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2010s in Review: The Best Songs, Part 4
This is Part 4 of a four-part series. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Listen to a Spotify playlist of these songs here. Seryn – “Disappear” In their brief time, this Denton band produced a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Shark, jessie ware, kanye west, rick ross, seryn, sing street, skylar spence, snail mail, solange, spoon, st lucia, st vincent, struts, sturgill simpson, sufjan stevens, tame impala, taylor swift, usher, vampire weekend, walk the moon, war on drugs, weird al, weird al yankovic, wilco, yuno
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2010s in Review: The Best Songs, Part 3
This is Part 3 of a four-part series. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Listen to a Spotify playlist of these songs here. M83 – “Outro” From the album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming While “Midnight City” became the default … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel pink, ariel pink's haunted graffiti, bruno mars, Cardi B, conor oberst, david ramirez, frank ocean, janelle monae, josh ritter, kacey musgraves, katy perry, kevin parker, m83, mark ronson, miguel, Mitski, moby, mumford and sons, of monsters and men, old 97's, one direction, paramore, penguin prison, phosphorescent, radiohead, rihanna, robyn, run the jewels
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2010s in Review: The Best Songs, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a four-part series. Read Part 1 here. Listen to a Spotify playlist of these songs here. Father John Misty – “Bored in the U.S.A.” From the album I Love You, Honeybear Sure, Father John Misty is … Continue reading
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Tagged carly rae jepsen, dream, father john misty, fleet foxes, florence and the machine, frank ocean, fun, future islands, gallant, gorillaz, haim, hozier, japandroids, jason isbell, jay-z, justice, kanye west, kelis, kendrick lamar, kings of leon, lady gaga, lcd soundsystem, lecrae, lizzo, local natives, lorde, propaganda, sarah jaffe, sky ferreira
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2010s in Review: The Best Songs, Part 1
Even more than the 2000s, this decade became focused on individual tracks and mixes. Albums faded almost entirely, even though my list of the best albums is quite long. But I once again found room for 100 tracks that stuck … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, adele, alabama shakes, ame, animal collective, anohni, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, band of horses, beach house, beyonce, black keys, bright eyes, chance the rapper, childish gambino, chvrches, coldplay, cut copy, daft punk, david bowie, decemberists, disclosure, dj Koze, dj shadow, drake, duke dumont, mac demarco, pharrell, ramin djawani, run the jewels, sam smith
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What I Watched This Week: 17 Nov 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “Little Fear of Lightning” (A) Tim Blake Nelson gets his chance to shine as this episode’s centerpiece, using exploration of his fears (some founded, some not) to explore the country’s fears after 11/2, showing no one’s … Continue reading
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Tagged better call saul, good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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What I Watched This Week: 10 Nov 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” (B+) As the season shifts into full procedural mode, it goes from astonishing to merely exceptional. Still, the show has plenty of awe-inspiring WTF moments, including whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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Oscar Picks: 13 Nov 2019
The accelerated schedule for the next Academy Awards seems to have caught some studios off-guard. A late start can have more dire consequences than usual, and some awards hopefuls will miss a lot of precursors as they’re tinkering with the … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Music, Oscars, Previews
Tagged 1917, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, farewell, frozen, harriet, how to train your dragon, hustlers, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, little women, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, parasite, toy story 4, two popes, us, waves, weathering with you
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What I Watched This Week: 3 Nov 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “She Was Killed by Space Junk” (A) Jean fucking Smart. That’s it. That’s the entire review. Silicon Valley – “Blood Money” (A-) Gilfoyle finally meets his match in the form of the HR rep who cracks … Continue reading
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Tagged good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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What I Watched This Week: 27 Oct 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship” (A-) The show answers a lot of the questions raised in the first episode, but then raises a whole lot more. “What the fuck,” indeed, Angela. Silicon Valley – “Artificial Lack … Continue reading
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Tagged good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, silicon valley, watchmen
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Streaming Picks: November 2019, Part 2
With two new streaming services launching this month, I figured I’d break this preview out into two parts. The first covered the usual services (Netflix, Hulu, Prime) and this post will cover Disney+ and AppleTV+. December will be back to … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 dalmatian street, adventures of the gummi bears, amphibia, avengers, avengers assemble, big city greens, big hero 6, bizaardvark, bluey, bonkers, boy meets world, brain games, captain marvel, chip n dale, clone wars, crash and bernstein, darkwing duck, dickinson, dolphin reef, ducktales, dumbo, elena of avalor, elephant queen, emperor's new school, encore, even stevens, evermoor chronicles, family sundays, fantasia, fantasia 2000, fantastic four, for all mankind, forky asks a question, gargoyles, ghostwriter, girl meets world, good luck charlie, goof troop, gravity falls, guardians of the galaxy, hala, handy manny, hannah montana, helpsters, hercules, hero project, high school musical, hulk and the agents of smash, imagineering story, incredible hulk, inhumans, iron man, jake and the never land pirates, jeff goldblum, jessie, jonas, kim possible, lab rats, lady and the tramp, legend of the three caballeros, lego star wars, lilo and stitch, lion guard, little einsteins, little mermaid, lizzie mcguire, malcolm in the middle, mandalorian, marvel, mickey and the roadster racers, mickey mouse, mickey mouse clubhouse, mighty ducks, milo murphy's law, morning show, muppet babies, muppets, my friends tigger and pooh, new adventures of winnie the pooh, noelle, oprah, oprah's book club, phineas and ferb, pixar, pixar in real life, pj masks, puppy dog pals, quack pack, raven's home, recess, replacements, see, servant, silver surfer, simpsons, smart guy, snoopy in space, so weird, sparkshorts, spider-man, spider-man and his amazing friends, spider-man unlimited, spider-woman, spiderman, star wars, star wars rebels, star wars resistance, suite life of zack and cody, suite life on deck, sydney to the max, talespin, tangled, tarzan and jane, that's so raven, timon and pumbaa, tron uprising, ultimate spider-man, vampirina, winnie the pooh, wizards of waverly place, wolverine and the x-men, world according to jeff goldblum, x-men, x-men evolution, xmen
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