Category: Culture

Murder Gandhi Takes the Trolley

The truth of humanity is that none of us, not even Gandhi, are capable of valuing all human life the same.

Paying the Tab for Peaceful Protest

Nothing the government does is free, even allowing you to protest. So learned a 18 year old in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Remembering Chadwick Boseman

I had difficulty sleeping last night. Chadwick Boseman was a legend who was taken way too young. He will be greatly missed.

Saturday Spins: Dan Auerbach

An mix of rock, Americana, & 70’s style soul/psychedelic rock, from start to finish Dan Auerbach’s Waiting on a Song is truly a masterpiece.

Help!! I Need Someone!

Women are not men, and because women are not men, a straightforward reversal of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope doesn’t work.

Weekend Plans Post: Winding The Summer Down

When we run our 5Ks, our meeting time is 7PM. About a minute of stretching and then we’re off like a herd of turtles. Run up the one road road that isn’t quite abandoned,...

The Critic Problem

I call the way I approach film as “The Meh Plateau.” Most movies do not suck, nor are most movies amazing.

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Updated

Things have gone from bad, to worse, to deadly in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Batman, Ranked

Who’s the best Batman of them all? I have decided to try to tackle the question of “Which actor is the best Batman?”

Sunday Morning! “Some Of Us Are Very Hungry Now” by Andre Perry

“Perry is definitely a writer. His essays are meandering and misshapen, slippery and jagged, they wriggle and bite. But, read them for a bit, sit with them and get to know them, and you find they’re also gentle and wise. I mean, it’s a bit hard to get a bead on them, but that’s how identity is, right?”

Saturday Spins: Bright Eyes

I texted my good friend and told him it sounded like early Bright Eyes, but with better production and sound engineering.

Weekend Plans Post: School Daze

School days, school days
Dear old golden rule days
Reading and writing’ and rithmetic
Taught to the tune of the hickory stick

Briefly, About Good Cops And Bad Cops

A funny thing happened yesterday: Ujiri’s legal team released bodycam footage that did not show what Strickland claimed it did.