Category: Culture

It seems like it was just yesterday that I was watching Wendy’s extramarital lover, Gary, being thrown off a 50th floor balcony,shocking me when it body splattered in front of Marty Byrde as he is on the way to confort ...

The Celtics are in the hole fast. Jayson Tatum is playing so indecisive. Stop turning the ball over Celtics (in Stephen A. Smith weeds voice). The Celtics actually turned around the narrative in the third quarter… Draymonds stat line was ...

Michael and Lars discuss FX on Hulu’s latest true crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven.

Game 2 The fact that Jayson Tatum is practicing in the same gear Kobe was in when he trained for Boston for the draft. Also, the hate from this meme did not amuse me, signed, a proud supporter of the ...

Mike Wilbon mentioning how the NBA Finals used to be on tape delay with Magic Johnson right by his side and thousands of Warriors fans at the Chase Center makes you appreciate how far the NBA has come. Draymond’s speech ...

Michael, Alex, Lars, Louis, discuss the latest MCU entry, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Marvel recently concluded (the first season of?) Moon Knight, their latest Disney+ show, and the first to focus on a character who hadn’t been previously introduced in an MCU movie. The premise is… hard to explain, but Michael, Lars, and ...

Note: I did not go to the second day of Broccoli City Fest because the rainforest like conditions from Day 1 prevented me from purchasing day two tickets, respectfully (Justin La Boy voice). 1. Larry June is a star. To ...

For the better part of a decade, indie rock has been ruled by sad boys and sad girls. It’s a bit difficult to pinpoint when exactly the gloomy and the morose took hold of the genre – after all, a ...

In a recent interview with Vulture to promote his new book The Nineties, cultural critic Chuck Klosterman refers to the titular time frame as “the last decade with a fully formed and recognizable culture of its own,” arguing that “it’s ...

In this week’s column, I look at two albums that may have slipped under your radar, and finally finish up my countdown of the Best Albums of 2021.  The New Stuff: LIFE ON EARTH – Hurray for the Riff Raff ...

Every year I preview the Grammys and every year, it feels a little more pointless. For all of the consternation about the Oscars not nominating enough blockbusters, it can’t be said enough how often the Grammys try to put over ...

Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito are joined by the hosts of the With A Gay Twist podcast, Mason Dixon and Zachary Pen, to discuss the recent signing of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida. In a ...

In 2019, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was in crisis. The Academy Awards, a television event – that at its peak attracted a 43.40 Nielsen household share – was coming off of a series that had attracted ...

This Sunday, the eyes of the world will be trained on the 94th Academy Awards… at least, the Academy hopes they will be. After negotiations with ABC, the the Academy has agreed to present 8 of its 23 before the ...

In this week’s column, I discuss the (second) best-reviewed album of the year, a pair of promising young singer/guitarists, and march on with my Best Albums of 2021 list. The New Stuff: Ants from Up There – Black Country, New ...

When I first heard about the show, Abbot Elementary, I could not help but attach to it the stigma of network TV comedies that were not as bold or funny as their premium channel counterparts like Insecure or Barry. But ...

Michael, Louis, and Alex discuss The Batman, the latest film entry for the caped crusader and a fascinating new direction for the superhero franchise.

If you’ve been following the wider musical discourse over the past month – and if you’ve been reading my What I’ve Been Listening To column – you’ve probably at least heard of Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, ...

In this week’s installment of the column we review a frontrunner for album of the year, new releases from two indie rock icons, and roll on with our countdown of the best albums of 2021. The New Stuff: Dragon New ...

Michael and Louis watched the Foo Fighters’ horror movie so you don’t have to.

I bought tickets to see Waxahatche perform in support of their most recent album, 2020’s Saint Cloud, nearly two years before I actually got to go to the show. They were scheduled to play Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club on April ...