Olive, Again: A Novel What if you’re just not that important? A tear literally came to my eye as I finished this book. Which completes the story of Olive Kitteridge, the protagonist of Elizabeth Strout’s book of that name back in 2008. Yes, they made a mini-series of that book back on HBO five years […]

And the Spotify Top 50/”Billboard” Hot 100 are like network. Actually, we might have already experience the breakthrough, with “Baby Shark,” which was so successful it’s now on tour. Yup, if you think about this song and the hit parade, the only one that will survive fifty years from now is “Baby Shark.” Do you […]

It wasn’t great, but at least you find out what happens to Jesse Pinkman. This is what happens when you give someone too much money. Not Jesse, but Vince Gilligan. What was notable about “Breaking Bad” was how fast and flat it was shot, demonstrating the capital constraints of basic cable. And “Breaking Bad” did […]

Hillbilly Elegy Anybody who’s a friend of Peter Thiel is not a friend of mine. Well, not exactly, but what bugged me about the press for this book is that they neglected to point out J.D. Vance’s entrenchment with right wingers, as in this book was seen as an insight into the poor white underbelly […]