The first I had up at Spectrum Culture this week was a review of a new film starring Linda Cardellini. I’m particularly proud that I managed to avoid invoking Freaks and Geeks, which seems to be cited in every other review I’ve seen of the film. It certainly says something about the lingering brilliance of Paul Feig’s high school series that it remains the main touchstone for Cardellini despite the fact that she’s been a part of some notable films and spent several seasons as a central cast member of E.R., many of those years coinciding with the time that the show was still a ratings dynamo.

On the music side of the site, I reviewed the new album from the band The Big Sleep. It’s good stuff, but I’m not sure hoe truly memorable it is. Though I wouldn’t use this description in the actual review, it reminds me of those records that I and my cohorts played enthusiastically when the were in the new music rotation at the college radio station only to forget about almost entirely when they moved in the general stacks.

Speaking of college radio, my entry in this week’s List Inconsequential on breakup songs reached right back to my days of heartbreak back then. I’d like to reiterate that I believe everyone deserves to have a great breakup album come out right when they need it.