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The Friday Article Roundup

Hang up and listen to the FAR

April 17, 2026

Hold the phone for the best pop culture writing of the week.

Anthologized

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season One

April 16, 2026

Just imagine "Funeral March of a Marionette" playing for this wrap-up post of a somewhat uneven season.

I see: Aggressive nonsensicality in Pinky and the Brain

April 16, 2026

A reference outside the expected frame of reference that stares you in the face, demanding you deal with it

Intrusive Thoughts

Speaking My Language

April 15, 2026

The quotes you connect to help you connect to people.

Streaming Shuffle

Host

April 15, 2026

In a confusing time, this movie knew what it was doing.

The Sounding Board

WU LYF makes a long-awaited and mostly epic return 

April 14, 2026

A weekly column where New Music Tuesdays live on. Conversation is encouraged in the comments.

Year of the Month

The Hero With A Thousand Faces

April 13, 2026

What if the world was something to learn from?

Celebrating the Living

Dawn French

April 12, 2026

One of the great ladies of British comedy.

Attention Must Be Paid

Dick Clark

April 11, 2026

The man who made rock wholesome and integrated.

Disney Byways

“Goofy Gymnastics”

April 10, 2026

The artistry that is Goofy.

Year Of The Month

Nothing left to do except fight: Battleground

April 10, 2026

A stand against forgetting the fight against fascism, with the clarity and starkness of a rifle jammed into the snow. 

The Friday Article Roundup

The FAR rocks art

April 10, 2026

The best, most avant-garde pop culture writing of the week.

Film

Streaming Shuffle

Host

April 15, 2026

In a confusing time, this movie knew what it was doing.

Year Of The Month

Nothing left to do except fight: Battleground

April 10, 2026

A stand against forgetting the fight against fascism, with the clarity and starkness of a rifle jammed into the snow. 

Year of the Month

On The Town (1949)

April 9, 2026

Three sailors visit New York City on 24 hour leave

Streaming Shuffle

The Asphyx

April 8, 2026

The dead and the undying.

Biodome

April 6, 2026

How do you screw up such a simple premise?

Celebrating the Living

Kurt Fuller

April 5, 2026

Maybe not enormously famous but definitely memorable.

Intrusive Thoughts

The Choice to Know

April 1, 2026

Knowing about a celebrity can be the right choice.

Streaming Shuffle

The Life of Chuck

April 1, 2026

"I will live my life until my life runs out."

TV

Anthologized

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season One

April 16, 2026

Just imagine "Funeral March of a Marionette" playing for this wrap-up post of a somewhat uneven season.

I see: Aggressive nonsensicality in Pinky and the Brain

April 16, 2026

A reference outside the expected frame of reference that stares you in the face, demanding you deal with it

Intrusive Thoughts

Speaking My Language

April 15, 2026

The quotes you connect to help you connect to people.

Celebrating the Living

Dawn French

April 12, 2026

One of the great ladies of British comedy.

Anthologized

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, S1E39, "Momentum"

April 9, 2026

Pay your employees, people.

Captain's Log

The Week in TV, 4/9/26

April 9, 2026

The image represents the spiritual imprisonment this column has me in. Either that or I have a thing for necks

Anthologized

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, S1E38, "The Creeper"

April 2, 2026

"You don't get murdered without a reason."

Captain's Log

The Week in TV, 4/2/26

April 2, 2026

Hey, you try coming up with something to say besides "good episode" every week

Music

The Sounding Board

WU LYF makes a long-awaited and mostly epic return 

April 14, 2026

A weekly column where New Music Tuesdays live on. Conversation is encouraged in the comments.

Attention Must Be Paid

Dick Clark

April 11, 2026

The man who made rock wholesome and integrated.

The Sounding Board

Dry Socket sock it to the establishment on Self Defense Techniques

April 7, 2026

A weekly column where New Music Tuesdays live on. Conversation is encouraged in the comments.

The Sounding Board

Gladie's excellent new album is here for you

March 31, 2026

A weekly column where New Music Tuesdays live on. Conversation is encouraged in the comments.

The Sounding Board

Slip inside This House's noisy and winning new album

March 24, 2026

A weekly column where New Music Tuesdays live on. Conversation is encouraged in the comments.

Year of the Month

"The Point of No Return": Steely Dan and Gaucho

March 19, 2026

"The kid will live and learn, as he watches his bridges burn"

The Sounding Board

Midwest, Post Death comes to life on post recovery

March 17, 2026

A weekly column where New Music Tuesdays live on. Conversation is encouraged in the comments.

The Sounding Board

Surfbort's tub is more than half full on Reality Star

March 10, 2026

A weekly column where New Music Tuesdays live on. Conversation is encouraged in the comments.

Gaming

My ever-evolving relationship with Max Payne and ambition in fiction

October 20, 2025

Does everything have to everything all the time?

Some loose thoughts on some TTRPGS

July 7, 2025

A bunch of games I played and how they make me feel.

Was Metal Gear Solid 2 right?

March 31, 2025

It was right about everything, I just needed a snappy title.

How to be Trained by Video Games

February 24, 2025

Ways video games can and cannot teach you to have fun.

Year of the Month

Inside

February 11, 2025

Where are you going?

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

December 5, 2024

A review of my first playthrough for Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The More Realistic Sex Game

September 2, 2024

Examining how relationships work in The Dragon Age Saga prior to Veilguard.

The many endings of Spec Ops: The Line

October 16, 2023

How the multiple endings of Spec Ops: The Line ask the player to judge their protagonist.

Books

Year of the Month

The Hero With A Thousand Faces

April 13, 2026

What if the world was something to learn from?

Intrusive Thoughts

Barthe DeClements and How It Sucks to Be a Kid

March 18, 2026

The author of a lot of books on the border of children's and Young Adult, just as many kids are.

Year of the Month

The Grave's Our Destination: Death and Belonging in Lonesome Dove

January 26, 2026

Why we keep coming back to Larry McMurtry's vision of the American West.

Year of the Month

"The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson

December 21, 2025

An elegantly crafted classic.

Disney Byways

The Art of Walt Disney

October 24, 2025

A history of the studio which even manages to acknowledge that Walt didn't really do the art for the most part.

Year of the Month

Working

October 15, 2025

What do you do for a living? And what does it mean to call a job that?

Attention Must Be Paid

Ira Levin

October 11, 2025

A great writer of horror who never failed to make readers laugh through their shudders.

Year of the Month

I Was Walking with a Ghost: The Seductive Power of Rebecca

September 25, 2025

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."