Category: Arts & Entertainment
Semi-new Song Sunday: Run the Jewels
New-to-me: Run the Jewels make revolution look like a fun street party
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
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.
The Mandalorian: Now this is fan servicing!
The Mandalorian season opener “The Marshal” was like time traveling back to 1981
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
Tuesday Tune Twofer: Road Trip Repeat Plays
Two tenuously, tangentially related tunes every Tuesday. This week: songs from road trips with my fiancé
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
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
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
Semi-new Song Sundays: Rina Sawayama
Have you been to that Japanese place, Wagamamas? The one in Heathrow is amazing.
MustyTV, and a scaredy-cat’s guide to horror
Recommendations for spooky movies that I probably can’t watch!
