Opus Digest for August 2022
Some of my favorite things that I posted on Opus in the previous month.
With a constant stream of articles, posts, and tweets, it’s hard to know what you’ve missed. Therefore, I’ve compiled a list of the previous month’s posts and reviews (i.e., the Reader’s Digest version of Opus).
Aug 1: August 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Thief, Blazing Saddles, The Sandman, Star Trek
James Caan, Mel Brooks goes West, the Lord of Dreams, a return to the Lower Decks, and more.
Aug 2: My Cultural Diet (July 2022): The Expanse, Stranger Things, The Chronicles of Prydain, Ms. Marvel, Godzilla
A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
Aug 3: The Churchhill Garden’s Exquisite Dreampop
The Swiss-American duo creates blissed-out, 4AD-inspired dreampop par excellence.
Aug 5: LN’s Monkeys & Spoons Is a Masterpiece of Mood and Atmosphere (Review)
LN’s first album in almost a decade uses haunting lyrics and arrangements to explore loss and sorrow.
Aug 6: L.S.U.’s This Is the Healing Gets Remastered, Reissued (Review)
The Chrindie classic was originally released back in 1991 by Blonde Vinyl Records.
Aug 8: The Expanse Is Epic Sci-Fi Storytelling at Its Very Best
The series’ nine novels and related short stories spin an exciting, richly detailed, and thoughtful story that spans the solar system and beyond.
Aug 9: Netflix and Corridor Crew Present Punch 4 Punch
See what it takes to recreate one of the iconic stunts from Stranger Things’ fourth season.
Aug 11: New Subscriber Playlist: “By the Light of the Soleilmoon”
Subscribers can listen to a collection of songs that might have once been found in the pages of Soleilmoon’s mail order catalog.
Aug 12: “Sun-Kissed” by Sven Wunder
The Swedish composer’s latest single is another orchestral pop masterpiece.
Aug 15: “Resilience” by Endless Melancholy
The latest single from the Ukrainian musician conjures up Stranger Things vibes.
Aug 16: “What Remains” by Steve Roach
One of the ambient maestro’s finest compositions in a long time… and that’s saying something.
Aug 19: Reclaiming My Writing (or, This Is Why Your RSS Newsreader Is Blowing Up)
I’m taking steps to ensure that Opus is the definitive source for all of my writings.
Aug 21: “Abyss” by SRSQ
A heartbreaking dreampop epic inspired by personal trauma and despair.
Here’s everything that I posted in August 2022. (FWIW, August’s archive is larger than usual because I imported a lot of older posts that I’d originally written for other sites and publications.)
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