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Continuing the Work in One Battle After Another

drafted on my daughter's ninth birthday

Oct 6 • 

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March 2025

The Joke of Manners in Barry Lyndon

“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.” - Werner Herzog

Mar 11 • 

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November 2024

Gut check on the new Kendrick Lamar

This would've been a tweet.

Nov 25, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Dirty Dancing, somehow a movie for our times

I watched Dirty Dancing (1987) recently for the first time, sort of as part of a loose effort to get to some cultural touchstones that were blind spots…

Jun 27, 2024 • 

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December 2023

Charlie's 25 Favorite Albums of 2023

much good music.

Dec 22, 2023 • 

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Really though, how do you live?

The Boy, the heron, and the struggle to be present in your own life.

Dec 12, 2023 • 

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October 2023

"First Reformed" and the Decision to End Something

or not, or whatever.

Oct 18, 2023 • 

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September 2023

the LOST postmortem

what will I fold laundry to now?

Sep 7, 2023 • 

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August 2023

An Era of Invisible Eras

In our meta-modern, self-referential and nostalgia-fueled media landscape the identifiers and semiotics of certain eras have gotten a lot more muddled.

Aug 30, 2023 • 

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Talking About Egg Punk

Around 2018 there was a meme on the punk internet.

Aug 15, 2023 • 

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I'm Watching LOST in 2023

I was 15 on September 22, 2004 when the first episode of LOST aired.

Aug 7, 2023 • 

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