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Magpie Memories

Celebrating the Living

Richard Bellis

September 10, 2023

A composer whose music you've heard whether you realize it or not.

Year of the Month

I love you, but baby, do you love me? Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque

August 31, 2023

The debut album of Scotland's great power-pop trio is every bit as good now as it was in 1991

Year of the Month

The Rootless Culture of My Own Private Idaho

August 17, 2023

The New Queer Cinema takes to the road.

Deep Dives with the Captain

Barry, Ted Lasso, and Better Call Saul: Final seasons, endings, and moral dissonance

August 17, 2023

After being disappointed by the endings to three critically acclaimed shows, the author seeks to understand why, and finds a common thread-- albeit not the entire explanation-- between all three

Camera Obscura

Phantom Lady

August 15, 2023

Not the Phantom Lady you might be thinking of, but one well worth discovering.

Intrusive Thoughts

Music and My Freshman Year

August 2, 2023

1991 was a powerful year for me and for music, and they coincided strongly.

In Memoriam

The Public May Think I’m Weird: Paul Reubens, 1952-2023

July 31, 2023

What he wanted to do his whole life was make people laugh, and he succeeded even in his more obscure roles.

Celebrating the Living

Colm Meaney

July 23, 2023

The hardest-working Irish actor of the '80s and '90s.

Year of the Month

The Humanity of All My Sons

July 19, 2023

“You wanted money, didn’t you?”

Camera Obscura

Dear Lola/The Beniker Gang

July 18, 2023

A charming and deeply obscure story that deserves to be in regular rotation for kids.