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Smart articles I’ve read recently about the critically acclaimed Star Wars show Andor. (You can read my Andor-based movie recommendations here, and my chat with Tom Scocca and Tommy Craggs about the show here)
A roundup of extremely cool-sounding “mellow occult thrillers” recommended by readers. (The “mellow occult thriller” first came up in a mailbag last week.)
An article about cigarette-smoking, murderous goats.
No music recommendations this week except this Christine McVie playlist I made:
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