Medium Rotation — Plastic Death; Melt the Honey; The Joy of Sects
Reviews of new albums by glass beach, PACKS, and Chemtrails. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Plastic Death; Melt the Honey; The Joy of Sects
Author: Dan Seeger
Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
Featuring: Brooke Barnes on a modern movie mogul and Frankie de la Cretaz on rise of women’s sports bars. Continue reading Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
This Week’s Model — Hana Vu, “Hammer”
Hana Vu’s latest is a deep dazzler. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Hana Vu, “Hammer”
Medium Rotation — Letter to Self; Big Sigh
A fabulously loud debut from an Irish band and a spare but still powerful album from a seasoned singer-songwriter. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Letter to Self; Big Sigh
Book Report — A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940; The Phoenix and the Mirror
A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson Nonfiction, 2013 She had so many dogs that she had to take up carpets and get rid of various chairs. A visitor walked into her house, looked around at the … Continue reading Book Report — A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940; The Phoenix and the Mirror
Oscarheimer
Whatever quibbles I might have, last night brought the best Oscars ceremony in years. Continue reading Oscarheimer
Outside Reading — The Collection edition
This week featuring: Joshua Hunt on Criterion, Lulu Garcia-Navarro interviewing Isabella Rossellini, and Ethan Shanfeld on a middle-of-the-night showing of “Dune: Part Two.” Continue reading Outside Reading — The Collection edition
This Week’s Model — Iron & Wine, “All in Good Time”
It’s not like Sam Beam needs outside assistance to make an Iron & Wire song sound quietly intense and understatedly majestic. Beam’s been releasing music under that name for more than twenty years, and he has never wavered in his … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Iron & Wine, “All in Good Time”
Twenty Performances, or The King (and Queen) of Payne
A longstanding Oscar Week tradition continues: Here’s the way I would have filled out an Actors Branch nomination ballot. Continue reading Twenty Performances, or The King (and Queen) of Payne
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number One
Todd Haynes’s best film to date is also the best film of the year. Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number One
Coffee for Two 