What I'm Digging - October 19, 2019
Books:
The Overstory - Richard Powers
These Truths: A History of the United States - Jill Lepore
Because Internet - Gretchen McCulloch
Music:
Beirut - Gallipoli
Sturgill Simpson - SOUND & FURY
Brittany Howard - Jaime
The Lumineers - III
Bon Iver - i,i
Original Soundtrack “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”
Why? - AOKOHIO
Wilco - Ode To Joy
Cuz I Love You - Lizzo
The Revivalists - Take Good Care
The Black Keys - Let’s Rock
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
Movies
Parasite
Joker
Judy
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Brittany Runs A Marathon
The Farewell
TV/DVD/Streaming
Succession - HBO
The Righteous Gemstones - HBO
Schitt$ Creek - Netflix
The Laundromat - Netflix
Peaky Blinders - Netflix
Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - HBO
Mindhunter - Netflix
What I'm Digging - February 1, 2019
Books:
The Sympathizer - Viet Thank Nguyen
The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
Music:
NavesHarris - A Flash of Feeling
Jeff Tweedy - WARM
Maggie Rogers - Heard it in a Past Life
Elle King - Shake The Spirit
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
Wild Child - Expectations
The Revivalists - Take Good Care
The Kooks - Let’s Go Sunshine
10 Years of Mom+Pop
Movies
Cold War
Shoplifters
Vice
Stan & Ollie
The Favourite
Roma
TV/DVD/Streaming
A Very English Scandal - Amazon
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon
Fyre - Netflix
Good Trouble - Freeform/Hulu
Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO
What I'm Digging - September 2, 2018
Books:
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee
Still Life Las Vegas - James Sie
Mr. Monkey - Francine Prose
The Watchmaker of Filigree St. - Natasha Pulley
Music:
NavesHarris - A Flash of Feeling
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Leon Bridges - Good Thing
Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer
FLorence + The Machine - High as Hope
Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lip Prose
Mitski - Be The Cowboy
Passenger - Runaway
Death Cab for Cutie - Thank You For Today
Movies
Crazy Rich Asians
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Eighth Grade
BlacKKKlansman
Three Indentical Strangers
Sorry To Bother You
Blindspotting
TV/DVD/Streaming
Bojack Horseman - Netflix
The Americans - FX
Nanette (Hannah Gadsby) - Netflix
Who is America - Showtime
Last Week Tonight - HBO
What I'm Digging - March 21, 2018
Books:
The Nix - Nathan Hill
Asymmetry - Lisa Halliday
Autumn - Ali Smith
Winter - Ali Smith
Music:
The Decemberists - I’ll Be Your Girl
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Tearing at The Seams
Brett Dennen - Let’s ...
The Band’s Visit (Original Broadway Cast)
First Aid Kit - Ruins
The Go! Team - Semicircle
David Byrne - American Utopia
The Low Anthem - The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depth of The Sea
Belle and Sebastian - How to Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3)
Movies
Black Panther
Isle of Dogs
The Death of Stalin
The Florida Project
The Shape of Water
Ladybird
Call Me By Your Name
TV/DVD/Streaming
The Fosters - Freeform
Wild Wild Country - Netflix
Ugly Delicious - Netflix
Everything Sucks! - Netflix
American Vandal - Netflix
Walking Dead - AMC
What I'm Digging - July 1, 2016
Books:
Less Ordinary - Monica Chereches
Leaving Las Vegas - James Sie
The Fifth House of The Heart - Ben Tripp
Music:
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
NavesHarris - Single
Robbie Fulks - UPland Stories
Shaina Taub - Visitors
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Andrew Bird - Are You Serious
Lucius - Good Grief
Hey Marseilles - Hey Marseilles
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Movies
Finding Dory
The Lobster
Swiss Army Man
Free State of Jones
Weiner
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Music of Strangers
The Jungle Book
TV/DVD/Streaming
Mr. Robot
The Fosters
Bloodline
Harold & Pete
Casual
Peaky Blinders
What I'm Digging - February 2, 2016
Books:
The Marvels - Brian Selznick
Leaving Las Vegas - James Sie
The Fifth House of The Heart - Ben Tripp
Music:
Ron Pope & The Nighthawks - Self-Titled
Coming Home - Leon Bridges
Yours, Dreamily - The Arcs
Shaina Taub - Visitors
Sermon on the Rocks - Josh Ritter
Only Summer - The Lightjackets
Fools - Wild Child
Movies
Spotlight
The Revenent
Anomalisa
TV/DVD/Streaming
Making a Murderer
Transparent
Downton Abbey
Basket
Garfunkel & Oates
