Happy Thanksgiffing!
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate the day! Continue reading Happy Thanksgiffing!
Beers I Have Known — Central Waters Brewing Co. Space Ghost
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. Because today I had a long, hard day of cooking, and I needed … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Central Waters Brewing Co. Space Ghost
Laughing Matters: MST3K, “Here Comes the Circus”
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. When I was in … Continue reading Laughing Matters: MST3K, “Here Comes the Circus”
Now Playing — Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig has officially been a film director previously, sharing that role with indie film stalwart Joe Swanberg on the 2008 feature Nights and Weekends. Her writing credits are more extensive, ranging from her breakthrough in the low-key breakthrough Hannah … Continue reading Now Playing — Lady Bird
College Countdown: CMJ Top 40 Cuts, March 16, 1990 — 24 – 21
24. Kate Bush, “Love and Anger” In 1989, When Kate Bush released The Sensual World, her sixth full-length studio album, it had been four years since she’d shimmered new music into the world. Bush was never particularly prolific or expedient, … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 40 Cuts, March 16, 1990 — 24 – 21
From the Archive: Jesus Camp
Writing about Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God the other day got me thinking about this earlier documentary that shows another side of the way religion and zealotry can be leveraged into callous exploitation of … Continue reading From the Archive: Jesus Camp
One for Friday: NirVincent, “Lithium”
Based on the albums Annie Clark released under the name St. Vincent, I thought she was an incredibly impressive and intricately inventive musician. Then I saw her play live — during the tour to support the utterly magnificent St. Vincent … Continue reading One for Friday: NirVincent, “Lithium”
Playing Catch-Up — Now, Voyager; The Three Faces of Eve; Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Now, Voyager (Irving Rapper, 1942). Based on a novel released the previous year, Now, Voyager casts Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale, a miserable heiress who comes under particular abuse from her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper). Charlotte is taken to a … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up — Now, Voyager; The Three Faces of Eve; Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
My Misspent Youth: JLA by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter
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. For a little while in the nineteen-nineties, I was prepared to … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: JLA by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter
Great Moments in Literature
“Julian shooed Sasha into the other bedroom like a peaceable teenage goatherd. Asking if I needed anything before he said good night. I was taken aback—he reminded me of the boys in school who’d become more polite and high functioning … Continue reading Great Moments in Literature
Coffee for Two 