Did you have the pre-streaming millennial experience of watching all of Friends on ten brightly-colored DVD box sets? Well then you know the absolute agony and boredom that befell your face when you realized they inserted a clip show. The titular friends sit around, loosely setting us up to remember all of the great times we had (centered about a subject) then we just… play clips of episodes we’ve already seen.
All that said, welcome to my clip show! I launched this newsletter one year ago, and with more days behind me than subscribers (I’m talking to you, person reading this who hasn’t subscribed… mhm I can tell… internet analytics don’t lie… the link is right above… what like it’s hard?), I wanted to take a trip down memory avenue (wider than a lane) to recount all of the things I’ve recommended to readers. If you don’t click on two of these links, you hate me. 💛
TELEVISION
Wondering where to jump back into Survivor because you love to say you haven’t watched it in 20 years? Try Survivor: Millennials v. Gen X (May 14, 2024)
Does Sex and the City have too much sex and too much city? Check out The Bold Type (December 6, 2023)
My last-year-end recs in TV (Shrinking, The Horror of Delores Roach, Scavengers Reign) [January 3, 2024]
Emmy-winning Best Reality Competition Show The Traitors, on Peacock — season 3 coming in January! (January 29, 2024)
Subscribe to Max for the top tier comedy, like The Other Two (February 5, 2024)
I believe you don’t need any prior Star Wars knowledge to enjoy pretty-much-standalone series Andor on Disney+ (July 22, 2024)
A friend created his own horror comedy series Murder for Dummies, now on YouTube (October 14, 2024)
MOVIES
My last-year-end recs in TV (The Holdovers, Dicks: The Musical, Theater Camp) [January 3, 2024]
A movie-based activity: name your top three, four, five movies and make some conversation about it (February 22, 2024)
I’m still unsure if I enjoyed The Greatest Showman or not… hm I better watch it again to check (April 22, 2024)
Also due for a Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar rewatch otherwise I risk not retaining my sense of humor (April 18, 2024)
An anti-recommendation for IF, a movie I hated but watched twice and then spent two days writing 2,000 words thinking about it (July 11, 2024)
PODCASTS
Favorite new podcast of the year, Wild Card (September 9, 2024)
Learn your herstory with this in-depth look back at Britney Spears’ first 20 years in the public eye: It’s Britney Bitch (November 21, 2023)
What the fook happened to MTV? Again, a learning experience, with Who Killed the Video Star? (May 29, 2024)
MUSIC
My 2023 new music playlist, before I admit that my 2024 new music searh has been lacking. The pop girlies did too much this year! (December 19, 2023)
A non-exhaustive playlist of lesser-known but iconic Kelly Clarkson songs (March 19, 2024)
In remembrance of One Direction’s Liam Payne, another non-exhaustive list of lesser-known 1D songs that absolutely slay (October 18, 2024)
OTHER
TORCHED, a newsletter tracking how Los Angeles is getting ready for the 2028 Olympic games (June 10, 2024)
Bombas Gripper Slippers for cozy winter nights (January 16, 2024)
EXTREMELY OTHER, STILL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
A crisp glass of apple juice (November 7, 2023)
Send this to one other person. My livelihood is at stake. 👼🏻
