2026:

• 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 Oddysey ~ ★★★★★
• Lurker ~ ★★★★☆
• The Invite ~ ★★★★★
• Tony ~ ★★★★☆
• I Swear ~ ★★★★☆
• Is God Is ~ ★★★★☆
• Obsession ~ ★★★★☆
• Murder in Glitterball City ~ ★★★★☆ (doc series)
• Trust Me: The False Prophet ~ ★★★★☆ (doc series)

• when you can see outlines of mountains in the dark
• that there are billions and billions of little human dramas playing out in houses for centuries, but we think they're so big from our tiny vantage point
• when Prince sings "do you want him, or do you want me: because I want you" ––because it really sounds like he means that shit
• my chill fun softball team hangs
• that it doesn't matter who you are (how cool, kind, famous, etc) a teenager will take you down lol
• being the only ones in the theater--only happened once!
• that some things stand the test of time like: what’s up? chicken butt!
• how beautiful it is that our joy, identities, romance, faith, politics, our sadness, are all found in music

• the endless rage-baiting, apocalyptic doomism and pathologizing with therapy speak on social media (shutting down nuance or accountability for both sides of a regular conflict) because everyone is vying for attention.
• that kids don’t even know what was stolen from them with the invention of social media
• people who complain all the politics is too much while also complaining the world is falling apart and not voting
• apolitical artists
• de-planing
• being sincere in an insincere world.
• that we are complex human beings who often look for a singular scapegoat for our pain, though we live a life with countless sources of input and sliding door choices we made
• the hell that is the 5 freeway drive from...

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) --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
• School House Rocks: Quintron and Miss Pussycat at Bob Baker Marionette Theater -- JUNE ...

STORIES:

• The Walkers: The Real Salt Path ~ ★★★★☆ (“homeless”, destitute, abused, disabled, then heroically triumphed - lies and exaggerations)
• Lovetrapped ~ ★★★★☆ (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. of course.)
• 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

• Doodlepalooza at Cowabunga Water Park Vegas (2026 w. hollis, david)
• 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
• Sunset Blvd, The Outsiders (James) 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