Nov 30, 2018 Music Neon Impasse by City Girl (Review) The “chill-hop” producer blends hip-hop beats, melancholy atmospheres, jazzy riffs, and other elements for supreme chill-out material.
Nov 30, 2018 TV December 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Voltron, Avengers: Infinity War, Jackie Chan, The Naked Gun, Groundhog Day & more Coming soon: Giant robot lion action, Thanos and the Infinity Stones, the ultimate action star, Detective Frank Drebin, Bill Murray’s existentialism, and more.
Nov 28, 2018 Anime TV Netflix is making a live-action Cowboy Bebop. So what? Good or bad, Netflix’s remake won’t affect Cowboy Bebop’s status or legacy one bit.
Nov 28, 2018 Music Weighing Souls With Sand by The Angelic Process (Review) The duo’s final album combines black metal and shoegaze to brutal, yet beautiful effect.
Nov 24, 2018 Miscellany Ricky Jay, 1946-2018 A good magician doesn’t make you feel bad or dumb when they fool you.
Nov 21, 2018 Music The Appearances by Ester Drang (Review) The band’s first release in a dozen years boasts a heavier, more expansive sound.
Nov 18, 2018 Comics Pop Culture Bill Maher vs. Comic Books Maher’s crankiness and contrariness has, by now, become incredibly predictable.
Nov 17, 2018 Personal My Son’s “Work Ethic” Yes, this is a delightful photo of my awesome kid. But it’s also encouraging, inspiring, and a wee bit convicting.
Nov 16, 2018 Best of Opus Miscellany Your Language Affects What You Can See We all have epistemic blind spots of which we are completely unaware.
Nov 10, 2018 Nerdery “Marvel TL;DR” Makes Sense of Marvel Comics’ Storylines These humorous shorts explain Marvel’s most famous (and convoluted) storylines.