A WWII book disguised as SF, or vice-versa, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty Dance With Death. “And so it goes…” fastnbulbous.com/kurt-vonnegu... #booksky #kurtvonnegut #slaughterhousefive #favoritebooks

Neal Stephenson – The Diamond Age (1995) Favorite book #2. A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, an undersung post-cyberpunk AI era classic. fastnbulbous.com/neal-stephen... #booksky #NealStephenson #diamondage #post-cyberpunk #sf #favoritebooks

Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1978) Favorite book #3. “Don’t Panic.” fastnbulbous.com/douglas-adam... #douglasadams #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #sfcomedy #favoritebooks #booksky

Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (1992) Favorite book #4. “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places…” fastnbulbous.com/neal-stephen... #NealStephenson #snowcrash #cyberpunk #sf #favoritebooks #booksky

William Gibson – Neuromancer (1984) Favorite book #5. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” fastnbulbous.com/william-gibs... #booksky #williamgibson #cyberpunk #neuromancer #favoritebooks

Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett – Good Omens (1990) Favorite book #6. The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch fastnbulbous.com/neil-gaiman-... #terrypratchett #goodomens #favoritebooks #booksky #mdant

John Kennedy Toole – A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) Favorite book #7. “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.” fastnbulbous.com/john-kennedy... #booksky #favoritebooks

Philip K. Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) Favorite book #8. PKD’s most influential SF novel inspires a rapidly growing franchise. fastnbulbous.com/philip-k-dic... #pkd #bladerunner #favoritebooks #booksky

Favorite book #9. “I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.” fastnbulbous.com/j-g-ballard-... #jgballard #booksky #favoritebooks