Album Reviews
The Dirty Nil: Minimum R&B
byThis is the shit that makes me angry about modern “rock” music. Angry that all that alt-folk, drowned-in-reverb garbage can still appear under the…
Television Reviews
Hinterland: Seasons 1 & 2
Wales, my fake homeland. What can I do other than to thank Grandpa Hipster for giving me this fake Welsh name instead of the…
Big Little Lies
I understand that this was book? Well, I didn’t read it. I also didn’t read The Girl On the Train, Gone Girl, or The Girl with…
The Waking Dead: Season 7 & Still Sucking
As if watching this Negan shithead the whole season wasn’t bad enough, now we have the confusion of which stupid walled-off town each one…
Legion: Season 1
Legion is apparently more Marvel superhero shit. And, as the two of you who have read my site know, I generally don’t like superhero…
Booze & Grub Survey
Dig Inn – Union Square
byOptions in the Flatiron and Union Square area used to be slim. In fact, back in the day, Union Square was a complete shithole….
Movie Reviews
Patti Cake$
byThere’s nothing like watching a movie about New Jersey in New Jersey. Well, not about New Jersey, so much as enveloped by New Jersey. Such…
Win It All
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Anomalisa
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The Lobster
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Digging for Fire
byBook Reviews
The Tiger’s Wife
No matter how many times I reminded myself that The Tiger’s Wife didn’t take place in India, (and is actually situated in an unnamed…
Tapping the Source
So I’d read that Tapping the Source was, in fact, the source material for the movie, Point Break. I mean, sure, there’s surfing and…
The Book of Strange New Things
The Book of Strange New Things is not only a mouthful, but is also almost impossible to describe without either sounding way too simplistic or…
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
I may have gone one too deep in the David Wong (aka Jason Pargin) canon. Granted, including Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, his canon numbers…
Hipster Diary
Mahekal Beach Resort: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Oh, Mexico! It’s been a while since I’ve swum in your blue waters and drank the water from your, uh, beautiful plastic bottles… But here…
Gansevoort Turks and Caicos: Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
Turks and Caicos is two, two, two countries in one. Okay, I don’t know shit about the island nation or why it has two…
GoldenEye Resort: Oracabessa, Jamaica
Jamaica is an odd place. It’s mostly known for reggae and track stars, but it’s also a country that has also had intense issues…
The Last of Us Remastered
Look, I don’t play a lot of video games. I’m an adult with a job and a wife and some kids and some other…
But Wait, There's More
Tapping the Source
So I’d read that Tapping the Source was, in fact, the source material for the movie, Point Break. I mean, sure, there’s surfing and…
3.5
The Lobster
Look, I knew The Lobster was going to be a weird hang. I knew it the second I saw that crumb catcher gracing the upper…
The OA: Season 1
Damn I’m a sucker for these types of series. Though I guess a ton of people are, otherwise they wouldn’t keep making these Lost-like…
1.5
Digging for Fire
Digging for Fire is apparently part of this whole mumblecore genre. A genre I thought I was okay with. Not thrilled with, but okay…
Slaughter Beach, Dog: Welcome
The oddly named Slaughter Beach, Dog is apparently a side project of Modern Baseball lead singer, Jake Ewald. It’s not a huge departure from his…
Search Party: Season 1
I get why they called this show Search Party. I mean, it sums up the plot in two easy words. But it doesn’t really…
Goliath: Season 1
I believe Goliath is supposed to be part of this “prestige television” movement we’ve seen across all of basic and pay cable and your…
The Hotelier: Goodness
Let’s talk about spoken-word shit. Actually, let’s not talk about spoken-word shit. Even if The Hotelier somehow thinks this most high school of emotive…
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
I’m still not sure I know what a ssäm is, but I assume it’s some Asian (possibly Korean) wrap type thing that involves meat,…
Conrad Keely: Original Machines
As the lead singer of …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, you kind of already know what to expect on…
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Steve Jobs
Am I a bad person for kind of liking this movie? Me, the person who constantly rails against biopics in all their forms? Even…
Quality Eats
Quality Eats is kind of what mid-level New York eating is all about. It qualifies as a steakhouse because of the steak on its…
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: Season 1
I was never a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy guy. To me Douglas Adams went along with Rush, sketch comedy and playing D&D beyond adolescence….
Black Mirror: Season 3
Black Mirror is great for several reasons. For one, it’s an anthology series in a time of heavily serialized television. I mean, it’s a…
PUP: The Dream Is Over
Rocking and roiling punk noise from up North of the border is honestly on my list of things that make me consistently happy. And,…
The Book of Strange New Things
The Book of Strange New Things is not only a mouthful, but is also almost impossible to describe without either sounding way too simplistic or…
LVL UP: Return to Love
I believe this is the second LVL UP album I’ve reviewed in 2016, but why not stick with what you like, right? That said,…
Atlanta: Season 1
I’ve been to Atlanta (not including the airport) a grand total of once. There wasn’t much to it. They told me the traffic was…
3.5
Snowden
I have to admit that I knew fuck-all about Edward Snowden before heading into this movie. I mean, I’d seen the dude on the…
Omar’s Mediterranean Cuisine
If you want the quintessential Midtown Manhattan lunchtime experience, take your khakis on over to Omar’s. You won’t be alone, as you stand in…