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Movies

39/60 pts

TIFF, from outside the hallway

Movies/Sep 13, 2026

A festival Sunday is a press release with better lighting

Toronto is four days in. The useful question is which pictures will still exist when the carpet comes up.

Mixed39/60 pts

TelevisionNFL Week 1, as a broadcastOpening Sunday is television first. The games are the programming.46/60 pts PodcastsNFL recap podcasts, Week 1The recap podcast that publishes during the night game is a draft27/60 pts BooksThe fall book pileThe September stack is a pile. It is not a personality.41/60 pts GamesMadden, on opening SundayWeek 1 in the sim is a second league with worse weather34/60 pts SportsNFL opening SundayWeek 1 is a product launch that happens to keep score48/60 pts MusicBest of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard PerformancesA clip show of old Vanguard nights is exactly as useful as it sounds24/60 pts MultimediaNFL highlights, on the phoneOpening Sunday on a phone is a trailer for a game you already own21/60 pts FoodThe Week 1 grocery spreadThe Sunday spread is a format. Stop styling it like a commercial.44/60 pts RestaurantsThe opening-Sunday sports barA sports bar on opening Sunday is a theater with worse sightlines36/60 pts TravelPost-holiday Sunday travelThe Sunday after Labor Day is when travel stops pretending it is leisure26/60 pts HotelsTIFF-week hotel pricingA festival Sunday rate is a movie ticket with a bed attached19/60 pts CultureThe night before the EmmysEmmy eve is a preview special that thinks it is a verdict29/60 pts ConsumerThe Week 1 viewing stackOpening Sunday is when the app stack shows its invoice23/60 pts MoviesLabor Day theatricalA holiday matinee is still a better idea than a holiday algorithm41/60 pts SportsUS Open round of 16, on televisionHoliday tennis is the rare broadcast that does not panic about time47/60 pts FoodThe Labor Day cookoutThe cookout is a format. Stop asking it to be a restaurant.43/60 pts ConsumerLabor Day store hoursHoliday hours are the product. The closed sign is doing the work.22/60 pts TravelLabor Day travelHoliday travel is weather. You do not argue with weather.25/60 pts CultureThe fall preview listThe fall preview list is a menu. It is not a meal.28/60 pts MoviesSeptember theatricalSeptember in a theater still beats September on the couch44/60 pts ConsumerThe fall subscription stackThe fall subscription stack is the real premiere18/60 pts MoviesThe Dog StarsThe world empties. The dog stays.45/60 pts TelevisionThe August holdoverAugust TV is leftovers and football31/60 pts PodcastsNFL preview podcastsEvery feed is a camp report29/60 pts BooksA library hold in late AugustThe hold that finally landed42/60 pts GamesMadden NFLMadden is a calendar, not a game33/60 pts SportsThe US Open on televisionTennis, if you let the afternoon be long46/60 pts MusicLate-summer outdoor showsThe last outdoor bill of August40/60 pts MultimediaSports highlights on the phoneThe game as a clip22/60 pts FoodLate-summer cornCorn, while it still means August54/60 pts RestaurantsLate-August patio diningThe last patio that still feels like a plan37/60 pts TravelThe Labor Day weekend tripThe getaway that is really a traffic report28/60 pts HotelsHoliday weekend hotel ratesThe three-night minimum25/60 pts CultureThe last outdoor cultural night of AugustGet dressed for a lawn, one more time44/60 pts ConsumerStreaming the seasonThe football app tax16/60 pts SportsMonday Night Football commentaryThe booth is the show, for better and worse27/60 pts ConsumerYouTube TVThe cable bundle in an app34/60 pts SportsYouTube Sunday TicketEvery out-of-market game, for a price32/60 pts SportsFantasy football, as a productA second job with a commissioner35/60 pts ConsumerTSA PreCheck, renewedFive years of a shorter line48/60 pts TravelDulles International, a TuesdayThe airport as a place29/60 pts RestaurantsChili's, at an airportThe layover meal22/60 pts FoodPeak-season tomatoesAugust, sliced58/60 pts MultimediaInstagram Stories, as a broadcastA story that vanishes on purpose19/60 pts SportsHard KnocksHelmets, mics, myth40/60 pts TravelReagan vs. Baltimore, as a choiceTwo airports, one decision33/60 pts HotelsHotel points, redeemedA free night that was not free28/60 pts PodcastsPod Save AmericaThe group chat that went to radio24/60 pts FoodCold pizza, morningThe honest morning-after44/60 pts MusicA mid-size DC showA room, not a livestream42/60 pts TravelThe National Mall, in AugustThe free trip you keep postponing38/60 pts GamesEA Sports College Football 26The dynasty that ate August41/60 pts ConsumerDoorDashDinner, plus a novel of surcharges15/60 pts RestaurantsCarryout