Sitemap - 2022 - Opus
Weekend Reads (Dec 31): Farewell Pikachu, Barnes & Noble, Mastodon, Public Domain Day
My Favorite Songs From 2022: Asunojokei, LN, Ronnie Martin, Steve Roach, Sally Shapiro & More
Playlist Breakdown: “Words” by Low
Weekend Reads (Dec 24): Messi, Movie Trailers, Mary Bailey, Antarctica
Weekend Reads (Dec 17): Christmas Movies, Angelo Badalamenti, Nuclear Fusion, AM Radio
Weekend Reads (Dec 10): Year-End Lists, Sad Christmas Songs, Douglas Adams
Weekend Reads (Dec 3): Chantal Akerman, Albert Pyun, Movie Trailers, Legos
Subscriber Playlist (December 2022): Close and Sacred
December 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Zoolander, The Royal Tenenbaums, Blade Runner, Knives Out
Weekend Reads (Nov 26): “Andor,” Shoegaze, Björk, AI Woes, Fake Scorsese
Playlist Breakdown: “Less Human” by Daygraves
Weekend Reads (Nov 19): Satanic Panic, 2022 World Cup, Elon Musk, Terrible Christmas Movies, Alaska
Weekend Reads (Nov 12): Mimi Parker (RIP), the Genius of “Weird Al,” Batman, Right-wing Harassment
Weekend Reads (Nov 5): “Black Panther,” PG-13 Movies, Netflix’s Ads, Liminal Spaces
Subscriber Playlist (November 2022): The Blackest of Gazes
Weekend Reads (Oct 29): U2, Halloween, Medieval Theology, The Rapture
Weekend Reads (Oct 22): The Cure, Tolkien, Kanye West, TikTok
Playlist Breakdown: “Morgon” by Demen
Weekend Reads (Oct 15): Mullets, “Mortal Kombat,” Hayao Miyazaki, Horror Movies
Weekend Reads (Oct 8): James Bond, Loretta Lynn (RIP), “Taste the Biscuit,” Gen X Politics
Subscriber Playlist (October 2022): Into the Abyss, Volume 2
Opus Digest for September 2022
Weekend Reads (Oct 1): Celebrating CDs, Spotify and Nazis, Roxy Music, the Middle Ages
Weekend Reads (Sep 24): “M*A*S*H,” Wokeness, MoMA, Evangelical Heretics, Floppy Disks
Playlist Breakdown: “Movies” by For Stars
Weekend Reads (Sep 17): “Turbo Teen,” Disney, D&D Racism, Jean-Luc Godard (RIP), Amish Romance
Weekend Reads (Sep 10): Tolkien, The 2022 Hugo Awards, Binge-Watching, MAGA Rap
Weekend Reads (Sep 3): Truth Social, Twitter, Fall Previews, Pastor Scandals
Subscriber Playlist (September 2022): Songs for the Cooldown
Weekend Reads (Aug 13): The Simpsons & Church, GeoCities, Elon Musk, Crypto’s Cost, Excel Esports
Playlist Breakdown: “Bloodstreamruns” by Nature and Organisation
Excerpt: “The Expanse” Is Epic Sci-Fi Storytelling at Its Very Best
Weekend Reads (Aug 6): Nichelle Nichols (RIP), Batgirl, HBO Max, Nebraska Bands, Alex Jones
Subscriber Playlist (August 2022): By the Light of the Soleilmoon
Weekend Reads (Jul 30): Comic-Con 2022, The Cure, Black Metal, Beyoncé, Cultural Appropriation
Weekend Reads (Jul 23): The Beastie Boys, Damien Jurado, “Tron,” Rethinking Bathsheba
August 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Thief, Star Wars, Blazing Saddles, The Sandman, Star Trek
Playlist Breakdown: “Haze” by [.que]
Weekend Reads (July 2): “Stranger Things,” Mid-Year Favorites, TikTok, Crypto
Subscriber Playlist (July 2022): Within the Sound in Silence
Weekend Reads (Jun 25): “Arcane,” Krzysztof Kieślowski, Hip Hop, “Spaceballs,” Deepfakes
Playlist Breakdown: “In the Course Of” by South
Weekend Reads (Jun 11): Pizza, Online Privacy, “Akira,” the (Missing) Mother of God
Weekend Reads (Jun 4): Star Wars, Netflix, Supercomputers, Jordan Peterson
Subscriber Playlist (June 2022): A Return to Summers Past
Weekend Reads (5/28): School Shootings, SBC Abuse, Star Wars, Black Holes, Depeche Mode
June 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Ms. Marvel, Alien, Doctor Who, Spiderhead
Weekend Reads (May 21): UFOs, Cannes, “Bluey,” Vangelis (RIP), Texas vs. Big Tech
Weekend Reads (May 14): iPod (RIP), Guns N’ Roses, Hackers, the New Doctor, Mullets
Playlist Breakdown: "Closetful of Churches" by Antarctica
Weekend Reads (May 7): Ranking MCU Movies, Narnia, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Black Holes
Subscriber Playlist (May 2022): Other Voices
Weekend Reads (Apr 30): Frank Peretti, Em Dashes, Neal Adams, Elon Musk
May 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Obi-Wan, Chungking Express, Stranger Things, Star Trek
Weekend Reads (Apr 23): “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Netflix Woes, Culture Wars, the Big Lie
Weekend Reads (Apr 9): “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus,” Martial Arts Movies, “Doctor Who,” Elon Musk
Playlist Breakdown: “This Twilight Garden” by The Cure
Weekend Reads (Apr 2): Spotify, Anime, the Oscars, Video Stores
Subscriber Playlist (April 2022): 30 Wishes
April 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Rurouni Kenshin, Russian Doll, Looper, Ong Bak, The Batman
Playlist Breakdown: “Daglbundes” by Aindulmedir
Weekend Reads (Mar 5): Responding to Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky, Bandcamp, Comic Sans, Halo
Subscriber Playlist (March 2022): Better Late Than Never, Vol. 1
Weekend Reads (Feb 26): Tucker Carlson, Ukraine, Oscars, The Amazing Johnathan, Metaverse
March 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Top Gun, The Adam Project, The Royal Tenenbaums, Moon Knight
Weekend Reads (Feb 19): “Evangelion” Crossover, Olympic Scandals, Halftime Show, NFTs, Wikipedia
Playlist Breakdown: “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” by Talking Heads
Weekend Reads (Feb 12): 2022 Oscars, “Jackass,” “Station Eleven,” Christian Metal
Weekend Reads (Feb 5): Joe Rogan, Substack Comics, Wordle, NFTs, Old School Hackers
Subscriber Playlist (February 2022): Vibrations From 46 Years of Life
Weekend Reads (Jan 22): An “Expanse” Extravaganza, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” Weird Al, Wordle
Weekend Reads (Jan 15): De La Soul, NASA, “Spirited Away,” Pixar, Wendy’s Twitter
Playlist Breakdown: "May All Saints" by Joy Electric
Weekend Reads (Jan 8): Looking Ahead to 2022, Marjorie Taylor Greene, BlackBerry (RIP), “The Matrix”
Subscriber Playlist (January 2022): Songs From the Electric Joy Toy Company
Weekend Reads (Jan 1): “Blazing Saddles,” Betty White, Web3, My Favorite Songs of 2021