I feel like this season of The Last of Us was never going to get a fair shake after a stunning first season that showed us that video game adaptations can be good. It set the bar really high and …

There is a definite generic quality to the series name MobLand. Yes, you have the capitalized ‘L’ in the middle of the title, but it is instantly forgettable. It’s not the James Mangold movie, Cop Land. Nor the criminally lost-to-time TV series, Southland. Nope, it’s an organized action crime drama …

To think this could have been my life. Or at least the life I imagined for myself. Because I’m an unrealistic punk who has none of the smarts, chutzpah or general lack of scruples needed to make it in Hollywood. At least to the levels to which our characters climb. …

I’m honestly not even sure how we ended up watching The Residence. I think there was somehow a lull in our TV schedule and it slipped in as a planned background watch. The problem, as I’ve stated many times, is that I’m bad at not watching whatever is in front …

Album Reviews

I know there are child labor laws, but I’m not certain at what point they apply to playing rock ‘n’ roll? Granted, I think the members of Lifeguard average out …

The first time I listened to this album I pretty much looked around to make sure I wasn’t being  punked. …

It’s been, what, twenty-one years since we got our last Mclusky album. Shit, it’s been almost that long since the …

This album makes me wonder what Ugly Kid Joe is up to these days. And, look, I’m not saying Origami …

Movie Reviews

What in the hell are we doing here? $180 million movies that have no aspiration other than running some trailers with some bankable stars to entice users to maybe purchase a month of streaming on their service. It’s cynical and …

So, it turns out there is something bad about watching movies on an airplane. Beside the tiny screen it turns out they sometimes edit the shit out of the thing. I mean I kind of knew that, but I thought that was a thing of the past. When they used …

This is what happens when I’m on a plane and there’s an A24 section in the in-flight entertainment screen. I click on some movie called Problemista that I’ve never heard of and wouldn’t have had I not had five or six hours to kill. The trailer looked whimsical and weird …

I had so many clever things to say about Gen X after watching Flipside, but in the ultimate ironic twist, my old-ass brain couldn’t hold onto them for long enough to make it to the page. I’m telling you, it was super-insightful. It was all about the long-dead concept of …

Book Reviews

The first bit of this novel felt good. After years of generally disliking or being just okay with books, I felt that good ol’ stirring in my soul that great writing and a story can elicit. Not in a modern …

Look at me dipping into genre fiction! But, really, I’ve been doing it for years. I’ve just been intrigued by crime fiction in recent times. I’m not sure why, honestly. Every time I finish one of these novels filled with violence and tough guys I feel like perhaps I’m too …

You’re overselling your novel just a little too much when you name it The Plot. It’s like calling a racehorse The Winner. Or a burger joint The Burger. Sure, it sells it and tells you exactly what it’s about, but you have to expect that the plot in The Plot …

I’ve somehow gone my entire life without reading an Elmore Leonard novel. Sure, I’ve seen the multitude of his books and stories that have been adapted for film and TV, but I’ve never sat down and read his prose. Which is weird, considering that the mix of all that makes …

Podcast Reviews

I guess this is what you’d call low stakes in the true crime game. Nobody is dead, there’s no like CSI evidence and, ultimately, the bad guy is one of …

I was a fan of Reply All. And was in the middle of my glory with it when “The Test …

Psychogenic illness is fascinating. Mass psychogenic illness is even more interesting. Such was the case in Leroy, NY when a whole group …

I am a child of the 90s. Okay, I’m a young adult of the 90s. Which makes me perfectly situated …

Booze & Grub: NYC

Ben’s is more in the vain of great Florida Jewish delis of my relative youth, Pumpernik’s and Wolfie Cohen’s Rascal House (both of which were within old-person driving distance of …

The fact that this place is in any way related to the ”ugliest place on earth” is both surprising and …

Crap, I’ve seen a bunch of shows here. They’ve ranged from horrendously boring (Elliott Smith), to terrifically danceriffic (The Dismemberment …

Cheap Italian food in the Theater District should be a hot commodity. After all, who has the time to wait …

If you don’t like big, long, hot, wet things in your mouth, then this is not the place for you. …

Its unassuming exterior belies the super-cool tiled ceilings, soft lighting and dark wood found when you step inside this Park …

Booze & Grub: NJ

I mean, who isn’t up for some fish in the middle of an industrial-looking wasteland in Clifton, NJ? Which, by the way, is nowhere near the ocean and is about …

I’m still a little at a loss as to what a gastropub is. I guess it’s like a classier Irish …

Once upon a time there was a shitty, little diner on a hill. It was called the Eagle Rock Diner …

Yay, birthday party pizza! Which I think is where most of the children of Montclair were indoctrinated by Mr. Dino …

This used to be considered a “classic” NJ diner. In fact, Tick Tock was probably one of the first diners …

Look, man, I don’t know if this joint is racist. I mean, I don’t know if the owner, Cuban Pete, …

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