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Feb
07
Blurbing For The Weekend 2/7/25

Blurbing For The Weekend 2/7/25

Catching up on the popular thrillers of 2024, with three I'm not entirely unimpressed by.
5 min read
Jan
31
The 2025 Poco's Legacy Award Nominees: Franz Ferdinand

The 2025 Poco's Legacy Award Nominees: Franz Ferdinand

The first of hopefully several posts about musical artists returning to the record shelves in 2025, at least 20 years into the LP game. Just like Poco was in 1989.
8 min read
Jan
24
Blurbing For The Weekend 1/24/25

Blurbing For The Weekend 1/24/25

Rewatching indulgent, violent, cinematic fever dreams of America in crisis that ricocheted forth from the anodyne ‘80s. Not David Lynch movies. Die Hards. I need a minute before I get to Lynch.
8 min read
Jan
22
Electric Six, pt. 1: Anthony's Album Guide

Electric Six, pt. 1: Anthony's Album Guide

Celebrating the first decade of a band that I long called the "crunk Roxy Music," and still do among the crunk-nostalgic.
10 min read
Jan
17
Blurbing For The Weekend 1/17/25

Blurbing For The Weekend 1/17/25

Old rock that sounds new, new rock that sounds old, intergenerational horrors in rewatchable movies…
5 min read
Jan
07
My Favorite Albums Of 2024

My Favorite Albums Of 2024

23 albums released in 2024 that I enjoyed quite a bit. And some snappy comments about the culture beyond them.
10 min read
Dec
27
Blurbing For The Weekend 12/27/24

Blurbing For The Weekend 12/27/24

A holiday celebration of two horror classics about college girls in trouble...and three remakes.
6 min read
Dec
23
Silly List Slogs: My 40 Favorite Albums Celebrating Decade Anniversaries In 2024

Silly List Slogs: My 40 Favorite Albums Celebrating Decade Anniversaries In 2024

In praise of albums turning 20, 30, 40 & 50 over the last year. As for those now 10...
4 min read
Dec
20
Blurbing For The Weekend 12/20/24

Blurbing For The Weekend 12/20/24

Some tangents about angels and rats I left out of my Sonic Youth album guide, and some movie blurbs regarding apocalyptic action and avant-garde music.
5 min read
Dec
18
Sonic Youth, pt. 3: Anthony's Album Guide

Sonic Youth, pt. 3: Anthony's Album Guide

Improv nights and rocking with ringer bassists: the last decade of Sonic Youth.
6 min read