Tom Hawking’s list of 50 albums everyone needs to own, with the caveat that he selected one album per year from 1963-2013 is the rarest of lists. It’s both a comprehensive musical overview of the last half century, touching on many necessary albums and cross-polluting plenty of genres, but it’s also one that is well [...]
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Flavorwire’s List of 50 Albums Everyone Needs to Own, 1963-2013
by James Furbush on May 21, 2013
30 IPAs Worth Seeking Out
by James Furbush on April 15, 2013
IPAs are pretty standard, nay a requirement, for any craft brewery. Hop bombs or inky stouts are how many of them create their reputations. If you like that particular beer style, then you’ll want to bookmark First We Feast’s list of 30 IPAs to drink before dying, It’s a solid collection of hoppy India Pale [...]
2013 TV Pilot Guide and a Thought on Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’
by James Furbush on February 4, 2013
Here’s a look at the pilots in contention for the 2013-14 television season, which The Hollywood Reporter will be updating throughout pilot and casting season. Should give you an idea of what shows are coming down the pipe in the fall. It’s interesting to peruse this list and ponder how networks develop shows to air and eventually [...]
America’s Best Beer Bars
by James Furbush on January 25, 2013
Draft Magazine celebrates the best places to grab a brew across America. As craft beer has exploded, so has the number of incredible places that serve it. This list celebrates those special haunts with less than three locations and one passionate focus: beer. There might be darts and a jukebox or candlelight and a turntable; [...]
A Panoply of Beer Links: Budweiser Finally Cops to What Everyone Already Knows
by James Furbush on January 18, 2013
There’s a time and place for drinking Budweiser, which is only during sporting events. The problem with Budweiser (Light, Heavy, whatever) is that a six-pack is nearly as expensive as a decent craft beer six-pack that tastes better and has a higher alcohol content. Really, would you rather pay $7 for Bud or spend $12 [...]
2013 Oscar Nominations
by James Furbush on January 10, 2013
The Best Pictures from 2013 are: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Amour, Django Unchained, and Argo. I really don’t know how this is going to shake out. It feels like Beasts, Amour, and Lincoln just became the favorites based on all the other [...]
“The Best Countries to be Born in Are Small, Peaceful, Homogenous, Liberal Democracies”
by James Furbush on January 9, 2013
So, not the United States, basically. That’s according to a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which looked at 80 countries, scoring them across 11 variables to determine “which country will provide the best opportunities for a healthy, safe and prosperous life in the years ahead.” The United States and Germany ranked 15th on the list of [...]
The Hundred Best Lists of All Time
by James Furbush on December 31, 2012
The New Yorker magazine has posted “The Hundred Best Lists of All Time” in an effort to give BuzzFeed, The Awl, and other snarky, linkbaity publications a run for its money. The list includes everything from The Ten Commandments to Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues to Mel Kiper’s NFL Draft Board. Well done, New Yorker, well [...]
Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2012
by James Furbush on December 21, 2012
I’m not sure what’s more shocking: that Animal Collective released an album this year and it wasn’t in the top 50 albums, or that Frank Ocean’s sublime album lost out on the top spot to Kenrick Lamar’s also exceptionally deserving album. Perhaps the biggest omission in that Titus Andronicus’ Local Business is nowhere to be found. What’s [...]
2012 Hollywood Black List
by James Furbush on December 17, 2012
The Black List is an annual collection of screenplays that studio executives really love but have no intention of turning into actual movies. Well, the intention is there but the financial incentive to do so might not be, if you know what I mean. The movies often tend to be historical biopics or quirky dramedies, [...]
