Category: Culture
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 ...
My Musings on Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals
My Musings on Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals
Stampede: Vol 1. Finds Orville Peck in Major Label Limbo
If there’s one thing that the modern music economy has made obsolete, it’s the concept of “selling out.” Back in alternative rock’s 90s heyday, the biggest sin an artist could commit was signing to a major label, adopting a more ...
Baby Reindeer is a True Crime Series Written by the Victim
Two of the best performing articles I’ve ever written for The Postrider are my reviews of seasons one and two of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, Investigation Discovery’s shoddy, shameful documentary series about an Indiana couple who may or ...
My Favorite Tweet Reactions to Kendrick Lamar’s “Euphoria”
On Tuesday at 8:24 AM, Kendrick Lamar released “Euphoria,” his latest diss track against Drake. Like many events in this day and age, social media became the accelerant for the diss and spread the impact of the song to all ...
Civil War Feels Exploitative. That’s the Point.
In March 1993, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter captured the chilling image of a young Sudanese boy (misidentified as a girl at the time) collapsed in hunger as a hooded vulture watched patiently. A few days later, it was sold ...
How Folk and Country Became the Hottest Sounds in Indie Rock
One of the reasons I like seeing bands play live, outside of the fact that it gives me a reason to leave the house, is that it also gives me a way to develop a deeper connection with the music ...
Love Lies Bleeding is Thrilling, Grisly, and Subversive
We all have that one actor and actress who just… doesn’t work for us. For my mom, it’s Julianne Moore. For my dad, it’s Adam Sandler. For me, it’s Kristen Stewart. My distaste for Stewart wasn’t fully apparent to me ...
The Postrider’s 96th Academy Awards Preview
Are dynasties good for pro sports? It’s a question that was asked a lot by sports media in the mid-2010s, not only because the Golden State Warriors met the Cleveland Cavaliers in four straight NBA Finals, but because the Warriors ...
Jess Williamson Brings Her Mix of Indie and Country to the Bowery Ballroom
Over the past three years or so, I’ve found myself listening to a lot more country and country-influenced music, both voluntarily and involuntarily. The involuntarily piece should be familiar to anyone who’s currently living in the United States: country’s chart ...
My Musings on Super Bowl LVIII
The Postrider’s 2024 Grammys Preview
The first time I ever wrote about the Grammys was when I was in high school, when I had a dinky little Blogger site that has apparently been wiped from the Internet. The year was 2011, and it would turn ...