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Johnny Blue Skies, Common & Pete Rock, and more of my favorite albums from Junely (June and July) 2024
“[Johnny Blue Skies album Passage Du Desir is], all at once, a stroke of outlaw country genius and a massive, psychedelic vacuum of singer-songwriter reckonings and pensive, concerto swells. I wouldn’t call Passage du Desir a comeback. No, this is a recalibration firing on all cylinders—its only imperfection being that it ends.” – Paste Man, so much…
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Culantro
Have you ever heard of culantro (similar to but different from cilantro, aka sawtooth coriander)? I never had until today, but it’s a thing and sounds delicious.
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Hades is my game of the year
I barely have any game time at the moment, but when I do, I’m playing a game released way back in 2020 called Hades. It’s no secret to many how good this game is (it was game of the year everywhere basically), but for someone who is so slow nowadays to play new games, it’s…
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Mdou Moctar, BADBADNOTGOOD, and more of my favorite albums from May 2024
“Our hope is that the listener will use our renditions to research the originals and how amazing the world of [Earth Wind and Fire] actually is. We are true believers in the fact that, if everyone started their day with at least one EWF song, the world would indeed be a better place,” From Listen:…
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Liam Bailey, Baby Rose, and more of my favorite albums from spring 2024
“I’ve never worked with someone who writes like Liam,” Michels says. “He’ll freestyle some stream-of-consciousness lyrics that sound like gibberish, but then when we listen back and change a word here or a word there, they become these incredibly thoughtful and personal songs about things in his life, or a story he’s trying to tell.”…
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Mid tv and House of Dragons
My wife and I don’t watch a ton of TV, but we watch our share. Early in our relationship, we watched most of Game of Thrones together after it had been out for years, and it was glorious. Now we’re rewatching the first season of House of Dragons again, and it’s also great. As in,…
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Don’t use the word hate
Murakami said it best: “Hatred is like a long, dark shadow. In most cases, not even the person it falls upon knows where it comes from.”
