Songs I Want to Talk About “My Play” by AJR (2021) I love AJR and have even seen them live twice (it would be three times but COVID canceled their 2020 tour). While the production on this song is pretty standard AJR, the lyrics are what propelled it into a monthly roundup post. “My Play” is about watching your parents’ marriage dissolve. The framing device … Continue reading Music I Want to Talk About – February 2021
Episode 2 of The Wire does a fairly good job of dealing with the fallout of Episode 1 while also creating a fair amount of new fallout to be dealt with in Episode 3. The storylines also do a great job of illuminating some of the characters that weren’t as well fleshed out in Episode 1. Perhaps the best aspect of this is in how … Continue reading Anne Watches The Wire: S1E2
Songs I Want to Talk About “Since You Been Gone” by Rainbow (1979) The first half of January had me in a pretty intense ’70s rock phase. The song I played the most in this phase (and maybe all of January) might’ve been “Since You Been Gone” by Rainbow. This was a legitimate hit in its day, but I didn’t learn of it until around … Continue reading Music I Want to Talk About – January 2021
Anne’s Note: The actual episode review starts in the 7th paragraph. Everything before that is an explanation of the overall project, which may or may not interest you. Paragraphs five and six are specific to The Wire, but discuss its larger legacy and why I picked it for this project rather than my personal opinions of the show. —–Hey readers! I hope you all are … Continue reading Anne Watches The Wire: S1E1
It’s finally here: the final five albums of my Top 20 albums of 2020. Here are the links where you can see the first 15: Part 1: #20-#16Part 2: #15-#11Part 3: #10-#6 In case you haven’t seen any prior posts in this series, here’s a rundown of what I looked for in albums as I was building the list: Specialness:Is the album special? Is it … Continue reading Top 20 Albums of 2020: #5 -#1
Welcome back to the third installment of my Top 20 albums of 2020. You can find Part 1: #20-#16 Part 1: #20-#16 here and Part 2: #15-#11 here. Here’s a quick refresher on what I look for in albums as I’m building the list: Specialness:Is the album special? Is it making interesting choices that set it apart from other 2020 releases or music in general? … Continue reading Top 20 Albums of 2020: #10-#6
Welcome back to the second installment of my Top 20 albums of 2020. If you didn’t see Part 1, I’ll link that here. If you don’t want to read all that here’s a quick refresher on what I look for in albums as I’m building the list: Specialness: Is the album special? Is it making interesting choices that set it apart from other 2020 releases … Continue reading Top 20 Albums of 2020: #15-#11
One of my favorite parts of December is skimming the various “Best Of” retrospectives. I’ve never done one myself, largely because I don’t put a ton of pressure on myself to keep up with new releases. But around the beginning of November, I realized 2020 was a pretty good year for music, and so it was time to take on that challenge: a proper Best … Continue reading Top 20 Albums of 2020: #20-#16
At the end of ever year, Spotify makes you a playlist with the songs you listened to the most. That’s nice of them. However, I can’t help but wonder… are the songs you listened to the most often really the same as your actual favorite songs? I know in some cases I listen to an album more if I plan on reviewing it, and I … Continue reading Spotify says these were my top 100 songs of 2020. Were they really?
Ah yes, the love triangle. It’s one of the staples of movies and television that somehow never gets old, and yet can easily feel stale if not done well. What actually separates the love triangles we get invested in from the ones that feel like lazy plot devices? That’s the question we’re going to explore today. We’ll be looking at it through the lens of … Continue reading Dawson’s Creek: A Case Study in Love Triangles
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