Category Archives: Journal
A Typical Severance Episode
One thing I love about Severance is that there’s no such thing, especially in this second season, as a “typical” Severance episode. Love and also kinda hate. Because after last week’s emotional rollercoaster revelations about Gemma Scout aka Ms Casey, … Continue reading
Range Life: A Pavement Story
Fun times ahead. This, by the way, is not a trailer or teaser for the upcoming movie Pavements. It’s for Range Life, the fake biopic within that movie. Confused? Yeah, that’s probably the idea.
Catch Your Breath
I loved Anora and I’m stoked to see it and its creators win recognition at the Oscars and I wish that a wider variety of indie films could’ve gone home with or even just be nominated for one. I’m sure … Continue reading
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan
Marcin Wichary’s deep dive into the engraving font Gorton is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen on the internet in ages. Even if you’re not a font person — I certainly am not — you’ll find this fascinating … Continue reading
The Oscar Cup
So the awards season has finally come to a close. We can get back to thinking about movies as art and entertainment and not talking them and all the people involved in making them like racehorses or sports teams.
Looking Out
It’s amazing to think that Trump has been in power for just over a month. So much damage in so little time. I’d love to see more reporting on the actual on-the-ground human effects of Trump and Musk’s actions rather … Continue reading
Sonos Dropouts Solved
Mid last year I bought a cheap Sonos speaker from Ikea and it was a huge upgrade to my home life. For the last decade or so I’d almost always listened to music only through headphones. Occasionally I’d airplay a … Continue reading
A Complete Unknown
Yesterday I went to see the new Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. I gave it five stars on Letterboxd and said: Every star is for Chalamet. Off-the-charts incredible performance – especially when he’s singing, which is almost the entire movie … Continue reading
The Big Fight
Driving home today a snippet of a song got caught in my head. It was just the sound of two singers singing a chorus. No idea of the band and words that I could make out — just the sound … Continue reading
Marmalade and Yogurt
A few years back a little small-goods store opened down the road. They had pricey hams and smoked meats, fancy cheeses and an array of handmade artisanal stuff in jars. The absolute star of the show for me was the … Continue reading
The Handmaiden’s Tale
Yesterday, for the dozenth time, I mistakenly referred to the Korean movie The Handmaiden as The Handmaid’s Tale, causing great confusion. Will this curse ever be lifted?
Next Steps
A couple of months ago I realised that my impression of two nineties bands, Sloan and Yo La Tengo, was completely wrong. I had somehow gotten it into my head that Sloan was a jokey version of Weezer and Yo … Continue reading
Orange
I should learn the names of more flowers and plants. For the time being I’m calling these the Orange Flowers.
21 October 2024
I listened to Smog’s Knock Knock album through headphones for the first time today it was a revelation. I’d previously only listed to it through speakers at low low volumes. Almost twenty years of living in Japan has me trained … Continue reading
PDA Memories
Just remembering that record scratch moment when I realised that PDA no longer stood for personal digital assistant. Oh, so those celebrities aren’t actually into the latest Palm or Clie or Treo. Makes sense.
Nope – No New iPhone This Year
Phew – after a few days of internal debate I’ve decided that I don’t need the new iPhone after all. The only reason I want one is for the better camera system, but I’d still really want an actual new … Continue reading