This Week’s Model — THICK, “Doomer”
I like every but of this meaty, mighty rock song from the Brooklyn-based band THICK, but it’s the perfectly constructed chorus that makes it downright unshakeable: “I could kiss you hard right now/ Close my eyes and open up my … Continue reading This Week’s Model — THICK, “Doomer”
The Art of the Sell — Parenthood teaser trailer
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Although there’s also an art to cutting together an effective trailer using footage taken from the movie … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Parenthood teaser trailer
John Romita Sr., 1930 – 2023
The degree to which any artist gets Spider-Man right is directly proportional to how well they adhere to the model of the character established by John Romita Sr. I don’t think this is a controversial assertion, even given the fact … Continue reading John Romita Sr., 1930 – 2023
My Misspent Youth — X-Men Annual #6 by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz
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. I started reading superhero comics just as the X-Men were turning … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — X-Men Annual #6 by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz
Book Report — Sharp; Uncanny Valley
Sharp by Michelle Dean Nonfiction, 2018 The opening line of The Journalist and the Murderer, which originally appeared in three parts in the The New Yorker in 1989, is famous. “Any journalist who is not too stupid of too full … Continue reading Book Report — Sharp; Uncanny Valley
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #36 and #35
36. R.E.M., Murmur (1983) I.R.S. Records was keen to have a full-length R.E.M. studio effort to peddle. The Georgia band’s debut EP, Chronic Town, had been a hit, at least on college radio. Label representatives were confident enough in the … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #36 and #35
Outside Reading — Knives Packed edition
What Top Chef loses when it loses Padma by Christina Izzo Our household has watched Top Chef from the beginning, even in the false start year hosted by the glob of charisma antimatter that was married to Billy Joel for … Continue reading Outside Reading — Knives Packed edition
This Week’s Model — Deeper, “Build a Bridge”
On “Build a Bridge,” the new track from Chicago band Deeper, sometimes I swear I hear a Minutemen influence coming through. Then I become convinced that I’m hearing some of the slicked up authority that distinguished the first album by … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Deeper, “Build a Bridge”
Now Playing — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
If the largely shared enhanced abilities of the majority of the characters populating the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse can be tidily summed up as allowing them to do whatever a spider can, the film itself has its own startling … Continue reading Now Playing — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Medium Rotation — Safe to Run; Fuse
ESTHER ROSE Safe to Run (New West) — Esther Rose has done some roving. A Michigan native, Rose spent about a decade plying her musical trade with the city of New Orleans as her home base, putting out a trio … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Safe to Run; Fuse
Coffee for Two 