This Week’s Model — Francis of Delirium, “Let It All Go”
Sometimes I can be made to believe that there are bands out there capable of reviving the bristling rock that dominated college radio a couple decades back, before the wonders of technology meant everyone could make lush pop and the … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Francis of Delirium, “Let It All Go”
Now Playing — Minari
By his own account, writer-director Lee Isaac Chung wanted to share his own history in a way that it wasn’t actually his history. In the most basic reckoning, there’s nothing especially unique about that approach. It’s the very definition of … Continue reading Now Playing — Minari
Then Playing — The 40-Year-Old Version; She Dies Tomorrow; After Hours
The 40-Year-Old Version (Radha Blank, 2020). Employing impressive candor and sharp humor, Radha Blank makes her feature directorial debut with an autobiographical story about a playwright named Radha (played by Blank) who addresses the professional and personal frustration she feels … Continue reading Then Playing — The 40-Year-Old Version; She Dies Tomorrow; After Hours
Beers I Have Known — Minocqua Brewing Company Biden Beer and ,la
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. To my fellow motivated Wisconsinites to the north, I would like to thank … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Minocqua Brewing Company Biden Beer and ,la
Now Playing — The Little Things
The Little Things, the new thriller from writer-director John Lee Hancock, is set in 1990. Except for the narrative convenience of removing cellphones as an everyday tool for the law enforcement personnel, there’s no obvious reason to have this scenario … Continue reading Now Playing — The Little Things
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #395 to #393
395. Madness, Madness (1983) The ska band Madness delivered a series of Top 10 at home in the U.K., but that similar success eluded them on the other side of the Atlantic. After both their debut, One Step Beyond…, and … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #395 to #393
Outside Reading —Till It’s Gone edition
Live Venues In Long Line Awaiting Aid by Stacy Cowley Reporting for The New York Times, Stacy Cowley details the dire situation faced by performance venues across the nation, largely shuttered since last spring and without reasonable prospects for a … Continue reading Outside Reading —Till It’s Gone edition
This Week’s Model — Nun Gun, “Stealth Empire”
I solicited assistance in selecting the track for this week’s edition of this modest celebration of new music, and of course my partner in all things instinctively advocated for the song that draws inspiration from the Italian horror films of … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Nun Gun, “Stealth Empire”
Sundance 2021 — Part 4
I remember being on airplane watching a parent in the seat in front of mine attempt to keep their kid occupied by dialing up the R-rated DC animation adaptation of the seminal nineteen-eighties graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke, presumably … Continue reading Sundance 2021 — Part 4
Sundance 2021 — Part 3
In the festival introduction to his feature I Was a Simple Man, director Christopher Makoto Yogi inviting the audience to visit Hawai‘i for a couple hours. That struck me as an amusing, diversionary way to introduce what looked to be … Continue reading Sundance 2021 — Part 3
Coffee for Two 