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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2024
New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And six 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 arcade fire, big star, hans zimmer, interstellar, prince, purple rain
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20 After 20: 2003
20. Whale Rider (dir. Niki Caro)A movie for families that’s not for little kids. This used to be a regular occurrence, but good luck finding one these days. A beautiful celebration of Maori culture – and a sharp critique of … Continue reading
The List: Top 10 ‘Parks and Recreation’ Episodes
Parks and Recreation premiered 15 years ago this week. While those first six episodes never quite achieved liftoff, the show improved drastically in Season 2, hitting its stride in an abbreviated third season. The show embraced serialization with Leslie’s challenging … Continue reading
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Tagged parks and rec
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The Best and Worst Movies of 2023
2023 was a truly great year for cinema, the best since 2019. We got so many gifts, even if those weren’t reflected in the top-grossing movies of the year. Read on as I celebrate my favorites. 10. Past Lives (dir. … Continue reading
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Tagged all of us strangers, anatomy of a fall, asteroid city, godzilla minus one, how to blow up a pipeline, killers of the flower moon, oppenheimer, past lives, spider-man, zone of interest
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The Best TV Performances of 2023
As I mentioned earlier, the strikes this summer and fall didn’t actually give me time to catch up on new shows I’d heard good things about. Instead, I watched a lot of movies and plenty of older TV. So this … Continue reading
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Tagged bear, cunk on earth, great, hbo, hulu, last of us, netflix, party down, righteous gemstones, showtime, starz, what we do in the shadows, yellowjackets
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The Best TV Shows of 2023, Part 2
COMEDY SHOWS & SPECIALS I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix)The sketches had a meaner edge this season, but they were no less hilarious or memorable. That Robinson has cemented himself as a meme king hopefully means we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, apple, beavis and butt-head, curse, gary gulman, i think you should leave, it's always sunny in philadelphia, john mulaney, max, netflix, pete holmes, prime, showtime, stavros halkias, ted lasso, tim robinson, yellowjackets
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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2023
1973 Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy Stevie Wonder – Innervisions Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On Sarah Vaughan – Live in Japan Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the … Continue reading
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Tagged death cab for cutie, liz phair, new order, pink floyd, postal service, vampire weekend
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