This has been a weird, great decade for cinema so far: 2020: I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2021: Drive My Car 2022: Tar 2023: The Zone of Interest 2024: Anora 2025: One Battle After Another

Also, a friend of mine from college did this in 2014:

A two-fer: saw Colin Quinn walking down 6th Avenue while I was waiting in line outside of IFC Center. Then, went to use the bathroom and stood next to Paul Dano.

I went long in @spectrumculture.bsky.social this week on one of the greatest albums of all time: spectrumculture.com/2025/12/15/t...

My latest at @spectrumculture.bsky.social is on the new Oneohtrix Point Never album, a new entry in his ongoing efforts to chronicle and reconsider internet-based nostalgia: spectrumculture.com/2025/12/04/o...

Man, I miss when we weren't constantly subjected to just how many people are bone-stupid when it comes to interpreting art.

Live footage at Anfield after tonight's match: youtu.be/1EdUjlawLJM?...

Welp, we suck now #liverpoolfc

My latest in @spectrumculture.bsky.social is on the new album from Dark Thoughts, who are very much worth checking out if you like your songs fast, snotty and tuneful: spectrumculture.com/2025/11/25/d...

I will be haunted by the deep bellowing of PSV ultras in my sleep #ucl

"Sunday Morning" "I Will Dare" "Untitled" "Rock & Roll Star" "Harborcoat"

Love that on a day when Barcelona, Chelsea and Man City are playing UCL, CBS Sports' TV broadcast chose violence and went "fuck it, Newcastle-Marseille"

Also in @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about the debut (and presumably only) album from Snocaps, which retains the scrappiness of early Waxahatchee/Swearin'/P.S. Eliot while sounding more mature: spectrumculture.com/2025/11/17/s...

This week at @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I took a look back at Whipping Boy's Heartworm, a personal favorite and one of the great Irish rock albums that, sadly, never quite made it outside of Ireland: spectrumculture.com/2025/11/19/r...

Everything great about the Stone Roses was mostly because of the best rhythm section in rock history, which is now half-gone. RIP Mani 🍋: youtu.be/Gl7Knk9Szmc?...

Top 5 Scorseses as of today: 1. Goodfellas 2. The Wolf of Wall Street 3. After Hours 4. The Age of Innocence 5. Taxi Driver

I've never seen Vice, but from my experience, Adam McKay has never made a movie worth watching that didn't also include Will Ferrell doing something sublimely stupid.

Richard Ashcroft has a new album out. It's not very good, and the singles are some of the worst songs he's ever released. My latest for @spectrumculture.bsky.social: spectrumculture.com/2025/10/21/r...

Among many dumb things, this follows the tradition of tech bros "inventing" shit that exists already. Dude's describing a fucking press release.

I also wrote about the Buckingham Nicks reissue for @spectrumculture.bsky.social. Now THAT'S a reissue that's well worth your time (provided you don't own an original copy that's going for four figures on Discogs): spectrumculture.com/2025/10/06/b...

In @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about the fortuitously timed reissue of the Oasis album that everyone in America owned. It was fun to revisit, but the reissue doesn't do enough to justify its price tag: spectrumculture.com/2025/10/13/o...

Oh HELL yes.

/mu/ will answer for their crimes someday...

I got the Led out in @spectrumculture.bsky.social (by which I mean I listened to and wrote about the last good Led Zeppelin album): spectrumculture.com/2025/09/25/l...

In @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I delved into Jens Lekman's latest crazy-ambitious project, which sadly didn't click with me as much as I hoped it would. Maybe the companion novel will? spectrumculture.com/2025/09/15/j...

For @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about my favorite band's first album, an album that took its time unfolding for me but is nevertheless rewarding: spectrumculture.com/2025/08/21/d...

For @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about the latest Nick Drake archival release and how it asks us to reconsider the narrative of Drake as a Tortured Artist: spectrumculture.com/2025/08/03/n...

The new album from @hlllyh.bsky.social (formerly the Mae Shi) is, indeed, quite good.

Fun bad: Gotti Cynical bad: Either The Rise of Skywalker or Dear Evan Hansen

"Tracks II: The Lost Albums" explores the Boss's Sliding Doors moments. spectrumculture.com/2025/07/17/b...

I also wrote about my favorite Mountain Goats record, which is still one of the most emotionally devastating pieces of music I've ever heard. It's also 20 years old. Time comes for all of us. Read about it at @spectrumculture.bsky.social: spectrumculture.com/2025/07/16/h...

For @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about Bruce Springsteen's box set of seven (!) lost albums that all offer perspectives on different paths his career could have taken. Justice for the Streets of Philadelphia album: spectrumculture.com/2025/07/17/b...

Also in @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I went deep on Wish, the Cure's most successful album and one of their most fascinating, even though it isn't a stone classic on the level of Disintegration or Pornography. In fact, that's probably what makes it interesting: spectrumculture.com/2025/06/26/d...

For @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about Hotline TNT's latest, a wonderful piece of fuzz-pop that picks up where Teenage Fanclub left off on Bandwagonesque. Brilliant album.

WE RECOMMEND: Hotline TNT: Raspberry Moon "Hotline TNT embrace a different side of themselves on Raspberry Moon, one that feels warmer and more open-hearted while still retaining the fuzz and noise that made their early albums so bracing."

Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

WE RECOMMEND: Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film "Instant Holograms on Metal Film has a legacy to grapple with, but Stereolab engage with that heritage in a way that is respectful without being deferential."

For @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about Stereolab's return and how it isn't so much triumphant as it is a subtle shift to address the current landscape: spectrumculture.com/2025/05/27/s...

For @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I went long on the second Swirlies album, a still-underappreciated gem of '90s underground rock: spectrumculture.com/2025/05/19/r...

Friendly reminder for my fellow NYers that, on top of being a sex pest and a monstrous human being, Andrew Cuomo is either a bigot or comfortable with bigotry (which is the same thing). Don't vote for this clown.

Live footage of Arsenal Football Club today:

Finally, in honor of going to see Bob Mould this weekend, I'm sharing my review of his latest. It's a Bob Mould album; it gives you what you would expect: spectrumculture.com/2025/03/06/b...

There's a new Destroyer album out, as well, which I found to be delightfully strange in all the ways that Dan Bejar is delightfully strange: spectrumculture.com/2025/03/31/d...

Japanese Breakfast put out a new album, too! Unlike other, more insecure music critics, I thought it was great! You have to sit with it, but it's worth it: spectrumculture.com/2025/03/23/j...

I also wrote about Tunde Adebimpe's solo record, which both scratches that TVoTR itch and does other things entirely: spectrumculture.com/2025/04/23/t...

I have new writing stuff! First, I wrote about the great new Model/Actriz album for @spectrumculture.bsky.social: spectrumculture.com/2025/05/01/m...

Doing sick flip tricks on my skateboard.

If you see someone in public who’s making content, it is your duty as a New Yorker to ruin the take. City’s gotta start pushing back.

My latest for @spectrumculture.bsky.social is on Brian Eno and Karl Hyde's 'High Life,' which is for my money the best Eno album in decades: spectrumculture.com/2025/02/20/d...

Philadelphia will burn this night (positive connotations)