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I’m late to a lot of parties–assuming I get invited to them at all.  When I did my usual overnight research for last week’s musing on A24, I paid particular note to the premium placement BEEF had on its humble brag list–not to mention the fact that a highly anticipated new season after a significant

I pride myself on at least trying to be aware of much going on in the world as possible, but when it comes to various aspects of pop culture that often proves to be more difficult.  That’s no truer than when it comes to contemporary music.  At least when I worked in an office and/or

NGL, it’s getting more and more difficult to find something upbeat to muse about.   Forget about the otherwise immaterial nuisances that the Mets have lost eight in a row (including an anemic performance I endured in person Tuesday night) and the Heat were heartbreakingly ousted from any chance at the NBA post-season via  a schizophrenic

I’m no fan of Richard Rushfield’s, and I suspect if he even gave a rat’s ass about any opinion other than his own he’d feel even less positively about moi.  Having been an executive, in his book that doubly qualifies me as a schmuck. Rushfield is a co-founder and effective editor emeritus of THE ANKLER,

I’m coming up on a five-year anniversary of these musings, which at least I find to be quite significant.  What began as a temporary way to stay sharp and relevant amidst a series of life-changing events, not the least of which unemployment, has now turned into the longest single stint I’ve been associated with since

For all of the awards and audience that HBO and whatever it chooses to call its streaming iterations have achieved in this century perhaps its most significant accomplishment has been to consistently be the home of a cultural icon that focuses on relationships and which seems to define the dominant generation of each decade.  In