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Elderberry Wine
The best take on Americana this year.
Rites of Passage
My youngest is on his way towards finishing middle school. He’s weathered it pretty well, with a core group of friends and good grades. Middle school was a culture shock for me. I started the process in North Carolina, where I was suprised to come in contact with professed
Locked Down Media
It's getting harder in the U.S. to obtain art from overseas.
Omarchy
37Signals tries its hand at making an operating system for devs.
Tangled Up In Chaos
A few days ago, I received a plea in my normal email from the media outlet Tangle. The last six months have been a difficult time for media outlets. Overwhelmed by the news, many readers and listeners are tuning out. Those who are staying up to date are increasingly relying
Falling On My Sword
In honor of Tops’ new album Bury The Key being released yesterday, I’m featuring one of the tracks, “Falling On My Sword,” as the Saturday Night Video this week. “Falling On My Sword” is my favorite among the early singles from this LP and probably the one that most
Of Human Bondage
Breaking bread with the dead in film and books.
Perfect Days
I finally got around to watching Wim Wenders Perfect Days, in which it must be said that the city of Tokyo is as much a character as any of the actors. The beautiful, future-forward and unusual toilets which protagonist Hirayama has to clean for his meager living make many appearances.
No Respect
A slice of comedy in the eighties.
Rad Dad Redemption
I've temporarily lost my cool dad status. Despite my son's well-planned and executed request (in which he invoked his "mental, physical and emotional health") to be able to purchase Red Dead: Online, I refused to let him have anything to do with it. Red