I knew was a little extra stressed out this week for a reason. It just occurred to me, as I prepared this post, that I actually wrote a lot for Spectrum Culture this week. I’ll start on the movie side, where I claimed responsibility for reviewing the directorial debut of Vincent D’Onofrio. This was in part because he’s enough of an oddball that I was very curious as to what he’d do behind the camera. I also have a marital obligation to acquire a horror movie for review from time to time and this one had the added curiosity of being a weird indie rock musical as well. Sadly, it doesn’t really work, not because it’s too loony but because it’s not loony enough.

I also contributed to the Revisit feature on the music part of the site, writing a fresh consideration of PJ Harvey’s debut. It was interesting to consider the ribald rawness of it in comparison to the ever-maturing work that followed, but after writing a review of Let England Shake last year and a lovelorn testimonial to the song “You Said Something” just one week earlier, I think I may be at a temporary limit for writing about PJ Harvey.

I also reviewed a new CD, again with some household obligations in mind. It was the latest release from Ani Difranco and it was an unfortunate disappointment. It did, however, give me my first opportunity to namecheck a guy with a familiar moniker in a Spectrum piece.

Finally, I chipped in on this week’s List Inconsequential, covering the Best Musicians Turned Actors. I chose a acting turn that I was seriously considering for the Greatish Performances series here. This may be a good moment to note that the List Inconsequentials may be presented as a collective effort, but each entry in the list is an individual choice that none of the rest of us have any say in. I just want to make it clear that I would have fought tooth and nail against the inclusion of Justin Timberlake’s remarkably unaccomplished work in The Social Network.