Wildly eclectic soundtracks, mashups, hip hop, pop, neo soul, musical comedy stylings, and a late-era R.E.M. smasher.

I met Tom Wolfe over 20 years ago. It was at a book signing for I Am Charlotte Simmons, which frankly isn’t that great. Nonetheless, I was thrilled to see one of my favorite authors speak and then ...

There was a period of around four or five years when I got really into MMA (mixed martial arts) and the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). The Ultimate Fighter, the long-running competition series ...

I’ve been lucky enough to work from home for many years now, but one of the things I oddly miss about commuting is listening to The Howard Stern Show. I became aware of Howard Stern somewhere in my ...

Typically, with these kinds of “list pieces” where I showcase some or all of the albums from a particular year that were selected from the massive best 1,000 albums project (a five-year journey where ...

I’ve been working my way through the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time, starting my way from the bottom (Ben-Hur, #100), and working my way up. And now I’ve just ...

At dire risk of aging myself, the late ‘80s and early ‘90s are the era that had more influence on me than any other in terms of my taste in music – and many other things besides. While there are ...

I’m in a strange place with House of the Dragon, people. Strange days have found us, as The Doors might say. And I’m not even talking about Harrenhal (sort of). Over the course of Season 3, I started ...

When you start to dig into what makes a cult movie “cult” it can kind of get slippery. Probably safer to say you know it when you see it. This week, The Ringer named its 50 best cult movies, so I ...

“Bro, smuggle some fuckin’ turtles, and then you’ll feel the rush,” a frankly odd-looking dude says during the Monsters of God trailer. If that’s not enough to let you know that this is a new ...

I’m working on a Super Top Secret Project currently, related to a movie you may have heard of. Okay, it’s Goodfellas. If you have any kind of a connection with that movie at all – and if you’re ...

When I scan through the 14 albums from 1965 that were selected for the best 1,000 albums ever, one thing pops out right away. To take a step back, the best 1,000 albums ever is a massive five-year ...