Michael Lovito
editor@thepostrider.com
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 ...
2nd Grade Fight Through the Hiccups to Rock Berlin NYC
Midway through “Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider,” the second song of 2nd Grade’s Saturday night gig opening for Kiwi jr. at Berlin NYC, Peter Gill’s microphone fell out of its stand. This might not have been a problem at most ...
Kiwi jr Electrify Berlin NYC
“To really get it, you’ve got to see them live” may be a music fan cliche as tired as yelling “Free Bird,” but, what can I say – I feel that I can never truly understand a band or artist ...
Lana Del Rey’s Latest Album Feels Like a Landmark. But How Long Can She Keep It Up?
Lana Del Rey has always existed in an awkward in-between state. By most metrics, she’s a pop star – she has multiple platinum and gold records, has been nominated for six Grammys (including Album of the Year), and worked with ...
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is a Failed Comedy from a Failed Universe
There’s a scene early in Shazam! Fury of the Gods in which the Ben Franklin Bridge is (for no clear reason) falling apart, and on that bridge a woman trapped in her car listening to Bonnie Tyler’s 80s cheese classic ...
Fortress of Ineptitude: The Lost Fantastic Four Movie
How did the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine become The World’s Least Seen Comic Book Movie? Michael and Louis take a (dubiously legal) look at the lost Fantastic Four movie, a cheap, rushed production that lead to one head scratcher of ...
Praise a Lord Who Chews Finds Yves Tumor in a Moodier, More Reflective Mood
Yves Tumor’s rise to indie rock stardom has felt both obvious and unlikely. Beginning as an experimental noise artist, Tumor (birth name Sean Bowie) didn’t really start writing melodic music until 2018’s Safe in the Hands of Love, which merged ...
The Top 20 Albums of 2022, Part 5
After what I considered to be a pretty down year for music in 2021, 2022 felt like it bounced back in a big way, with releases from some of my favorite artists, some new discoveries, and even releases from old ...
Top 20 Albums of 2022, Part 4
After what I considered to be a pretty down year for music in 2021, 2022 felt like it bounced back in a big way, with releases from some of my favorite artists, some new discoveries, and even releases from old ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The Visitors jump ahead to the far-off future year of 1991. America is under fascistic rule. The Planet of the Apes series enters into a darker phase. This is a movie that channels the hatred and chaos of the early ...
Top 20 Albums of 2022, Part 3
After what I considered to be a pretty down year for music in 2021, 2022 felt like it bounced back in a big way, with releases from some of my favorite artists, some new discoveries, and even releases from old ...