High Maintenance gets really real in “Namaste” – although I wish it had been directly named after the yoga place “Namastuy” – and plays out like a slice of New York real estate life. Unlike the past two episodes of the season,…
Alone Together 1×04 Review: “Pop-Up”
This episode might be the simplest premise Alone Together has had yet, and it’s almost its own version of a bottle episode, with most of the action taking place in the same line for the titular pop-up. However, the mix…
Album Review: No Age – “Snares Like a Haircut”
It’s been five years since Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt released a studio album as No Age, so you would think in that time there might have been an evolution that would be evident in their new release. Unfortunately,…
High Maintenance 2×02 Review: “Fagin”
This might be the most purely funny High Maintenance episode in quite awhile. In the past week I read two especially illuminating interviews, one with Ben Sinclair and the other with Katja Blichfeld, both of which give the impression of…
From the Record Crate: Elton John – “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player” (1973)
In January 1973, Elton John was already four years into his pop career but was ready to release his sixth studio album. That album, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, would become his most successful album up to…
Alone Together 1×03 Review: “Fertility” Gives Esther Some Insight
The first two episodes of Alone Together have firmly established the kind of friendship Esther and Benji have, so on the third outing we get some information on where they come from. What environments led to an Esther and a Benji? We…
High Maintenance Season 2 Premiere Review
Last year felt incredibly long. Tonight it felt even longer as I realized that High Maintenace was off the air for the entirety of 2017. Most significantly, the last new episode to air was on October 21, 2016, still a…
