Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Semi-New Song Sundays: Nada Surf
Nada Surf is new to me but is still making me nostalgic for my college years.
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Good Bones
Thoughts on pledging to be better, and giving up on the idea that people are basically good, which was kind of a lousy idea anyway.
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The Mandalorian: Out of Alignment
Middle-aged nerd REACTS to episode 2 of season 2, “The Passenger!”
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Semi-new Song Sunday: Run the Jewels
New-to-me: Run the Jewels make revolution look like a fun street party
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Tuesday Tune Twofer: What a Wonderful Time to Be Alive
Two tenuously and tangentially related tunes every Tuesday, with a hopeful Election Day reminder that we’re living in the best time
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Semi-new Song Sundays: Parekh & Singh
A duo from India reminds me to let pop music be pop, and not to dwell on how quickly the early 2000s are receding from the present.
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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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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