Lunch Links: THE PRICEMASTER
I was recently alerted to this delightful video thanks to a Twitter thread by a…
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Just when I was starting to feel okay: Chris Bell, I AM THE COSMOS
It feels like a bit of a cheat to use the 1992 Year of the…
Taco Break: Oddly Simpatico
One of my favorite tropes in storytelling is when two characters who couldn’t be more…
Take your instinct by the reins: R.E.M., DOCUMENT
Document sits in a unique place in R.E.M.’s discography. It’s their final album with I.R.S.…
The very late and half-assed end-of-year TV writeup for 2021
Today is the five-year anniversary of my first article on the Solute, so it seemed…
I haven’t worked a day in my life: John Madden, 1936-2021
Sports is not the usual purview of the Solute, but John Madden’s reach transcended football.…
“Just do the work, pal. You’ll be all right”: TED LASSO season two
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.…
I’ve been lucky: Norm Macdonald, 1959-2021
First, I wanted to start this off with this lovely excerpt from Norm’s Based on a…
I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE, Season Two
I Think You Should Leave‘s first season was released without much fanfare– beyond those of…
A kiss of death, the embrace of life: Television, MARQUEE MOON
When I was in college, one of the first ways I started discovering music I…