Daily Archive: January 3, 2021

Donald Trump

Andrew Donaldson

/// January 3, 2021

Trump Call: (Updated) WaPo Releases Audio of President Berating Georgia Election Officials

President Trump is on tape berating and threatening Georgia election officials in audio released by the Washington Post

Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett

Christopher Bradley

/// January 3, 2021

Sunday Spins: Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett

Kurt Vile is one of America’s great underrated songwriters and Courtney Barnett has released a few really great records over the past half decade or so

Proust

/// January 3, 2021

Sunday Morning! Returning to Proust

In a sense, it feels doubly-appropriate to reread Proust in middle age because so much of his novel is about the attempt to snatch our memories from the oblivion of the past.

Game of Thrones

/// January 3, 2021

Game of Thrones: The Cool is Not Enough

There were several fascinating arcs of both plot and character the writers of Game of Thrones sacrificed at the altar of The Rule of Cool.

/// January 3, 2021

Getting To Stay In

Ain’t it a grand and glorious feeling

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