NYT’s Diary of a Song on Lizzo’s “Juice”
Maintaning MAXIMUM LIZZO CONTENT, this is a fun-as-hell watch.
Lizzo remains great.
Lizzo *crushing* this Tiny Desk Concert
She’s so fun and funny. If you haven’t given this record a spin, please do.
The flute breakdown at 13:45 is a true highlight.
new DIIV single, “Skin Game”
It’s the shoegaziest!
No idea when the album’s coming, but if it sounds like this I’ll be excited for it.
Holly Golightly – “Do the Get Along” (2018)
Longtime fan of Holly Golightly and her latest album, “Do the Get Along”, is more of the good stuff she’s known for. If you’re unfamiliar with her work this album is a good introduction. The song I’d recommend is “Satan Is His Name”:
It’s a smoldering slow jam that makes it clear that, with 20+ years in the game, Holly Golightly still has it.
Homecoming (2018 Amazon Prime)
Homecoming is Julia Roberts acting on television and it’s terrific. The story is based on a podcast, which is cool, and it is a 10-episode show available on Amazon Prime Video.
Julia Roberts is a great actor. I forget sometimes, because I don’t generally follow her work (and shame on me for that), but man-oh-man she takes this well-written and well-developed story and straight crushes it with her performance.
The episodes are all about 30 minutes so it’s an easy binge for a winter weekend.
Omni – “Multi Task”
Omni is an Atlanta-based rock band that makes music reminiscent of The Feelies/Devo/The Clean. Low-Fi(ish) with off-kilter rhythms and ringing guitars. These are some of my favorite things.
“Equestrian” will give you a good idea of what I’m talking about:
I passed on seeing them when they came through RVA a few months back and that was likely a mistake. …grumble grumble…
Our Cuisinart Kettle
This electric kettle is one of the smartest purchases we’ve made as a family. For real. I was electric kettle shopping 5 years ago because I kept burning stovetop kettles by forgetting that I had put them on. Like, I would put on a kettle and then see a neighbor in the street and go …
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a fun and spooky Netflilx show starring Kiernan Shipka as the titular Teenage Witch (you probably know her from Mad Men). She’s just great. She’s a really, really good actor and it’s fun to see her using all of those powers on this odd, tertiary character from the Archie …
Pete Davidson and John Mulaney on The Mule – SNL
These guys are so damn funny. We’ve watched this segment a couple of times since this weekend.
Clint Eastwood, man.