Friendmendations

New project alert!!!!!

Also today is my BIRTHDAY, if that pressures you to read this!

music

Hi again, wanna talk about this old Canadian pop song?

I'm back, briefly, for the dumbest of reasons.

Oh also: bonus posts are free now

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housekeeping

I'm abandoning this newsletter!

Kind of! Not entirely. Sort of. It's complicated.

recs

Friendmendations 11.1.21

Mark Zuckerberg is an idiot, a lot of people are creative online, I'm excited about laundry detergent, sangle means pump time baba

celebrity

Can Chrissy Teigen bounce back?

The model's new cookbook is out this week. Why did the public turn on her, and will they come back around?

recs

Friendmendations 10.25.21

A Teletubby horror story, a new and niche monster mash, a scathing indictment of Strega Nona's politics, Peter Gabriel being a creepy genius, and the scariest thing of all (Scorpios)

music

The really specific taxonomy of Killers songs no one asked for

Drugs are bad, marriage is hard, bisexuality is misery.

recs

Friendmendations 10.18.21

The actual worst person you know, Coldplay being sincere and corny and good, baby pumpkinhead

bonus post

Sensory overload

Is there any way to force your brain to be more chill?

movies

The depressing blandness of "He's All That"

Call me old, but I don't think TikTok fame means someone can be a professional actor.

recs

Friendmendations 10.11.21

Over the Garden Wall analysis (as is right and proper), Lolita Podcast, The Other Two, spooky beats to twerk to

bonus post

It's obvious who the Bad Art Friend is, come on

The discourse is so juicy. I must weigh in.

recs

Friendmendations 10.4.21

Starting your life in your 30s instead of your 20s, being horny for M&Ms, a whole bunch of good TikToks

housekeeping

Pre-hiatus update!

My life is getting better and I am extremely exhausted and I'm going to take a month off!

recs

Friendmendations 8.24.21

I can't feel a thing, I keep looking at my friendmendations

music

The people demand quality merch

If you're designing for your fans, you better come correct!

music

Searching for a summer jam in 2021

Is it unrealistic to expect pop music to reflect the current mood?

recs

Friendmendations 8.16.21

now they always say friendmendations

feelings

I want to be selfish

18 months into a now-permanent pandemic, not caring about other people sure seems enticing.

recs

Friendmendations 8.10.21

Hello! As of this week, I officially no longer have a day job. Also my lease is up September 1 and my roommate is leaving the city, so I have to find a new career, apartment, and roommate. I should also start paying closer attention to news about the Delta

fashion

My bathing suit manifesto

this whole thing smacks of gender

recs

Friendmendations 8.3.21

2ND ANNIVERSARYMENDATIONS!

bonus post

Some thoughts on Jasonnn DeRuuulooo

(This is just a Trojan Horse for my story about hanging out with 2 Chainz.)

music

New confounding attempt at art just dropped

"What are we doing here?" indeed!!!