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The List: Top 10 ‘King of the Hill’ Episodes
The best show about life in Texas premiered 25 years ago this week. In fact, Mike Judge’s King of the Hill has aged so well that I’d basically put this as my 1b show, next to The Simpsons as 1a. … Continue reading
The Best TV Shows of 2021 – Honorable Mentions
AnimaniacsWhen I saw the season premiere was rated TV-14, I figured it had to be a mistake. But then they got away with a “grab ’em by the pussy” joke, and I realized it was intentional. This second season pretty … Continue reading
The Best TV Shows of 2021
I think I can be forgiven for avoiding tough dramas this year, which already had enough misery. Even the hour-long series I did watch had plenty of humor. What can I say? The year started with an attempted insurrection, but … Continue reading
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Tagged ap bio, apple, great, hacks, hbo, hbo max, hulu, mare of easttown, only murders in the building, peacock, reservation dogs, succession, ted lasso, what we do in the shadows, white lotus
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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2021
New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And three years ago I decided that instead of trying to keep up with it all, I’d look back at music history and listen to … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Music
Tagged a tribe called quest, adele, avalanches, beyonce, book of mormon, brian eno, bright eyes, can, caretaker, carole king, daft punk, david bowie, david byrne, db's, death cab for cutie, decemberists, destroyer, elvis costello, fela kuti, fleet foxes, gang starr, garth brooks, jay-z, jimmy eat world, joni mitchell, josie and the pussycats, klf, kraftwerk, led zeppelin, lift to experience, lily tomlin, marvin gaye, massive attack, miles davis, mission of burma, my bloody valentine, orb, primal scream, rick james, rolling stones, roots, seryn, slint, st vincent, starsailor, strokes, talk talk, teenage fanclub, this heat, u2
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The List: Top 10 ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Episodes
Everybody Loves Raymond premiered 25 years ago this week. While it didn’t have the most auspicious start, it only grew sharper in later seasons, becoming a top-rated Emmy powerhouse. Each person in the main cast won at least won award … Continue reading
Oscar Re-Do: 2010
You know the drill. Winners in bold, then we break it down. BEST PICTURE 127 HoursBlack SwanThe FighterInceptionThe Kids Are All RightThe King’s SpeechThe Social NetworkToy Story 3True GritWinter’s Bone Should have won: The Social Network Not even nominated: Shutter … Continue reading
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Tagged black swan, dogtooth, fighter, social network, toy story 3
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20 After 20: 2000
While I plan on continuing this project for years, this pandemic didn’t exactly make this project easier. “Free time” really felt like a myth, so I ran out of time to revisit more of these titles, which might have resulted … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Film
Tagged almost famous, american psycho, bamboozled, beau travail, best in show, crouching tiger hidden dragon, hamlet, high fidelity, love and basketball, o brother where art thou, quills, remember the titans, requiem for a dream, snatch, state and main, traffic, unbreakable, virgin suicides, wonder boys, you can count on me
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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2020
New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And two years ago I decided that instead of trying to keep up with it all, I’d look back at music history and listen to … Continue reading
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Tagged a tribe called quest, ac/dc, air, alanis morissette, almost famous, angelo badalamenti, annie lennox, arcade fire, b-52's, badly drawn boy, beach house, betty carter, bjork, black sabbath, blues brothers, brand nubian, bruce springsteen, cat stevens, ccr, clash, cocteau twins, coldplay, creedence clearwater revival, d'angelo, danger mouse, david bowie, death cab for cutie, dire straits, eli paperboy reed, elliott smith, elton john, elvis costello, eminem, eric b and rakim, feelies, frightened rabbit, fugazi, garth brooks, gaslight anthem, genesis, george harrison, george michael, ghostface killah, girl talk, godspeed you black emperor, goldie, goodie mob, gorillaz, gza, high fidelity, hold steady, jam, james brown, janelle monae, jawbreaker, joe cocker, john lennon, joni mitchell, joy division, kanye west, khaled, killing joke, kings of leon, kinks, klf, kronos quartet, lambchop, las, lcd soundsystem, lecrae, led zeppelin, leftfield, local natives, madonna, marah, matchbox 20, matchbox twenty, miles davis, modest mouse, mouse on mars, mumford and sons, national, now, now that's what i call music, o brother where art thou, oasis, outkast, passengers, pavement, pet shop boys, peter gabriel, pixies, police, prefab sprout, pretenders, primal scream, prince, public enemy, pulp, radiohead, raekwon, randy newman, ride, rocket summer, rockpile, roots, ryan adams, santana, sarah jaffe, selena, shutter island, simon and garfunkel, sinead o'connor, smashing pumpkins, soft boys, sparklehorse, squeeze, sr-71, sr71, stooges, sufjan stevens, talking heads, they might be giants, titus andronicus, tom waits, tricky, u2, van morrison, velvet underground, who, xtc, yo la tengo
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2020 in Review: The Best and Worst Movies
10. Da 5 Bloods (dir. Spike Lee) – Streaming on Netflix Messy, provocative, powerful. That’s a Spike Lee movie, all right. To me, this is his best effort since Inside Man: a reunion of four broken men, haunted by their … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, another round, apple, assistant, boys state, da 5 bloods, first cow, minari, netflix, never rarely sometimes always, nomadland, one night in miami, prime, time
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