Good day.
Here are some things I liked in 2025.
TV: The Rehearsal (HBO)
There’s something captivating about watching someone venture to the ends of the earth and beyond to fulfill a passion.
The finale attempted one of the most impressive feats ever put on television.
Editor’s dialogue: “You would put something involving Nathan Fielder and Evanescence.”
Books: Erasure by Percival Everett
A perfect showcase of the great conflict within artistic genius.
We must accept the masses cannot access certain levels of high-mindedness.
As an artist, do you “dumb down” your complicated work to reach a wider audience or do you carry on with high-brow complexity for a small, niche audience?
Music: Pop Queens
I got three for you. Mind you, I am a 36-year-old male.
Lady Gaga – MAYHEM
Pop music should do two things: Make you move and make you feel.
Lights – A6
There’s a shelf life for trauma, but nostalgia is eternal.
Huntr/x – KPOP Demon Hunters
This movie had a 10/10 villain song about the ending the world and followed it up with a 10/10 hero song about saving the world. Never been done in all of cinema.
Style: Whatever I Like
My wife texted me an ad for Dragon Ball Z Crocs.
“Y’all are disrupting my algo[rithm], I swear,” she wrote.
“Just bought my first pair of Crocs,” I wrote back.
“Shut up.”
Life is short. Find what brings you joy.
