Friday Fixations

What I'm into right now

Happy Friday, my fellow suffering beings. Each week, I share two things I’m digging right now (books, TV shows, movies, music, and the like) plus one online video of nearly zero cultural merit.

• Celtics City, on HBO. I’ve been watching this excellent series with my son. It expertly weaves the epic story of this sports dynasty with the disturbing history of racial tension in the city where I was raised. Another A+ effort from Bill Simmons, also a Bostonian.

• New tracks I’m digging:

  • Goner, Wavves

  • catch these fists, Wet Leg

  • CCF (I’m Gonna Stay With You), Car Seat Headrest

  • Sweet and Slow, Teenage Joans

  • Joyride the Pale Horse, Heart Attack Man

  • Stay All Summer, Momma

  • Caroline, Casey Lowery

  • NEVER ENOUGH, Turnstile

• I know I’m getting sentimental in my old age because the algorithm only feeds me animal clips and sappy stuff like this.

  

• One last thing, some friends of mine are speaking at this event in New York City May 17th and 18th. Click here to register.

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