Our annual end-of-year post-mortem episode is here, and boy do we have feelings about this past year! Hear Kate, Pam, and Brian try to make sense of life in 2025 with their singular song selections. Plus, we talk about Bay happenings that gave us hope, and in honor of Select Five's fifth anniversary, we shout out some of the amazing things our past guests have accomplished this year.
Select Five 2025 Selections:
Little Simz - Free/2025 (Brian's pick)
Natural Information Society - Perseverance Flow/2025 (Pam's pick)
Grateful Dead - Touch of Gray/1987 (Kate's Selection)
Jwalt - Ballers Ballad/2025
Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go/1973
Listen to our playlist to hear the songs we talked about plus many others we loved in 2025
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Our annual end-of-year post-mortem episode is here, and boy do we have feelings about this past year! Hear Kate, Pam, and Brian try to make sense of life in 2025 with their singular song selections. Plus, we talk about Bay happenings that gave us hope, and in honor of Select Five's fifth anniversary, we shout out some of the amazing things our past guests have accomplished this year.
Select Five 2025 Selections:
Little Simz - Free/2025 (Brian's pick)
Natural Information Society - Perseverance Flow/2025 (Pam's pick)
Grateful Dead - Touch of Gray/1987 (Kate's Selection)
Jwalt - Ballers Ballad/2025
Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go/1973
Listen to our playlist to hear the songs we talked about plus many others we loved in 2025
We're honored to kick off 2024 with the esteemed Cheryl Dunye, a world-renowned filmmaker and director of episodic television. Cheryl's work includes the groundbreaking 1996 film The Watermelon Woman, which is part of the permanent cinema collection at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and was added to the Criterion Collection in 2023. She's also directed episodes of The Umbrella Academy, Bridgerton, and Queen Sugar, among many other shows. Born in Liberia and raised in Philly, Cheryl is now rooted in the Town’s vibrant filmmaking community, having founded Jingletown Films, an Oakland-based production company. Hear her talk about five of her favorite tunes of the moment, the emotional places they take her, and the big wide cinematic possibilities that music can open up.
Cheryl's Selections:
5. Joan Armatrading - "Cool Blue Stole My Heart"
4. Chilly Gonzales - "Gogol"
3. Elis Regina - "Upa, Neguinho"
2. Wildcookie - "Serious Drug (Instrumental Version)"
1. Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir- "Like a Ship"
Learn more about Cheryl's work and Jingletown Films here
Select Five
Our annual end-of-year post-mortem episode is here, and boy do we have feelings about this past year! Hear Kate, Pam, and Brian try to make sense of life in 2025 with their singular song selections. Plus, we talk about Bay happenings that gave us hope, and in honor of Select Five's fifth anniversary, we shout out some of the amazing things our past guests have accomplished this year.
Select Five 2025 Selections:
Little Simz - Free/2025 (Brian's pick)
Natural Information Society - Perseverance Flow/2025 (Pam's pick)
Grateful Dead - Touch of Gray/1987 (Kate's Selection)
Jwalt - Ballers Ballad/2025
Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go/1973
Listen to our playlist to hear the songs we talked about plus many others we loved in 2025