Now Playing — The Power of the Dog
It’s been more than ten years since Jane Campion directed a feature film. That gap is, of course, not a sign of her creative lassitude but instead an indictment of a broken film culture that has dwindling space for adult-minded … Continue reading Now Playing — The Power of the Dog
Laughing Matters — Gary Gulman, “Abbreviating the States”
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. “And so they convened … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Gary Gulman, “Abbreviating the States”
My Misspent Youth — The Official Marvel No-Prize Book
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. There are few relics from my tween years that represented a … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The Official Marvel No-Prize Book
Now Playing — The Humans
An illuminating comparison can be made between new film The Humans and recent drama The Father. Like the Oscar-winning film from director Florian Zeller, The Humans is based on a celebrated stage work, and its screen adaptation is written and … Continue reading Now Playing — The Humans
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #266 to #264
266. The Rolling Stones, Undercover (1983) Mick Jagger and Keith Richards weren’t getting along. There are plenty of eras from the long history of the Rolling Stones when that statement was true. In the making of Undercover, Richards later pegged … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #266 to #264
Outside Reading — Compassion edition
I Was Raped by My Father. An Abortion Saved My Life. by Michele Goodwin During this week’s Supreme Court arguments about draconian laws that were obviously constructed to allow a partisan judicial branch to overturn fifty-year-old settled law, there was … Continue reading Outside Reading — Compassion edition
This Week’s Model — Phoebe Bridgers, “Day After Tomorrow”
Indie kids know that the Christmas holiday season doesn’t begin with the annual Macy’s Street Takeover to Venerate Commerce, nor the stampedes of box-store customers. The first snowfall, Linus quoting scripture, colorful lights adorning city streets, inflatable Santas and reindeers … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Phoebe Bridgers, “Day After Tomorrow”
Beers I Have Known — Half Acre Beer Company Burl
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. Sometimes I’m quite glad I live in reasonable proximity to the city of … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Half Acre Beer Company Burl
The New Releases Shelf — Valentine
Presumably, the consensus starting point in conceding dazzlement before the art of Snail Mail remains the songwriting precociousness of Lindsey Jordan. She’s not a kid anymore, as she most certainly was when her first recordings were released. Jordan’s debut effort … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Valentine
The Art of the Sell — Elvis Presley for London Calling
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Because the Clash were nicking design elements from Elvis Presley’s 1956 self-titled album for their 1979 double-album … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Elvis Presley for London Calling
Coffee for Two 