Throbbing Gristle, Trump, and The Modern Trickster | SOTW 11/15/2024
Plus: Belated Halloween from Throbbing Gristle and Siouxsie & The Banshees, unmasking Madonna’s shining moment of maturity, and even! more! Nausicaä!
Who Did “Heart It Races” Better? | SOTW 08/30/2024
Plus: going off the beaten path with Clairo and Lizzy McAlpine's new albums, going all-in on 70's cheese with Hot Chocolate, and dipping our dicks in the salsa dip with the Northern Boys...whatever that means.
Songs of the Week 02/23/2024
I’m always so hesitant to share international music here, but hear me out—I’m not a xenophobe, I’m just a monoglot American afraid of becoming the next “beep beep lettuce.”
Movie of the Week 10/13/2023 (coming to you from 10/20/2023)
With Movie of the Week and its supplementary media, Shakey Graves has created a unique nook of exploration and individual experience in the information age—an adventure that’s special because it’s unmapped. That’s why I spent seven cumulative hours cataloguing every track within the Movie Machine for one, tell-all compilation post. Just what he was going for, right?
Songs of the week 09/15/2023 (coming to you From 09/22/2023)
DUDE, DID YOU HEAR ME? PLAYTHEFUCKINGBEAT!
SONGS OF THE WEEK 09/08/2023
Today, we’re playing whack-a-mole with goofy YouTuber synth while I try to talk about serious, contemplative songs. Or maybe it’s the other way around? I don’t know, how are the kids feeling? Is it still optimistic nihilism or are we back to pessimistic nihilism? Guess I have to just go for it. Okay, Squarespace… don’t you let me down…
August in Review | Songs of the Week 08/25/2023
Me when I have to write under the restrictions I specifically put into place to make writing easier:
All Instrumentals, All the Time (but just this week) | Songs of the Week 06/09/2023
Late to the party, but can we talk about sobbing to the Prehistoric Planet theme? And the Walking with Dinosaurs theme? And the Across the Spider-Verse intro?
Songs of the Week 04/14/2023 (Coming to You From 04/21/2023)
The Mrs. Featherbottom hole goes deep.
Songs of the Week 03/24/2023
I pray for Jim Noir's sanity every night in my little Family Circus jammies.
Songs of the Week 02/17/2023 (coming to you from 02/24/2023)
Cage the Elephant curiosity was not on my 2023 bingo card, but neither was war with China, so...
Songs of the Week 01/13/2023
I may write like a sadboy, but I refuse to be the saddest boyest out there. "Heart-Shaped Box" was almost on this list, you know. I spared you all from that. Nihilistic ennui is overrated. Like, maybe ennui should all go touch some grass. Ever think about that?
Songs of the Week Annual Review 2022 (Because Someone Needs To Keep Spotify Honest)
I figured now was as good an opportunity as any to enter my own dark horse into the streaming music recap race—a real homegrown replay/wrapped situation. So, as 2022 comes to a close (four days into 2023), let's take a look back at the music that defined my year, and that probably didn't define yours, but here you are, reading about it. Don't think about it too much.
Songs of the Week 11/25/2022
What's that? A Songs of the Week without one single mention of Kate Bush? You know I can't let that happen. She's still going in the tags.
Songs of the Week 10/21/2022
To be clear: I do NOT endorse Fleetwood Mac or any Fleetwood Mac-based tomfoolery. I don't care if they're good, they're a bunch of drama queens that all cheated on each other and then stayed in a band together.
Songs of the Week 07/29/2022
That’s right Toddheads, Toddlers, Toddlings, it’s that time of the week again! Except not really, because there’s no accompanying Movie Friday because it's Moving Friday. Housing crisis. Uuuuuhhh okay music go