Michael Lovito
editor@thepostrider.com
The Hottest New Name in Mainstream Rock is… Olivia Rodrigo?
In “all-american bitch,” the dynamic opening track of twenty-year-old pop phenom Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album GUTS, the former Disney Channel sneers to the listener that “I know my age, and I act like it.” It’s a line that sums up ...
Telemarketers Lights Up the Hidden, Darkened Corners of the Modern Economy
I am a fierce defender for and advocate of my home state of New Jersey. I’ve heard all the jokes and I have rebuttals for all of them. But take a ride on NJ Transit’s Morris and Essex line from ...
In Oppenheimer, Man’s Ego is the Most Destructive Weapon of All
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people – or so goes a common phrase trotted out by those of us who are skeptical of gun control measures. But even though it’s usually invoked to argue that we should focus on ...
Politics Express: 2024 Republican Primary Draft – The First Debate Looms
The first Republican primary debate looms in August so Lars, Michael, and Chris hop back in to check on their primary draft and talk about where the race is going! Check out the lineup and trade record here and listen to the ...
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One is a Great Action Film — But That Might Be All It is
I wonder, sometimes, if I ask a little too much from art. Granted, “thinking too much about art” is what I’ve done for fun since I was about 14 and what I’ve strived to do professionally since I was about ...
No Show Knew the Attention Economy Better than The Other Two
In “Cary & Brooke Go to an AIDS Play,” the fifth episode of the third and final season of Comedy Central/HBO Max/Max’s cult hit sitcom The Other Two, Cary Dubek (Drew Tarver) is desperate. A few episodes prior, he started ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Matt Reeves, director of Cloverfield and The Batman, joins the Planet of the Apes franchise with this 2014 installment. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is without a doubt a new highpoint for the series. The amazing Andy Serkis ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Reboots are all the rage, or at least they were in 2011. Planet of the Apes gets another turn at the Reboot process with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It’s a film that has aged remarkably well over ...
Wednesday Reach a New Height at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Despite what the Grammys and Twitter stan armies would have you believe, music is not a competition. Sure, it’s competitive in the sense that every industry is competitive, but there are no win/loss records, no championship titles, and no playoffs. ...
Introducing Our New Culture Vertical
If you’ve been visiting The Postrider for a while, you’ve probably noticed a slight change in the banner across the site. We used to list individual vertices for Politics, Music, Movies & TV, Culture, and occasionally a few other things. ...
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace is True Crime’s Nadir
Is there a more ethically fraught genre of television than true crime documentaries? Reality TV shows may be built on lies and instances of mental abuse but, for the most part, everyone who appears on The Bachelor or Love Island ...
All 32 NHL Logos – Ranked
Back when I ranked all 30 Major League Baseball logos, I talked about how my early interest in sports as a child was really an early interest in logos and uniforms. What I left out is that the NHL, more ...
It Ain’t Over Is a Breezy Tribute to One of Baseball’s Greatest Personalities
In 2015, Major League Baseball held an online, fan-driven vote to determine the greatest living players of all time, the results of which were revealed at that year’s All-Star Game. Once the ballots were cast and counted and the mid-summer ...
Politics Express: 2024 Republican Primary Draft – DeSantis Joins the Field
Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott enter the race and Lars and Michael hop back in to check on their primary draft! Check out the lineup and trade record here and listen to the discussion happen live in our latest Politics Express episode. ...
Mo Troper and The Mo Troper Band Bring Their Perfectly Craft Pop to The Sultan Room
I have to admit that I don’t always understand what Mo Troper is going for. The prolific Portland, Oregon songwriter’s cracked, sometimes crude take on power-pop straddles the line between earnestness and irony, delivering otherwise sweet lyrics with a warped, ...
Fortress of Ineptitude: Road to Perdition
In a drastic change for the show, Michael and Louis decide to watch a movie that’s actually good: Sam Mendes’ Road to Perdition, an Oscar-winning flick that most of you probably didn’t realize was even based on a comic book. ...
John Mulaney: Baby J is Juicy and Subtly Accusatory
There are three celebrities I feel confident that, in an approval poll of Millennials from around 2019, would poll at over 90%: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and John Mulaney. Or at least he would have. A former writer for Saturday Night ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening: Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes
Tim Burton is an interesting choice to direct for a Planet of the Apes film. What might be interesting in theory doesn’t hold up much in practice. The Visitors are at a real loss to say anything complimentary regarding this ...
boygenius and Wednesday Represent Indie Rock’s Stale Past and Exciting Future
Earlier this year, I covered the announcement of the release of Wednesday’s Rat Saw God and boygenius’ the record in the same article. I did so because both announcements were made on the same day, and because both albums figured ...
Fortress of Ineptitude: Steel
Michael and Louis discuss the 1996 Steel film, one of the first major superhero movies to star a Black actor, but one that unfortunately also looks like a Disney Channel original movie.
The Visitors Might Be Listening: Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The end has come. The first end, anyway. The original Apes saga comes to an end in the fifth installment, Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Nuclear war has broken out in human cities, leaving the Apes lush forest ...
Who Are All These Other People Running for the Republican Nomination?
Earlier this month, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Along with former South Carolina Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump, he’s probably one of ...