Culture
New Playlist: Settling
Drone and ambient guitar for the transition from summer to fall.
Perfect Days
Collecting some favorite links about Wim Wenders's new film.
5 Podcast Episodes I’ve Enjoyed This Summer
A few episodes that I can't seem to stop thinking about.
Notes on Visiting Disney World
A designer visits Disney for the first time.
Recommending Recommendations
A love letter to two of my favorite YouTube channels.
Movies Watched 2023
A list of every movie I watched in 2023.
Favorite Essays of 2023
A few links from my favorite online reads of the year,
Favorite Albums of 2023
A look at the albums I returned to often this year.
Abbas Kiarostami’s Roads
Admiring the landscapes of Kiarostami’s films.
The Distillation of Wes Anderson’s Creative Project
Wes Anderson's new short films are the director's best work yet.
The New Documentary Aesthetic
Noticing the Netflix-ification of documentary filmmaking.
Favorite Albums of 2023 (so far)
A few albums on heavy rotation over the last six months.
Soundtrack to my Life
On ten years of keeping monthly playlists.
Eric Rohmer’s Gardens
Admiring the landscapes of Rohmer’s Tales of Four Seasons films
Revisiting Lost
Rewatching a television show ten years later and remembering an old school project.
Movies Watched 2022
An accounting of the movies I watched in 2022.
Books Read 2022
An accounting of the books I read in 2022.
Favorite Essays of 2022
The best things I read online this year.
Favorite Albums of 2022
My favorite new music of the year and some thoughts on listening to old music
Thermae Romae Novae
Enjoying an anime about Roman and Japanese bath houses.
Public vs. Private
Elon Musk taking Twitter private won’t solve its problems.
Movies Watched, 2021
A list of every movie I watched in 2021.
Books Read, 2021
A list of every book I read in 2021.
Favorite Essays of 2021
A quick list of some of the best things I read this year.
Favorite Albums of 2021
A look at the music that sustained me over the past year.
They’ll Tell the Story of Tonight
Looking at Lin-Manuel Miranda's interest in legacy in both Hamilton and tick, tick...BOOM!
The Collaboration and Vulnerability of Big Red Machine's New Album
On their sophomore album, the band smartly balances expansiveness and intimacy
Favorite Albums of 2021 (So Far)
Some favorite albums from the first half of the year
Breeders subversively mines the paradoxes of parenting
How the FX comedy turned a traditional sitcom into a profound meditation on raising children.
The Mandalorian and the Pitfalls of Star Wars Fan Service
I was tricked into liking the new Disney+ Star Wars show. Until the finale.
Winter 2021 Playlist: Another Kind of Life
The third addition to my annual winter playlist series mixes ambient, folk, and post-punk songs.
Movies Watched, 2020
A list of every movied I watched in 2020.
Books Read, 2020
A list of every book I read in 2020.
Favorite Albums of 2020
Thinking about the music, both new and old, that made up my soundtrack for this strange year
Haze Valley / Acoustic Daydream
Two summer playlists to capture the feeling of summer.
In the Zone
Thinking about Tarkovsky, Teju Cole, and art in the time of quarantine
Winter 2020 Playlist: A Ship Out to Nowhere
Sometimes I think winter in New York is my favorite New York. Here’s a soundtrack for walking through the city.
Netflix keeps design ‘Abstract’
The design docuseries wants to show you cool images but doesn't have much to say.
Movies Watched, 2019
A list of every movie I watched in 2019.
Books Read, 2019
A list of every book I read in 2019.
Favorite Essays of 2019
Some of my favorite writing from the last year.
Top 10 Albums of 2019
Favorite music from the last year
Fall Playlist: Heroes and Ghosts/Graveyards and Buildings
A seasonal playlist. Perfect with sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes
The surprising empathy of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Thinking about the evolution of David Letterman.
On Podcasts
Thinking about the evolution of my listening habits and interests.
AppleTV+ and HBO vs. Netflix
I don't want Apple to be more like Netflix, I want them to be more like HBO.
We Can Hear When We Are Hollow
A playlist for the transition from Winter to Spring.
Conan, Late Night Talk Shows, and Multi-platform comedy
Thinking about the new Conan and media distribution
2018 Movies Watched
A complete list of every movie I watched over the last twelve months.
Top 10 of 2018
My favorite media of 2018.
Social Media Sabbatical
Taking a break from social media to reclaim my attention.
The New To-Do List: why I’m back to pen and paper
Finding comfort in writing my to-dos out by hand.
The visual worldbuilding of Annihilation
Alex Garland's new film, based on Jeff Vandermeer's novel, is a masterclass in visual worldbuilding.
Wormwood and the Collage Method
On the use of collage in Errol Morris's new documentary series
Movies Watched, 2017
Everything I watched this year
Wes Anderson’s Reflexivity
The paradox of the director's artifice.