Anthony Cougar Miccio

Anthony Cougar Miccio

Dec
12
I've Failed You, Best Albums Of 2025: Blurbing FTW 12/12/25

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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
Oct
30
Two Playlists About 1989, Previously On Tumblr

Two Playlists About 1989, Previously On Tumblr

Looking back at two playlists I made in the '10s, concerning music made in 1989.
4 min read
Oct
28
FINAL ROUND & RESULTS!: Who's The Worst ALTERNATIVE RADIO GOD?

FINAL ROUND & RESULTS!: Who's The Worst ALTERNATIVE RADIO GOD?

Wrapping up our look at the worst of alternative radio play's biggest acts by honoring recent U2 and Foos. Plus, the results! And a "4CD" celebration!
14 min read
Oct
22
Round 5: Who's The Worst ALTERNATIVE RADIO GOD?

Round 5: Who's The Worst ALTERNATIVE RADIO GOD?

There are seven acts who've made the Alternative Airplay more than 30 times, and whose output might be cumulatively crap. Onward, we plunge.
11 min read