November 2021

Note to self: Look for Mary Lattimore interviews discussing her composition and documentation process. I’ve enjoyed her music casually for a few years, but after now seeing it assembled in real time in front of me—with her hands constantly moving back and forth between the massive harp in front of her and the delay pedal on her lap—I’d love to know more about her mental model for her music. Most other delay-oriented performances I’ve seen… See more →

Before the pandemic took hold and when I still lived in Brooklyn, I had been planning to check out Human Impact’s first-ever show at Saint Vitus in mid-March of last year. I’m lukewarm on the records they’ve put out since, so I wasn’t going to bother with this tour, especially since their tour mates Child Bite (who I’ve previously seen and enjoyed) weren’t playing the Philly show, but my friend Matt invited me to come,… See more →

Glad to hear these crypto dipshits didn’t get to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Not glad to hear somebody else did. Who decided private ownership of these artifacts is OK? nytimes.com/2021/11/18/tec…

I always suspected the 300th movie I reviewed on @letterboxd would involve Cynthia Rothrock and a spaceship, and now I know it. letterboxd.com/robweychert/fi…

I know, I know, you’re probably like, “Oh great, yet another martial-arts-infused ripoff of E.T. and Indiana Jones where the MacGuffin is a telekinetic rock that loves to eat ice cream,” but hear me out

“‘Getting rich quick’ is less an American pathology and more the best bet for a stable life. The side hustles, as it turns out, haven’t been working.” motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

Come to see Marilyn Monroe become the Marilyn Monroe, stay to see the beautiful Niagara Falls backdrop and a Technicolor spin on great noir cinematography. The final act is a dud, but Jean Peters is such a badass, I almost didn’t notice. And comic relief in the form of coked up shredded wheat salesmen is such a weird play, I can’t help but respect it.

This Japanese maple just setting off fireworks

Just dropped my phone down a full flight of stairs. Pretty sure it hit every single one on the way down. You can call today Wednesday, but it’s still Monday over here.

They’re arguably worse than actual rapists and murderers.

People do all kinds of shitty things and still manage to convince themselves they’re in the right. But I cannot understand how people who issue death and rape threats can live with themselves. inquirer.com/news/school-bo…