Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Photo: Paras Griffin (Getty Images) I spent Saturday evening in a room full of black people, celebrating the birthday of a friend and the genius possessed by two people who were not in that room: LeBron James and Donald Glover. The first part of our night was devoted to the second half of the Cleveland…
Every so often we must take a break from the real news, because something comes across Twitter that makes us scream at clouds about HOW THE FUCK did Chris Cillizza win the Failing Upward lottery to the point that he’s paid what must be multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, when you combine…
Yesterday, Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover released a music video for his new song, “This Is America.” The internet damn-near broke, because people were obsessed with the many layers and multiple meanings behind the 4-minute visual. youtube.com The video looks incredible. It was directed by Hiro Murai, the same guy who, according to Noisey, has “been behind videos for…
I could only have seen it there, on the waxed hardwood floor of my elementary-school auditorium, because I was young then, barely 7 years old, and cable had not yet come to the city, and if it had, my father would not have believed in it. Yes, it had to have happened like this, like…
I happened to listen to “This Is America,” the new single by Childish Gambino, a.k.a. Donald Glover, before I saw the eloquent, ultra-violent accompanying video concocted by Glover and the director Hiro Murai. One of the song’s three strands is set to a benign Afrobeat rhythm, with Glover and a backing choir echoing old, edifying…
beep boop beep blorp Image: Getty We may never be free from the reanimated corpse of American Idol, which is more proof to me that hell is real. Deadline reports that ABC has renewed the cursed program for a second season, dragging judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie along for the ride. Joining…
close story-meta Photo Patrick and SpongeBob in “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Credit Nickelodeon When a yellow sponge in rectangular pants came to children’s TV in 1999, who could have guessed that it would lead to “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical,” which was nominated this week for 12 Tony Awards? With the musical on a slate that includes…
During her “Smallville” days, Allison Mack was unfailingly sweet, smart, and kind. She was committed to female empowerment and making a difference in the world, according to multiple sources who worked with the actress during the series 2001-2011 run. This month, federal prosecutors described Mack in court documents as the second-in-command of a sex cult…
Batman: The Telltale Series is already up to its fourth and penultimate episode, and has firmly established itself as a unique take on the Batman universe. Whether it’s rewriting the Wayne family history, redefining classic relationships, or giving an infamous villain a much-needed modern redesign, Telltale are breathing new life into the franchise by offering a…
close story-meta Photo In the new film “I Feel Pretty,” Amy Schumer plays a cosmetics company peon who conks her head in a SoulCycle accident and awakens believing that she has miraculously become supermodel-hot. Credit STXfilms “I Feel Pretty” is based on a pretty little lie: Looks don’t matter. It’s what’s on the inside that…