AUTHOR’S NOTE: 2021 was such a strange year that I had a difficult time coming up with anything worth saying about it. Fortunately, my writing partner Matthew Marsh was able to jump in and share some wisdom. Every article, meme or social media post I see these days allude to one of …
Well. Some serious shit has happened since the last time I did one of these. Some of it has been good, the rest less good. But none of it is going to matter overmuch if we don’t get our act together when it comes to taking care of our planet right. fucking. …
The poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib wrote the following introduction to an essay about the suicide of Scott Hutchison, singer/songwriter of the great Scottish band, Frightened Rabbit: “Friend, you might not be able to relate, but there is no easy way to explain that there are days when I haven’t wanted to …
Does anyone have an explanation for 2020? Anyone? Yeah, neither do I. In other years I’ve tried to say something wry and bleak but ultimately hopeful about the current state of affairs, but I really don’t have anything. The best I can do is this: support Black Lives Matter and remember that …
Fertilize and seed your lawn ::Old man violently shakes fist at you. Old man yells at you to slow down. Old man tells kids to get off his beautiful lawn.:: I’m that old man now. And as that old man, let me tell you one of the steps I took to get …
Modern philosopher-king Nick Miller once opined thusly, “I like getting older. I feel like I’m finally aging into my personality.” I feel that more and more every year, but this year, I often found myself wondering if that meant the most important musicians to me would start disappointing more frequently. I wrote …
Alternative holiday movies There are some holiday movies that you can’t escape this time of year, no matter how they good they are – “A Christmas Story,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and “A Christmas Carol,” among them. However, two of my top five movies of all time are tangentially Christmas movies, so …
