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This Year by the Mountain Goats
A short treatise on year-end music
Dec 30, 2025 • lana schwartz
You Don't Want to Live in New York City in the 1970s, You Want to Live in New York City in the 1970s in a Movie
A book review for book that I read a few months ago that came out 10 years ago
Aug 22, 2025 • lana schwartz
Powerless Against the Calling of the Eye
Crossroads is not just the name of a Britney Spears movie
Jun 30, 2025 • lana schwartz
This Party's Just Another Haunted House
Regrettably I have some things to say about SNL 50
Feb 18, 2025 • lana schwartz
I Don't Know Anything About Anything
A year-end recap where I also talk about the new Charly Bliss album a little bit
Dec 29, 2024 • lana schwartz
The Villain of Your Own Story
On A League of Their Own and looking back in anger
Sep 16, 2024 • lana schwartz
I'm Better Than You and You Should Know That By Now
One Phoebe Bridgers lyric to rule them all
Jul 12, 2024 • lana schwartz
Good grief
"Good grief" as in "Lana still talking about this? Good grief!"
May 11, 2024 • lana schwartz
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