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9
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Television Moments

There were many great moments this decade, but the ones highlighted here tend to oscillate between wildly funny and greatly disturbing, sometimes at the same time. These scenes and descriptions may contain major spoilers. You’ve been warned. Onion SportsDome – … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged amazon, americans, barry, breaking bad, brooklyn nine-nine, dallas mavericks, fleabag, game of thrones, hbo, house of cards, it's always sunny in philadelphia, netflix, onion sportsdome, oscars, prime, rob ford, saturday night live, silicon valley, snl, true detective | Comments Off

7
Dec

What I Watched This Week: 1 Dec 2019

NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “An Almost Religious Awe” (A-) Flashbacks. Exposition dumps. A huge twist. Plenty of shows have done this to varying levels of success, but few have done it as gracefully as Watchmen. On any other show, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged hbo, silicon valley, watchmen | Comments Off

6
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Comedy Specials

Stand-up grew into a major cultural force this decade, thanks to Netflix and its willingness to spend money on many comedians, including some that hadn’t gotten a shot at the big leagues yet. It was boon for the comedians as … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged billy crystal, chris gethard, chris rock, dave chappelle, flight of the conchords, hannah gadsby, hbo, john mulaney, neal brennan, netflix, oh hello, patton oswalt | Comments Off

5
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Music Videos

While the music video has basically disappeared from any place of prominence, plenty of filmmakers crafted short and long-form pieces that stunned me. Beyoncé – Lemonade Directors: Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Instantly iconic, this defined the term “visual album” and … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged beyonce, childish gambino, girl talk, janelle monae, lcd soundsystem, lonely island, ok go, radiohead, sturgill simpson, Tierra whack | Comments Off

4
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Albums – Honorable Mentions

There were still plenty more albums that didn’t make my Top 50. So here are 15 superlatives, along with an additional 50 honorable mentions. Best Epitaph for a Genre Girl Talk – All Day It seemed like Gregg Gillis would release albums … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged 1975, anderson paak, anohni, beach house, bear and the beasts, bill fay, bon iver, boygenius, brandy clark, car seat headrest, childish gambino, chris stapleton, d'angelo, danger mouse, david ramirez, flaming lips, foxing, foxygen, friendly fires, gang of youths, gas, gaslight anthem, girl talk, gorillaz, hold steady, hotelier, jamie xx, japandroids, jason isbell, jeff rosenstock, jenny lewis, joan shelley, julien baker, kanye west, kate bush, kings of leon, kirk franklin, kurt vile, leonard cohen, local natives, lucy dacus, magnetic fields, margo price, mark ronson, Mitski, nick cave, peter gabriel, phoebe bridgers, pinegrove, prince, purple snow, pusha t, replacements, roots, sharon van etten, solange, sparklehorse, struts, sza, titus andronicus, u2, walkmen, weird al, weird al yankovic, wilco, yo la tengo | Comments Off

3
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Albums, Part 2

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. The National – High Violet The Cincinnati band’s best album of the decade – sorry, fans of Trouble Will Find Me – meshed all their gifts into one … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged baby driver, book of mormon, corinne bailey rae, frank ocean, hamilton, hans zimmer, josh t pearson, kanye west, national, radiohead, rihanna, robyn, seryn, shutter island, spoon, st vincent, sturgill simpson, sufjan stevens, tame impala, todd terje, vampire weekend, war on drugs | Comments Off

2
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Albums, Part 1

Even as the album faded as a cultural force this decade – recently, A Boogie Wit a Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN sold only 749 true copies to earn a No. 1 slot on the Billboard chart – there were still plenty of artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged adele, arcade fire, beyonce, bright eyes, carly rae jepsen, courtney barnett, cut copy, daft punk, david bowie, decemberists, drake, father john misty, fleet foxes, fun, haim, janelle monae, kacey musgraves, kendrick lamar, lcd soundsystem, lecrae, leon bridges, lizzo, lonely island, lorde, m83, mount eerie, mumford and sons, sarah jaffe | Comments Off

1
Dec

Streaming Picks: December 2019

FILMS Top Picks Malcolm X – Netflix 12/1 The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Prime 12/5 Marriage Story – Netflix 12/6 Wild Rose – Hulu 12/16 Malcolm X is an increasingly rare great movie added to Netflix. Spike … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 6 underground, aeronauts, after the raid, alexa and katie, amazon, apache, app, astronomy club, better things, black jesus, bumblebee, burden of truth, carole and tuesday, chosen one, christmas prince, christmas with my father, clifford, cold case hammarskjold, como caido del cielo, confession killer, crash landing on you, day shall come, degenerates, depraved, disastrous life of saiki k, don't fuck with cats, especial de natal porta dos fundos, expanse, family reunion christmas, fast and furious, fast color, fruit basket, fuller house, gift, gintama, glow up, greenleaf, home for christmas, hot gimmick, hulu, inside edge, into the dark, jake whitehall, john mulaney, kevin hart, kid, kill team, killers anonymous, killing eve, la bazar de la charite, last black man in san francisco, last og, light of my life, lol, loro, los briceno, lost in space, magic for humans, magicians, malcolm x, marriage story, marvelous mrs maisel, michelle wolf, mighty magiswords, mix, neighbor, netflix, night hunter, nightflyers, ok ko let's be heroes, orville, outlander, preacher, prime, private practice, push, reprisal, rescue bots academy, ronny chieng, runaways, running with the devil, secret life of pets 2, sherman's showcase, sky is pink, sound of silence, soundtrack, spirit, spy racers, sweetheart, team kaylie, teasing master takagi-san, terrace house, this one's for the ladies, three days of christmas, tiffany haddish, transformers, triad princess, twice upon a time, two popes, ultraviolet, unikitty, v wars, virgin river, wedding year, what men want, wild rose, witcher, wonder park, yanxi palace, you, younger | Comments Off

30
Nov

What I Watched This Week: 24 Nov 2019

NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “Thanksgiving of Horror” (B+) More bonkers and scary than the last several years of Halloween specials, this holiday special was a pleasant surprise. Watchmen – “This Extraordinary Being” (A) Radically reinvents the superhero origin in just … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged hbo, modern family, netflix, sebastian maniscalo, silicon valley, simpsons, watchmen | Comments Off

29
Nov

2010s in Review: The Worst Songs

Even as radio faded as a source of importance, it was still extremely difficult to avoid these terrible songs. Listen to a Spotify playlist of these songs here, if you dare. AJR feat. Rivers Cuomo – “Sober Up” Rock radio really … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged ajr, american authors, andy grammer, bebe rexha, black eyed peas, britney spears, charlie puth, christina aguilera, daddy yankee, dr dre, ed sheeran, eminem, florida georgia line, justin bieber, kanye west, katy perry, lil wayne, luis fonsi, magic, maroon 5, meghan trainor, pinkfong, pitbull, rachel platten, rick ross, rivers cuomo, skylar grey, train, twenty one pilots, will i am | Comments Off