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What if Louis XVI was a wizard?
A charming post-revolutionary wizard fantasy, some Gene Hackman faves, and songs I love: Roundup 03/02/25
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If Joan Didion wrote 'Little Drummer Girl'?
An elegiac spy novel, a gnarly one-take action movie, and four tracks I'm listening to.
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"It looks like the fork has pierced the sky"
Three picture books my son loves, an underseen Le Carré adaptation, and four tracks I love
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Fly-fishing in a business suit
A haunting international noir, a cool and gorgeously staged '90s thriller, and a beautiful new album of eurodance-pop revival
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The femcel crypto-degen catalog model and the serial killer
What I'm reading about DeepSeek; a great, unsettling dark-web horror movie; and a Radiohead-esque chamber-rock album
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What I'm reading about the tech right and Trump, a gonzo Iron-Age movie with dialogue in proto-Latin, my all-time favorite album now on…
Roundup 01/27/2025
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A great new sci-fi novel for Iain M. Banks fans, a masterpiece French crime epic, and a great new jangly power-pop album
Roundup 01/19/2024
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A 'Secret History'-ish period mystery, a great '90s true-crime black comedy, and four songs I like
Roundup 01/13/2025
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A great, fun, strange translation of Homer; a rich, poignant 2000s time-travel thriller; and some new songs I love
Roundup 01/05/2025
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Books, Movies, and Music of the year
Roundup 12/29/24
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One of the best 'true-crime' books I've read in years, a gorgeous movie about sketchy archeologists, and four songs I like
Roundup 12/22/24
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A great "magical school" novel, a wonderfully '90s new thriller, and four tracks I've been enjoying
Roundup 12/16/2024
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