Outside Reading — Representation edition
Chef Francesca Hong Is Proving that Food Is Political by Esther Tseng As noted previously, I’m lucky to live in a community that largely reflects the values I believe in most strongly. That good fortune extends to my elected representative … Continue reading Outside Reading — Representation edition
This Week’s Model — Courtney Barnett, “Rae Street”
Sometimes it’s difficult for me to fathom that Courtney Barnett hasn’t always been there, for as long as I’ve been happy losing myself in the slow flow of melancholy, mischievous rock songs. “Rae Street,” the new track from Barnett, is … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Courtney Barnett, “Rae Street”
My Misspent Youth — Amazing Adventures by Gary Friedrich and John Buscema
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. As the nineteen-seventies dawned, the mavens of Marvel weren’t quite sure … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Amazing Adventures by Gary Friedrich and John Buscema
The New Releases Shelf — Path of Wellness
Sleater-Kinney began as a partnership between Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, an outlet for their intertwined expression and furious voices. On Path to Wellness, the band’s tenth studio album and third since a surprise revival in 2015, it is back … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Path of Wellness
Then Playing — Plan B; This Is the Sea; Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Plan B (Natalie Morales, 2021). To invoke the movie algebra that feels inescapable in this instance, the second feature directed by Natalie Morales is Never Rarely Sometimes Always put into a polynomial equation with Booksmart to solve for the x … Continue reading Then Playing — Plan B; This Is the Sea; Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Now Playing — The Tomorrow War
In The Tomorrow War, Chris Pratt plays Dan Forester, a former military man who has settled into a cozy domestic life, teaching high school biology and hosting bustling holiday gatherings where he and his immediately family ignore all their guests … Continue reading Now Playing — The Tomorrow War
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #332 to #330
332. Echo & the Bunnymen, Crocodiles (1980) “It feels like there’s hundreds of bands in Liverpool,” Ian McCulloch proclaimed not long after the release of Crocodiles, the debut album by his band Echo & the Bunnymen. “There’s some okay ones, … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #332 to #330
Outside Reading — Tomorrow They Say Is Independence Day edition
Birth Pangs: One Nation, Many Truths by Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler looks forward and back to different Fourth of July celebrations, both the bicentennial of 1976 and the upcoming semiquincentennial arriving in five years. What the article is really about … Continue reading Outside Reading — Tomorrow They Say Is Independence Day edition
This Week’s Model — Izzy True, “Big Natural”
Izzy True is the name of the a band. Izzy True is also the handy creative alias of Izzy Lou Reidy, a creator who hails from upstate New York who contains multitudes. According to bio on their website, they are … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Izzy True, “Big Natural”
The Art of the Sell — The Long Goodbye movie poster
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. When high-powered director Robert Altman presided over an adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye, one of … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — The Long Goodbye movie poster
Coffee for Two 