Category: Arts & Entertainment
The Mandalorian: His Backpack’s Got Jets
My reactions to the last couple episodes of The Mandalorian, “The Jedi” and “The Tragedy”
Dolly’s Said It Before
Dolly Parton is eternally awesome, and lately I’ve been trying to learn from her about real authenticity
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Track Two’s Too Terrific
Digging through my iTunes library to find my favorite track twos and celebrate never being cool.
I Don’t Think You’re Ready For This Player
How the book Ready Player Two could be a teachable moment for the internet.
Tuesday Tune Two-fer: Jeremy Blake (Red Means Recording)
Two tunes from an artist who showed what you can do with synthesizers and gave me calm when I needed it
The Mandalorian Was Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience
Episode 12 of The Mandalorian, “The Siege,” was episodic TV Star Wars, and proved the rest of the series isn’t really that
Semi-New Song Sunday: First Aid Kit
Hearing First Aid Kit for the first time makes me wish I’d grown up in their version of the 1970s, instead of the real one
My Possession
The latest Dirty Projectors song seems as close as 2020 is going to let us get to a collective exhale.
The October Country
Ray Bradbury’s The October Country is something I should’ve read a long, long time ago.
Tuesday Tune Twofer: Songs for my Mother
Remembering the early 1970s, and two songs my mother liked to sing when I was a kid.
Semi-New Song Sundays: Nada Surf
Nada Surf is new to me but is still making me nostalgic for my college years.
