I’m back on the #CultureGabfest on @slate.com for our cherished annual hot-weather tradition, Summer Strut! Julia Turner, Dana Stevens & Steve Metcalf cull the list + I demystify the bops. This year we jam to Lola Young…Bad Bunny…Haim…Diana Ross & Del tha Funkee Homosapien. slate.com/podcasts/cul...

I wish I had friends I could discuss #EDDINGTON with but I don’t know I know anyone who has seen it or will see it. Just listened to the brief back and forth on the #Slate #CultureGabfest podcast with @samadams.bsky.social & @thehighsign.bsky.social and it got the wheels turning. #movies #podcasts

I’m on this week’s #CultureGabfest on @slate.com, talking about the new #LadyGaga album 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘩𝘦𝘮. We talk about Gaga as comeback queen, as dancing queen, as pastiche queen—including that uncanny Taylor–Yaz mashup—and how she is reheating her own damn nachos. slate.com/podcasts/cul...

Second film is about to start at the Gene Siskel Film Center at #FilmspottingFest, Day 2 — “Pather Panchali.” Then @thehighsign.bsky.social (Dana Stevens) joins Adam Kempenaar & Josh @larsenonfilm.bsky.social to talk abt the film! #Filmspotting #Slate #CultureGabfest

Memorializing Pop’s Renaissance Man, Quincy Jones The legendary producer reinvented American music.

Hey @jasondashbailey.bsky.social & @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social—I’ve so enjoyed the 1st run of #AVeryGoodYear podcast…can’t believe y’all are pausing 2wks after I shouted it out during Endorsements on the Slate #CultureGabfest: slate.com/podcasts/cul...

Anyway vaya con dios—look fwd to the return!