Run the Jewels have always performed rabble-rousing rap, so naturally they got Conor and Will arguing--about buddy cops and Christmas movies??Read This
Fellow journalists: If Trump’s elected, drop everything
A Trump administration will not be kind to journalists—or to the rule of law. The only thing for it is to document the next four years in excruciating detail, to give as much material as possible to the forces of democracy by shining a light on the forces of Trumpism. The Donald is an extraordinary candidate, and he demands an extraordinary response: not the mountains of free advertising showered on him by the cable news shows, but ruthless examination. Read This
Bob Dylan: Nobel-worthy folk hero, or illusion of consciousness?
Does Bob Dylan deserve the Nobel Prize in Literature? Does he even want it? Does it even exist?Read This
Haunt 51: The Hyped Expansion
Fight monsters! Navigate convoluted rules! Come to terms with adulthood!Read This
What did typists do to deserve Bon Iver’s new album?
The below review was written by Will Boogert and Conor Fellin as they listened to Bon Iver’s 22, A Million for the first time. They started writing when the album began, and stopped typing when the album ended. Except for grammar (and a few hyperlinks added to explain what the hell we were thinking), the […]Read This
Trump: I welcome immigrants, extinction of the human race
In his first robust policy speech of the cycle, Donald Trump revealed a previously secret plan for getting rid of illegal immigrants–along with every other inhabitant of the American continent.Read This
Wilco’s Schmilco, Schmilco’s Schmilco
The below review was written by Will Boogert and Conor Fellin as they listened to Wilco’s Schmilco for the first time. They started writing when the album began, and stopped typing when the album ended. Except for grammar, the review has not been changed since that moment.Read This
Whispering into a Recorder: Chris Gethard’s Beautiful/Anonymous
It was the decorated feature journalist Michael Overall who first introduced me to the idea that awkward silences were an interviewer’s friend. Your subject generally knows what’s interesting about their story, he told the handful of student journalists that had shown up to his Q&A session. A long pause after an answer can give them […]Read This
Three Easy Pieces: Coming to Terms With C. S. Lewis
When I first encountered C. S. Lewis, I dismissed him as a mere apologist and banished most of his books from my reading lists. But after an unexpected introduction to another side of his writings, I found that I could be friends with Clive. Here's where an atheist can agree with the 20th century's most influential Christian apologist.Read This
69 Love Songs Is Like a Triple Album
69 Love Songs by the Magnetic Fields is a magnum opus of pop if there ever was one. Delivering no fewer than the promised 69 songs, the album serves as a veritable encyclopedia of pop music and of the relationships contained therein. Its three-hour runtime can make it a daunting listen, so Conor and Will […]Read This