THE SHIELD, season 5, ep. 11: “Postpartum”
“Mara’s pregnant again.” Part One: Everything Else It begins right after the end of “Of…
Grant Nebel ("wallflower")
A Silver Age (2007) commenter from the AV Club who crossed over to the Dissolve at its inception in 2013. You can follow his writings here and in the comment section at The Dissolve, and his music on his Soundcloud channel (see any Soundtracking here for that).
Articles:
Four Ways of Looking at Jasper Johns
You know, I don’t do it because. (Jasper Johns) The surfaces claimed my attention first:…
THE SHIELD, season 5, eps. 9-10: “Smoked”/”Of Mice and Lem”
Leave you like they left me here, to wither in denial. . . Dean White…
Soundtracking #27: THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN (Year of the Month)
The occasional podcast on music and movies. This one gets SPOILERy. Intro music: Iggy Pop,…
Scenic Route: THE SHIELD and THE SOPRANOS
Since I’m going to spend a great deal of this post ripping into David Chase,…
The Spiral: Avathoir and wallflower Talk About Thomas Pynchon, 3: The Crying of Lot 49
. . .I began to see Gabriel García Márquez in a new light, as a…
THE SHIELD, season 4, ep. 13: “Ain’t That a Shame”
You have to let your characters win sometimes. (Shawn Ryan) “Ain’t That a Shame” both…
The Spiral: Avathoir and wallflower Talk About Thomas Pynchon, 2: Slow Learner (Early Stories)
Avathoir: Welcome back to our continuing read through of the works of Thomas Ruggles Pynchon!…
THE SHIELD, season 4, eps. 11-12: “A Thousand Deaths”/”Judas Priest”
“I gotta work with the people here.” Rather than the relentless drive to the finish…
The Railway’s There Yet: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (Year of the Month)
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who…