wtf is in the north carolina water that everyone from there is a genius singer songwriter.

wrote about SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE and this: defector.com/somebody-somew…

.Justine Peres Smith wrote about my favourite subject. cbc.ca/arts/this-queb…

last column before christmas break is on james acaster's new special, HECKLERS WELCOME (i really wanted to like this!!!), and the inundation of crowd work in comedy. defector.com/crowd-work-isn…

wrote about the primacy of image over story. defector.com/when-did-the-m…

wrote about sebastian stan, A DIFFERENT MAN, and the power of perspective. defector.com/a-different-ma…

wrote about her. defector.com/theres-always-…

wrote about BLACK BOX DIARIES, which really moved me (and is up for an academy award). defector.com/black-box-diar…

i thot this was just a j-cloth. i wrote about it. defector.com/what-the-beads…

wrote about mark corrigan's new show. defector.com/ludwig-gets-co…

i got too excited about DROP. poor DROP. defector.com/drop-is-not-a-…

wrote about tunde adebimpe's first (!!!) solo album and the time-travelling quality of mixes (he designed it to be like a mixtape :x) defector.com/tunde-adebimpe…

this movie is not my friend. defector.com/friendship-can…

it takes a minute...defector.com/stick-with-dep…

if you are a culture critic, it's rare to have your work be actively obviously useful, but i wrote about writer hanif kureishi suddenly becoming a paraplegic and capturing his changing perspective in his new memoir, SHATTERED, and got a magical comment. defector.com/hanif-kureishi…

nothing like spending months on a super sprawling reported culture piece to make you realize how few places run that shit anymore...if anyone has any names for places that do i would love to hear them.

wrote about the redford double take. defector.com/robert-redford…

wrote about THE SIMPSONS, a show people can't stop quoting to me even tho i have never seen an entire episode. (s/o to @alansiegella for sending me his book despite this). defector.com/to-artistic-fr…

A man who doesn't fit "in danger of being out of time" tears across the desert in a "dad robe" and "glaucoma-grade sunglasses." -- soraya roberts on wardrobe as character for Leonardo DiCaprio's Pat in #OneBattleAfterAnother. defector.com/the-robe-runner

wrote about diane keaton forever choosing to go solo despite all the romantic comedies. defector.com/diane-keatons-…