Album Reviews
At The Drive-In: in•ter a•li•a
It’s been a lifetime since At The Drive-In’s last album — literally. A kid born at the release of Relationship of Command would be a…
Charly Bliss: Guppy
Sometimes there is only so much peer pressure a guy can take before he breaks. And so it went with Charlie Bliss’ new album, Guppy….
Sorority Noise: You’re Not As _____ As You Think
“We all bow to the emo Jesus!” So begins track one on Sorority Noise’s third album, You’re Not As _____ As You Think. Okay, that’s totally not…
Spoon: Hot Thoughts
Spoon is a band I’ve been listening to for years. I’ve seen them live and created playlists on Apple Music and its predecessors that I…
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 ugly…
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…
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 of…
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 shit….
Movie Reviews
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Patti Cake$
There’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 is…
3.5
Win It All
It’s funny. Win It All is an utterly predictable film. Which, in the land of the indie film, makes it an anomaly. Add to the…
3.8
Anomalisa
Do you like to watch puppets fuck? I mean, not in like a weird way. Like in a cinematic, artsy way? Because, if you do,…
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 lip…
Booze & Grub Survey
Dos Caminos – Third Avenue
Not to be confused with Dos Toros, or even Tres Carnes, Dos Caminos is Spanish for “Two Sweatsocks.” Wait, what? Sorry, Google translate fail. Apparently…
Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor – Greenwich Village
It’s always concerning going to a bar this close to NYU. You run the risk of being beaned with a ping-pong ball, getting doused with Coors…
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, rice…
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 menu,…
Book 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 Balkan…
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 some…
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 entirely…
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 three….
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 we…
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 names,…
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 with…
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 stuff…
But Wait, There's More
3.5
