Dec
22
How I Like The Flaming Lips: The Playlist
A 2CD-length case for The Flaming Lips as the weirdest major label rock band ever. Or maybe anywhere.
5 min read
Anthony Cougar Miccio
Dec
19
Still Preoccupied With 1995: Blurbing FTW 12/19/25
On watching the Beatles remember the Beatles, playlisting 1995 in 2018, and seeing a disappointing thriller I forgot I'd seen
6 min read
Dec
17
My Favorite Albums Of 1995
Celebrating 30 great albums (and 5 compilations) you could have bought cheaper on cassette.
11 min read
Dec
12
I've Failed You, Best Albums Of 2025: Blurbing FTW 12/12/25
Dylan Hicks & Small Screens made a good album this year. FKA Twigs might have made two. No other 2025 albums come up in the comments below.
5 min read
Dec
05
Apps Wrapped: Blurbing For The Weekend 12/5/25
Netflix gets HBO Max, my Spotify gets wrapped, plus seasons of smart ladies on Peacock and Paramount. And Commando.
7 min read
Nov
21
What Is She Thinking?: BFTW 11/21/25
Five movies I've recently streamed: two about women flirting with self-destruction, two about world-conquering evil, and one elderly romance.
6 min read
Nov
13
30 Couch-Jumping Jams From 2005!
Thirty terrific songs from albums turning 20. Odds are good you've forgotten a few. Or actively avoided them.
6 min read
Nov
12
My Favorite Albums Of 2005
Have I really internally debated the quality of LCD Soundsystem's "Movement" for twenty years?
13 min read
Nov
07
Sound & Fiction: BFTW 11/7/25
I interrupted the new music and new horror to watch a classic, if still under-appreciated, family drama. Please clap.
4 min read
Oct
31
Elevate Me Horror: BFTW 10/31/25
Two great examples of 2025 horror, plus three older, far worse examples of horror I still watched all the way through.
7 min read