Month: October 2020
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The Mandalorian: Now this is fan servicing!
The Mandalorian season opener “The Marshal” was like time traveling back to 1981
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The Haunting of Bly Manor, or, The Stripping of the Screw
I liked The Haunting of Bly Manor, but I’m already afraid of diminishing returns
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Peaches & Nougat
Recommending Adam Ragusea’s YouTube channel, which I’m only now discovering for some reason.
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Tuesday Tune Twofer: Road Trip Repeat Plays
Two tenuously, tangentially related tunes every Tuesday. This week: songs from road trips with my fiancé
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One Thing I Like About The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House had quite a few jump scares, but it saved its most masterful tricks for the finale
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The Word Is Murder, or, Write What You Know
Anthony Horowitz’s detective story “The Word Is Murder” is a page-turner, in both directions
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Debussy Comes At You Fast
Stumbling through an inadequate description of how Khatia Buniatishvili’s interpretation of Claire de Lune got such a strong response out of me
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Semi-new Song Sundays: Rina Sawayama
Have you been to that Japanese place, Wagamamas? The one in Heathrow is amazing.
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It’s not difficult
A reminder from Amber Ruffin to stop giving a pass to so-called “casual” racism
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Civics for Cynics
How to distinguish between healthy frustration with the political process, and arrogant, selfish, laziness
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MustyTV, and a scaredy-cat’s guide to horror
Recommendations for spooky movies that I probably can’t watch!
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More Dirty Projectors
On second thought, do I really need to like more than one musical group?