When the best brewery of 2019 is a faster-than-quick drive from where you live, you of course go to interview the owner. Assuming that’s your job. Continue reading
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“‘Camaraderie & Community’ At The Core of Nashville’s Gender Revolution”
And now, a moment to acknowledge the uglier side of making music in Nashville when you’re a woman: Sexism. Good thing no one’s having it anymore. Continue reading
“Marcus King Talks About the Therapy of Music and His New Album ‘El Dorado'”
More goodness from Nashville, delivered right into your face! Continue reading
“These Rising Nashville Stars Stick Together The Same Way We Do—With A Group Message”
The stars, they’re just like us! They make friends! They text each other hot goss! They…text each other when they’re knitting sweaters in hotel rooms! Continue reading
“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, December 2019”
Temple Drake’s gonna tell her story with tunes of glory until the end of the world. Continue reading
“Florence Pugh’s Year of Performing Perfectly”
Three movies, three Florence Pugh roles, three stellar Pugh-formances, one piece to recap all of them for you and also find the ways that they intersect. Continue reading
“10 Trends in the Beer Industry to Watch in 2020”
Trends! Get your beer trends here! Fresh trends, alive, alive-oh! Continue reading
Andy’s Best Things, 2019 Edition
The best movies, the best albums, the best horror, and the best catty side-swipes at whatever’s annoying me at the time of this writing. Happy New Year! Continue reading
“I’m a Dad With Depression But I’m Doing All I Can So It Won’t Affect My Parenting”
In the words of Roast Beef Kazenzakis: “Because I got depression.” At least, I think he said that. Continue reading
“A ‘Carnival of Souls’ At ‘The Lighthouse'”
One of the best horror movies all time. One of the best horror movies of 2019. One attempt at tying them both together. Continue reading
“The Best* Horror Film Of 2019 Is Secretly About Toxic Masculinity”
Or IS he? He isn’t. But he IS! Or is he? Buokay, okay, fine, I’ll stop, because whether Daniel is real or not (he is), this movie is very, very real. Continue reading
“The 10 Best Bottleshops of 2019”
Nothing like a challenge to make me wake up in the morning, even a challenge that I’m poorly equipped to tackle! Continue reading
“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, November 2019”
In November’s Criterion round-up: There’s a cold war being fought, Betty Blue and Eve make the voyage all about themselves. Continue reading
“The 10 Best Gifts for the Homebrewer in Your Life”
“Okay, Teddy, let’s not evaluate rashly here, all right? It’s a misunderstanding. We’re not saying pilsners are boring. We’re saying that we are too boring to appreciate them properly, is what I’m going with.” Continue reading
“‘Knives Out’ Knows Only One Truth: The Rich Have No Loyalty”
Turkey’s out, will’s out, knives out. Continue reading
“Trey Edward Shults on Making ‘Waves'”
In which Trey and Andy go for the turkey and talk about Trey’s third movie. Never let it be said that critics don’t have their favorites. Continue reading
“Peanut Butter and Honey: Shia LaBeouf’s Tonic for Toxic Masculinity”
My editor came up with a really good title for this piece, and I’m very mad I didn’t figure it out for myself first. At least the piece itself isn’t too bad! Continue reading
“The 5 Best Beer Bars in Nashville, TN”
Oh, come on, you didn’t think I’d go to a bunch of breweries and not ALSO go to a bunch of bars, too? You don’t know me at all, do you. Continue reading
“The 5 Best Breweries in Nashville, TN”
It’s called Music City, but as a secondary honorific, Good Beer City is accurate. It just doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as nicely. Continue reading
“The 100 Best Movies Of The 2010s”
100 movies. How many have you seen? None? A few? Enough? Because let me tell you, that’s a whole lot of movies. Continue reading
