Another Week
Assorted items I have encountered over the previous seven days — movies, TV shows, books, websites, products, recipes, whatever.
Another Week: Number 101
My monk lifestyle, headlight variety, ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ (2024), ‘Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’ (2024), ‘Tender Mercies’ (1983), ‘The Story of Louis Pasteur’ (1936).
Another Week: Number 100
Disappointment awaits, Larry wants my Land’s End jacket, Wisconsin Badgers Women’s Volleyball, ‘The West’ (1996 documentary miniseries), ‘Joan Baez: I Am a Noise’ (2023)
Another Week: Number 99
Living with our choices, Jessica Lang on ‘WTF’ and in ‘The Great Lillian Hall,’ Johnny Cash: ‘Man in Black – Live in Denmark 1971’
Another Week: Number 98
Buy AirPods, people. Plus: ‘Cool Hand Luke’ (1967), ‘So Rugged and Mountainous,’ by Will Bagley, Election 2024: America’s cancer is back, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking,’ by Joan Didion.
Another Week: Number 97
A new home fragrance solution, Donald J. Trump degenerates further in campaign’s last week, Halloween 2024.
Another Week: Number 96
Imagination gains elasticity. Canvassing and voting. Tim Walz rally in Racine. ‘John McGivern’s Main Streets’ (with Emmy Fink). Michelle Obama’s speech in Kalamazoo. ‘His Three Daughters’ (2023).
Another Week: Number 95
NFL overdose. Trump sways to music for 39 minutes, calls for military action against Democrats, and dislikes Google. Also: ‘Lincoln’ (2012).
Another Week: Number 94
Hurricane Milton follows Hurricane Helene and the GOP disinformation machine goes into high gear. Also: ‘Big’ (1988) and ‘Funny Girl’ (1968).
Another Week: Number 93
Gregg Allman song in a Crown Royal commercial. Trump is a Batman villain. Also: ‘Bend in the River’ (1952).
Another Week: Number 92
More fall-like weather, Hurricane Helene, Mideast turmoil, Republicans stoke hate and fear, Chicago Bears and Indiana Fever lose, and a candidate is ‘mentally impaired.’ Also: ’Will & Harper’ (2024).
Another Week: Number 91
Another Trump assassination attempt, cable news commercials, ‘Ol’ 55’ by Tom Waits, ‘State Fair’ (1933)
Another Week: Number 90
Monarch butterflies and window repair, Bears beat Titans, Pablo Torre: Wright Thompson on Caitlin Clark, Trump/Harris debate, ‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ (2024)
Another Week: Number 89
Crispy lawns, school and football return, ‘Impolitic with John Heilemann’: Nicholas Kristof, Jonny Lyons & the Pride at Paddock Lake, Chicago Bears on ‘Hard Knocks,’ ‘Faye’ (2024)