The top five songs to know.
NEWS & ART
The racism in asking about “the good kids” at the rich school.
How we talk about our kids’ worth is all-too emblematic of how little we budget energy and money for their education.
The manipulation tactics you’re missing, and how to beat them.
Downtime is gear-up time.
Review: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, ‘Georgia Blue’ — the album that Biden built.
Isbell and the 400 Unit raise the bar for themselves, and attempt to make an R.E.M. stomper work next to a Gladys Knight hit.
Knowing basic calculus can change your life — or save it.
Five minutes of calculus could save you 15% or more on everything.
The Happening on HBO Max is the worst movie I will ever watch twice.
“I don’t know for sure, but I read this article…”
‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Preview: What to look for in Denzel’s take on the classic
“Double, double toil and trouble…”
Not-wild Ideas: The Reverse Playlist, and the Do-Not-Watchlist
Let me do the unthinkable and turn something off with no intention of thinking about it ever again.
The story doesn’t always hit, but ‘La Llorona’ is of a rare masterclass.
Director Bustamante’s analogue is Coppola, both surfacing what is vacuous through crimson screen presence.
An open letter to the “That’s not real music” people.
With everything ‘tracked’ separately, and often multiple times, you afford yourself uninhibited creativity as a composer behind the boards.