Category: Culture
My Musings on Week 14 of the 2024 NFL Season
Conscious Crashout Music: Kendrick Lamar’s GNX
Oh, it seems like just yesterday, but it was really last summer when Drake was on top of the world. I had gone to see him at Capital One Arena and it was probably one of the most energy laden ...
My Musings Week 13 of the 2024 NFL Season
Feeling the Love (and Fighting the Election Blues) With Wishy
There might not be a hotter indie rock subgenre among the Zoomers than shoegaze. For whatever reason, the under 28 crowd is flocking to bands whaling away at ludicrously distorted guitars, abusing their whammy bars, and cloaking their vocals deep ...
My Musings Week 12 of the 2024 NFL Season
My Musings on Week 10 and 11 of the 2024 NFL Season
Just like I’ve done a few times before, I’m writing about two weeks in one post: Week 10 Week 11
We Saw the Entire Spectrum of Hip-Hop on November 1st
I kept hearing from news outlets that Tyler, the Creator’s new album CHROMAKOPIA was going to be released on Monday, October 27 instead of the now typical new release date of Friday, and thatTyler stated he watned people to “live ...
My Musings Week 9 of the 2024 NFL Season
My Musings Week 8 of the NFL Season
My Musings on Week 7 of the 2024 NFL Season
My Musings on Weeks 5 and 6 of the NFL Season
We’re breaking down two weeks in one post again today… Week 5 Week 6
My Musings on Week 4 of the 2024 NFL Season
My Musings on Weeks 2 and 3 of the 2024 NFL Season
My Musings on Week 1 of the 2024 NFL Season
My Musings on the 2024 Olympics
Deadpool & Wolverine Offers Closure that No One Was Asking For
If there’s one film franchise that I have an irrational amount of affection for, it’s probably 20th Century Fox’s X-Men. Most of that is a product of boyhood nostalgia – I was in sixth grade when X-Men: The Last Stand ...
Brother of Monday’s Peter Bothum on Delaware, Guided by Voices, and Recording on a 4-Track
We use the term “indie rock” pretty loosely on The Postrider, but every once and a while, we stumble upon something that’s truly independent, truly DIY, truly homemade. Brother of Monday’s sophomore album Humdinger is one of those rare records ...
Hit Man is the Most Baffling Movie of the Year
If, as Tony Soprano once said, “remember when is the lowest form of conversation,” then it’s cousin “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” might be the lowest form of criticism. It’s certainly a trope I’ve fallen victim to ...
My Musing on Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals
Furiosa is a Deeper, Quieter Mad Max Film
If there’s one film from the 2010s that will live on in the canon for decades, if not centuries to come, it’s probably Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller’s long-awaited return to the post-apocalyptic road war series he debuted with ...