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“New” Mountain Goats brightened up my week considerably

“New” Mountain Goats brightened up my week considerably

Okay, so it's not new but it's new to me This week, The Mountain Goats put out a record for this month's Bandcamp Friday at the low, low price of pay-what you want (it's still there if you missed it, but now

Product Corner: Corralling the issue sprawl problem in Marvel Unlimited

Or, why is it SO HARD to read the two big Hickman sagas? This is the first edition of Product Corner, where I, Keith, apply my day job – product management – to things that are not my product. Where possible, I will also follow up with the laziest possible "solution&

Natasha Lyonne and co. remind us what worked about 90s TV

I bet Rian Johnson remembers the one about the fluke monster Full disclosure – the first TV show I ever loved was The X-Files. No, that's a lie, the first TV show I ever loved was actually probably Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers. Hang on, my mom just called;

"One shouldn't differentiate between All That Breathes"

The camera expands the scope of storytelling It's so often not useful to use the plot of a movie to determine how interesting or enjoyable it is going to be. Or, at least, the content is only one piece of what makes it interesting, and at this point

What are we doing here?

There's a flare gun in my hand I point it straight, I point it high And to the universe it applies It lit things up in lavender Where I'd been, was, might go Welcome to Universal Applicant, our little space for rumblings and ramblings about culture,