2026:

• Norm: The Tale of Norm MacDonald ~ ★★★★☆ (doc)
• You Can See Everything ~ ★★★★☆ (doc)
• Social Reckoning ~ ★★★★☆
• Primetime ~ ★★★★☆
• It Was Just an Accident ~ ★★★★☆ (iran)
• Mother Mary ~ ★★★★☆
• Monsters of God ~ ★★★★☆ (doc: series)
• Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger ~ ★★★★★
• Untold Mr. T: I Pity The Fool ~ ★★★☆☆ (doc: deserved better)
• The Roxane Gay Story ~ ★★★☆☆ (deserved better)
• American Doctor ~ ★★★★☆ (doc: gaza)
• The Odyssey ~ ★★★★★

• when people go hard with Halloween decor and how ridiculous it looks during the daytime
• when friends come over and ask funny questions like: do you ever sit in these chairs??
• people enjoying a park bench
• lowrider parking lot barbecue takeovers in the neighborhood
• when a friend pops over by surprise like in the 90s (and even brings treats)
• when rumi nibbles my fingers when we walk
• exploring old main streets and downtowns with james
• remembering how satin was a desirable fabric in the 80s lol
• kindly un-friending with someone versus passively
• the lone person who holds their political sign over the freeway overpass (and hear...

• that otters don’t get to take their favorite rocks with them into the next lifetime
• profiting off of bad things, off of misfortune, off of destruction
• when rich people have more money than they need but don't lift up friends/family (hoarding or buying more things instead of helping friends buy or pay off homes)
• people who can afford to be apolitical and apathetic and silent
• the passivity of social media and a growing disregard for vulnerable direct communication
• willful ignorance
• moral cowardice
• dog fights
• when people are educated on the horrors of nazi-ism but quietly tolerate zionism
• people who love artists with neurodivergence but not so much friends/family

2026:

• Black Angels Passover album anniversary -- NOV
• Smashing Pumpkins Melancholy & Infinite Sadness album anniversary -- NOV
• Heavens to Betsy -- NOV (seattle w. marianne, john)
• Antich Arrow -- OCT (w. hollis)
• John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig Anniversary Tour — SEPT (w. hollis, dylan, stela) --SEPT
• Peter Hook and The Light -- SEPT (w. marcus, carolina, hollis, dylan)
• Sweeping Promises -- SEPT (w. lira caufield sleeping promises sleep over)
• Simon Raymonde: Cocteau Twins dinner & Dj Night -- AUG
• Jejune -- AUG (w. hollis, dylan)
• Cipher -- AUG (moe's band, book tour)
• The Fixx -- JULY
• Bad Brains Tribute -- JULY (members of Bad Brains, Fishbone, Living Colour)
• John Water's Mosswood Meltdown -- JULY (w. old friends + kathleen) Mannequin Pussy, Dead Milkmen, Iggy Pop, Jackie and Judy Ramones Cover Band, Bikini Kill

STORIES:

• The Walkers: The Real Salt Path ~ ★★★★☆ (“homeless,” abused, disabled, then heroically triumphed, good lord)
• Lovetrapped (Laura Owens) ~ ★★★★☆ (filed for disability, did a TED talk on her alleged victimization, used lawyers for domestic abuse survivors, created conflict over simple things, scammed, forged, fraud, created an identity around her bad choices, and started a self-improvement podcast. good lord.)
• Fela Kuti: Fear No Man ~ ★★★★★
• Dolly Parton’s America
• Sweet Bobby
• Believe in Magic
• Your Own Backyard
• Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
• The Missing Cryptoqueen
• Dr. Death — Season 1
• Serial ~ ★★★★☆

• Doodlepalooza at Cowabunga Water Park Vegas (2026 w. hollis, david) Rumi breaks Guinness Book of World Record for biggest dog pool party!
• Henry Rollins/James Spooner Skirball Center (2026)
• LA Lotus Festival (2026)
• Dataland (2026 H. first job w. tiease, luna, james)
• LA Kite Festival (2026)
• Tig Nataro -- (2026 with Kathleen H)
• Guac Play -- (2026 w. J)
• Hedwig Anniversary Tour (2026 w. H and J)
• Saul Williams Living Earth performance, Arlington Gardens
• The Aaron Play (2025 with Carolina) -- Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus
• Hadestown (Los Angeles 2025)
• The Cortège: collective and individual grief (Los Angeles 2025) with Andrea
• Buena Vista Social Club (Broadway 2025) w. Travis
• Amerikin (Broadway 2025) w. Travis

• Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires, Cocteau Twins
• 6am Morningside, The Clientele
• 23 - Blonde Redhead
• About Your Fame, Apples in Stereo
• Age of Consent, New Order
• Alien Idea, Track Star
• All In My Mind (Acoustic), Love and Rockets
• All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Bauhaus
• Another World, Antony & The Johnsons
• April Skies, Jesus and Mary Chain
• Aaron & Maria, American Analog Set
• Ashes to Ashes, Bowie
• As, Stevie Wonder
• Atmosphere, Joy Division
• Between The Bars, Elliot Smith
• Big God, Florence and the Machine
• Big John Shaft, Belle and Sebastian
• Both Sides Now, Neil Diamond
• Buckets of Rain, Bob Dylan