Houston Hall

Bad Times at the El Royale

To Live and Die in LA

Dark Matter

The Alienist

Album Reviews

Check out the albums that have left Mr. H with permanent hearing loss in his left ear, but a song in his heart.

Orange Rhyming Dictionary

Jets to Brazil: Orange Rhyming Dictionary

24 Hour Revenge Therapy

Jawbreaker: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better

Proper.: I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better

Routine Maintenance

Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties: Routine Maintenance

Express

Love and Rockets: Express

Pity Boy

Mal Blum: Pity Boy

Television Reviews

They say TV will rot your brain. Mr. Hipster does his best to prove them right.

The Alienist

The Alienist

Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies: Season 2

Barry Season 2

Barry: Season 2

Dark: Season 2

Dark: Season 2

Stranger Things: Season 3

Stranger Things: Season 3

Killing Eve Season 2

Killing Eve: Season 2

Movie Reviews

Enjoy the rantings as Mr. Hipster proves he slept through his film criticism courses in college.

Bad Times at the El Royale

Bad Times at the El Royale

Don't Break Down

Don’t Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker

A Simple Favor

A Simple Favor

Juliet, Naked

Juliet, Naked

Under the Silver Lake

Under the Silver Lake

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Book Reviews

This much ignorance about literature can only lead to hurt feelings and a whole lot of nonsense.

Podcast Reviews

PODCASTS ARE LIKE TELEVISION FOR YOUR EARS, BUT ON THE TRAIN.

NYC Booze & Grub Survey

Reviews of New York City's Most Popular (and Least Popular) Bars and Restaurants

Houston Hall

Houston Hall

I have no idea if this place was once a garage or a stable or what, but it clearly wasn't always the German-like beer hall that it has becom...
Booze & GrubNew York City

NJ Booze & Grub Survey

Reviews of New Jersey's Most Popular (and Least Popular) Bars and Restaurants

Leone's

Leone’s

Leone’s has been on Gordon Ramsay’s show, Kitchen Nightmares not once, but twice. If you haven’t seen that program, it entailed shouty chef ...
Booze & GrubNew Jersey
DLV Lounge

DLV Lounge

One of the great mysteries in life is what the DLV in the DLV Lounge stands for. Also mysterious is why they call it a lounge. Because it is...
Booze & GrubNew Jersey
Faubourg

Faubourg

The hope is that Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair will eventually be filled with restaurants opened by former Manhattan chefs. With lower rents ...
Booze & GrubNew Jersey

Hipster Diary

I have a lot on my mind. Sometimes it causes insomnia. Maybe this will help.

Here's Some Random Stuff!

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Mirror Traffic

Love and Rockets: Express

Elliott Smith: Either/Or

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Broken Bells: Broken Bells

Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo

Julian Casablancas: Phrazes For The Young

Hereafter

Taken

Signs

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Castle in the Forest

The Savages

Connections: Private Airplane

Sharp Objects

2Pac: 2Pacalypse Now

The Streets: Computers and Blues

Tha Alkaholiks: 21 & Over

The Lobster

S-Town