The 7 Best Albums of 1959 RankedReflecting on the whole decade of the 1950s, as I was wont to do while listening to the “research” for this piece on the best albums of its…Mar 10Mar 10
The Questlove Movies RankedI of course became aware of Amir “Questlove” Thompson many years ago as the drummer of The Roots. Over the past decade-plus, Questlove has…Feb 18Feb 18
The Franz Ferdinand Albums RankedI used to think Franz Ferdinand was one of the coolest bands. I still think the Scottish group is pretty cool and a seminal part of my…Jan 132Jan 132
The Marielle Heller Movies RankedDirector Marielle Heller has steadily displayed a continuity of powerful themes and relatively strong visual language across the five…Dec 30, 2024Dec 30, 2024
The Amyl and the Sniffers Albums RankedMy wife is way more dialed into hip, lesser-known bands than me. But she was even put to shame when her father, a then-50-something…Nov 11, 2024Nov 11, 2024
The 311 Albums RankedI’ve found 311 to be one of those bands that many people either love or hate. Then there’s me, who has an enduring nostalgia tied to a…Nov 4, 20241Nov 4, 20241
Radical Kindness and Patriarchal Control: On AngèleThis is the hundred-and-eightieth in a series of historical/critical essays examining the best in film from each year. Essentially, I am…Oct 29, 2024Oct 29, 2024
Grotesquerie and Royal Rot: On The Scarlet EmpressThis is the hundred-and-seventy-ninth in a series of historical/critical essays examining the best in film from each year. Essentially, I…Oct 21, 2024Oct 21, 2024
The Leon Bridges Albums RankedI came to Leon Bridges’ music relatively late, but from what I can glean, he kind of blasted onto the Texas scene with throwback tunes…Oct 18, 2024Oct 18, 2024
The Jon Watts Movies RankedI had a theory that Jon Watts was of a class of white millennial filmmakers scooped up by the Marvel/Disney machine on the merit of some…Oct 11, 2024Oct 11, 2024
