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Reflections From a Black Mirror: S1 E2 “Fifteen Million Merits” (Netflix)
Reflections From a Black Mirror: S1 E2 “Fifteen Million Merits” (Netflix)

My recap of the "15 Million Merits" episode of Black Mirror.

It includes discussion of Abraham Lincoln, Charlie Brooker, Marxism, the book of Matthew and a few other things that this highly underrated episode inspired me to think about.

Enjoy!

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Reflections From a Black Mirror: S2 E3 “The Waldo Moment”
Reflections From a Black Mirror: S2 E3 “The Waldo Moment”

So, lately, I have been doing out of sequence recaps or commentaries on the Netflix television series Black Mirror.

Given the tragic events of last night, it seems like as good a time as any to take on "The Waldo Moment"

Enjoy (as much as you can today)!

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My Gift to Belinda Carlisle: Music With Character
My Gift to Belinda Carlisle: Music With Character

I challenged myself to come up with 40 good albums released in just the last two years so that I could respond to people, like Belinda Carlisle, who think no good music is being made today.

As usual, I believe music is fine, it is the industry that is doing a terrible job of communicating great music to the masses.

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeGo Go's, Belinda Carlisle, Beauty and the Beat, Beach House, Depression Cherry, Father John Misty, I Love You Honeybear, Mas Ysa, Seraph, Shearwater, Jet Plane and Oxbow, La Misma, Kanizadi, Wand, Golem, Pinegrove, Cardinal, Bully, Feels Like, Ought, Sun Coming Down, Diat, Positive Energy, Pinkish Black, Bottom Of The Morning, Cloud Nothings, Here And Nowhere Else, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, So Pitted, Neo, TV On The Radio, TVOTR, DIIV, Run The Jewels, Killer Mike, Run The Jewels 2, Tame Impala, Currents, Grimes, Art Angels, Shopping, Why Choose, Cold Beat, Into The Air, Deerhunter, Fading Frontier, Chelsea Wolf, Abyss, Albert Hammond Jr., Momentary Masters, Blanck Mass, Dumb Flesh, Gun Ouftit, Alabama Shakes, The Alabama Shakes, Sound and Color, Brittany Howard, Dilly Dally, Sore, Milo, So The Flies Won't Come, Chastity Belt, Time To Go Home, Protomartyr, The Agent Intellect, Courtney Barnett, Speedy Ortiz, Foil Deer, Hop Along, Painted Shut, J. Tillman, Waxahatchee, Katie Curtchfield, Katie Crutchfield, Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy, Ivy Trip, Julien Baker, Sprained Ankle, Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone?, Chvrches, Every Open Eye, Vince Staples, Summertime 06, Girlpool, Before The World Was BigComment