Casual
What I'm Digging - September 29, 2015
Books:
Leaving Las Vegas - James Sie
The Fifth House of The Heart - Ben Tripp
All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Music:
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Self Titled
No No No - Beirut
The Spirit Moves - Langhorn Slim
Kids in Love - The Mowglis
Glen Hansard - Didn’t He Ramble
Star Wars - Wilco
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance - Belle & Sebastian
Movies
Meet The Patels
Trainwreck
99 Homes
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
TV/DVD/Streaming
King of Herrings
Wet Hot American Summer (the series)
What I'm Digging - April 1, 2015
Books:
The Tricky Part - Martin Moran
Pictures at a Revolution - Mark Harris
The True History of The Elephant Man - Peter Ford & Michael Howell
Music:
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World - The Decembrists
I Love You, Honeybear - Father John Misty
Wanted on Voyage - George Ezra
Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass
After - Lady Lamb The Beekeeper
Goon - Tobias Jesso, Jr.
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometime I Just Sit
Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens
The Firewatcher’s Daughter - Brandi Carlile
Movies
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Wild Tales
The Wrecking Crew
What We Do In The Shadows
While We’re Young
TV/DVD/Streaming
King of Herrings
Peaky Blinders
Better Call Saul
Orphan Black
Black Mirror
The Americans
Wolf Hall (PBS Masterpiece)
What I'm Digging - September 15, 2014
Books:
Waking Up - Sam Harris
Man’s Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankl
Music:
Brill Bruisers - The New Pronographers
They Want My Soul - Spoon
You Knew - Mother Falcon
Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker
The Great Unknown - Jukebox the Ghost
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
Underneath the Rainbow - Black Lips
Half the City - St. Paul & The Broken Bones
San Fermin - San Fermin
Movies
Boyhood
Frank
God Help The Girl
The Skeleton Twins
Love Is Strange
TV/DVD/Streaming
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
What I'm Digging - July 1, 2014
Books:
Blood Will Out - Walter Kirn
Man’s Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankl
Music:
The Runaround - Wild Child
Whispers - Passenger
Stay Gold - First Aid Kit
A Sea of Split Peas - Courtney Barnett
Supernova - Ray LaMontagne
After the Disco - Broken Bells
Atlas - Real Estate
Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs
Turn Blue - The Black Keys
Upside Down Mountain - Conor Oberst
Snapshot - The Strypes
Movies
How To Train Your Dragon 2
TV/DVD/Streaming
Wilfred (FX)
What I'm Digging - March 7, 2014
Books:
The Flamethrowers - Rachel Kushner
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
Music:
Beneath the Brine - The Family Crest
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Morning Phase- Beck
Holly - Nick Waterhouse
Movies
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Wind Rises
TV/DVD/Streaming
Walking Dead (AMC)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
What I'm Digging - January 3, 2014
Books:
The Flamethrowers - Rachel Kushner
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
Music:
6 Feet Beneath the Moon - King Krule
Corsicana Lemonade - White Denim
Howlin - Jagwar Ma
Gone Away Backward - Robbie Fulks
VII - Blitzen Trapper
More Than Just A Dream - Fitz & the Tantrums
The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
Once I Was An Eagle - Laura Marling
The Beast in It’s Tracks - Josh Ritter
New - Paul McCartney
Smoke and Mirrors - Brett Dennen
B-Room - Dr. Dog
Fade Away - Best Coast
Let’s Be Still - The Head and the Heart
Lines We Trace - Hey, Marseilles
Movies
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle
August: Osage County
TV/DVD/Streaming
Getting On (HBO)
House of Cards (Netflix)
What I'm Digging - September 16, 2013
Books:
Zealot - Reza Aslan
Telegraph Avenue - Michael Chabon
Music:
Adam Green & Binki Shapiro - Adam Green & Binki Shapiro
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Ghost on Ghost - Iron & Wine
The Next Day - David Bowie
Regions of Light And Sound of God - Jim James
Wonderful, Glorious - The Eels
Cold Fact - Rodriguez
Movies
The Act of Killing
Fruitvale Station
TV
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Real Time w/ Bill Maher (HBO)
What I'm Digging - June 1, 2011
Books:
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
2030 by Albert Brooks
Music:
Build a Rocket Boys - Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
Circuital - My Morning Jacket
Scandalous - Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
Tell ‘em What Your Name Is! - Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
Smart Flesh - The Low Anthem
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Stone Rollin’ - Raphael Saadiq
So Beautiful or so What - Paul Simon
Movies
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
Incendies
TV
The Killing (AMC)
Top Chef Masters (Bravo)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Treme (HBO)
Real Time w/ Bill Maher (HBO)
What I'm Digging - March 23, 2011
Books:
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Full of Life by John Fante
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Music:
100 Lovers - Devotchka
The King is Dead - The Decembrists
Change of Time - Josh Ritter
Movies
The Music Never Stopped
Cold Weather
Inside Job
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Win Win
TV
Top Chef All Stars (Bravo)
Modern Family (ABC)
Real Time w/ Bill Maher (HBO)
The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)
What I'm Digging - December 31, 2010
Books:
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Nebraska Dispatches by Christopher Cartmill
Music:
I Speak Because I Can - Laura Marling
The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
National Ransom - Elvis Costello
Write About Love - Belle & Sebastian
The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell
The Secret Sisters - The Secret Sisters
Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon
Crazy For You - Best Coast
I’m Having Fun Now - Jenny & Johnny
Volume Two - She & Him
Songs From The Alien Beacon - Jennifer LFO
Movies
127 Hours
True Grit
The King’s Speech
Another Year
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Restrepo
The Black Swan
The Fighter
Winter’s Bone
The Town
The Social Network
The Kids Are Alright
TV
Top Chef All Stars (Bravo)
Friday Night Lights (Direct TV/NBC)
Modern Family (ABC)
Dexter (Showtime)
What I'm Digging - September 3, 2010
Books:
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides
Music:
The Suburbs- Arcade Fire
Pickin’ Up the Pieces - Fitz and the Tantrums
Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club
Tomorrow Morning - Eels
Up from Below - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes
Movies
Get Low
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The American
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Kids Are All Right
TV
Mad Men(AMC)
True Blood (HBO)
Hung (HBO)
Top Chef, D.C. (Bravo)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
What I'm Digging - July 10, 2010
Books:
When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead by Jerry Weintraub
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides
Music:
The Suburbs- Arcade Fire (single)
Levi’s Pioneer Session 2010 - Various Artists
Brothers - The Black Keys
Movies
Toy Story 3
Inception
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Cyrus
The Kids Are All Right
TV
Mad Men(AMC)
True Blood (HBO)
Hung (HBO)
Top Chef, D.C. (Bravo)
Work of Art (Bravo)
Rescue Me (FX)
What I'm Digging - June 1, 2010
Books:
Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel by Nick Dawson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps by Dave Isay
Music:
The Midnight Organ Fight - Frightened Rabbit
The Winter of Mixed Drinks - Frightened Rabbit
Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers
Oh My God Charlie Darwin - The Low Anthem
This is Happening - LCD Soundsystem
Movies
Can’t think of one ... where have all the good films gone?
TV
Breaking Bad(AMC)
The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO)
Real Time with Bill Mahr (HBO)
Treme (HBO)
What I'm Digging - December 28, 2009
Books:
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from an Unfinished Civil War - Tony Horowitz
The Buddha in Your Mirror: Practical Buddhism and the Search for Self - Woody Hochswender, Greg Martin & Ted Morino
Music:
Actor - St. Vincent
Songs For A Breakup, Vol. 1 - Fitz and the Tantrums
Lungs - Florence & The Machine
Where The Wild Things Are - Karen O & the Kid
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
Love Filling Station - Jesse Winchester
Strict Joy - The Swell Season
Movies
Avatar (3D)
Crazy Heart
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up In The Air
Inglorious Basterds
Me and Orson Welles
TV
Spectacle: Elvis Costello with ... (AMC)