from a local spotThe bag that saved the night41/60 pts PodcastsThe DailyThe news, portioned36/60 pts TravelAirport shuttle, as travelThe 4:40 a.m. shuttle34/60 pts HotelsA courtyard-style airport hotelThe honest layover31/60 pts FoodGrocery-store olive oilA bottle that used to be boring31/60 pts BooksOn WritingThe craft book I still trust52/60 pts MultimediaVideo podcastsThe same conversation, with chairs26/60 pts CultureA touring musical at the National TheatreBroadway, slightly out of breath36/60 pts RestaurantsA tasting menu in a serious roomFourteen courses, one personality30/60 pts MusicBad Bunny, liveA stadium that learned Spanish first50/60 pts ConsumerDMV appointment, as a serviceA government website that almost works43/60 pts GamesDeath Stranding 2Walking, again, with more toys39/60 pts HotelsA roadside motelThe neon, the door, the parking space27/60 pts MultimediaTikTok as a news formThe news, 47 seconds at a time23/60 pts CultureA night at Nationals ParkBaseball as a civic night41/60 pts SportsFox's 2026 World Cup coverageThe matches were the point38/60 pts PodcastsThe RewatchablesMovie talk for people who have already seen it42/60 pts TravelBethany Beach, DelawareA beach town that still has a hardware store45/60 pts GamesDonkey Kong BananzaThe ape is the physics engine48/60 pts BooksAtomic HabitsThe self-help book that will not leave29/60 pts HotelsA Rehoboth Beach hotelA room near the boards35/60 pts TravelCape Henlopen, DelawareA beach that does not do branding46/60 pts FoodSupermarket rotisserie chickenThe bird that saves a Tuesday39/60 pts SportsWimbledon, as televisionTennis, if you let it be quiet44/60 pts CultureSmithsonian Udvar-HazyAirplanes, hanging, still doing the thing49/60 pts MusicA jazz set, District of ColumbiaNinety minutes, no phones if you can help it51/60 pts PodcastsAcquiredA company as a three-hour novel43/60 pts CultureWolf Trap, on the lawnA lawn, a show, a mosquito42/60 pts TelevisionThe Bear, Season 4The kitchen is still screaming41/60 pts RestaurantsA Northern Virginia pho shopThe best room is a strip mall50/60 pts HotelsHilton Garden InnThe predictable night36/60 pts MultimediaThe prestige video essayThe new longform, with a face37/60 pts TravelI-95 on a summer FridayThe road as a trip14/60 pts FoodTrader Joe'sA grocery store that thinks it is a personality40/60 pts GamesMario Kart WorldThe cup that ate the map45/60 pts ConsumerAmazon Prime, another yearThe membership that forgot it was optional30/60 pts FoodA half-smoke, eaten standing upThe District on a bun47/60 pts GamesElden Ring NightreignElden Ring with friends, and a timer37/60 pts RestaurantsShake Shack, lateThe national burger, after the show34/60 pts ConsumerA consumer VPNA monthly feeling of safety29/60 pts BooksFourth WingThe romantasy everyone already finished33/60 pts HotelsA Wharf hotel, WashingtonA room that faces a mall that faces a river37/60 pts MusicSabrina Carpenter, liveSabrina on the big stage41/60 pts CultureThe Kennedy CenterA night that asked you to get dressed44/60 pts TelevisionSlow HorsesSpies who are bad at their jobs, on purpose49/60 pts TravelRichmond, overnightA weekend that is not D.C.43/60 pts MusicCharli XCX, BratThe lime is still wet49/60 pts ConsumerYouTube PremiumThe tax on not seeing a mattress ad41/60 pts MultimediaThe Criterion ChannelA library that happens to be an app48/60 pts PodcastsConan O'Brien Needs a FriendThe interview that still feels like a conversation44/60 pts RestaurantsA diner that still refills the coffeeEggs, a counter, a refill46/60 pts BooksIntermezzoTwo brothers, too many silences40/60 pts GamesHades IIThe sequel that earned the wait50/60 pts HotelsAce Hotel BrooklynA lobby that thinks it is the stay39/60 pts MultimediaIMAX, as a way of seeingThe screen is the review45/60 pts MoviesMasters of the UniverseMasters of the Universe38/60 pts MoviesScary Movie 6Scary Movie 68/60 pts CultureA book festivalTents, tote bags, a signature40/60 pts FoodChick-fil-A, a weeknightThe line is the seasoning36/60 pts MusicBruce Springsteen, NebraskaThe record the biopic was circling55/60 pts TelevisionThe PittA shift that does not cut away48/60 pts HotelsA boutique hotel with a signature scentThe smell was the brand26/60 pts MoviesPressurePressure60/60 pts HotelsA short-term rental, one weekendThe apartment that was a spreadsheet24/60 pts GamesClair Obscur: Expedition 33A beautiful machine for dying well53/60 pts FoodA meal-kit weekDinner, mailed, with a recipe card25/60 pts MoviesIn The GreyIn The Grey30/60 pts MoviesStar Wars: The Mandalorian and GroguStar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu38/60 pts MoviesObessionObession45/60 pts CultureNational Portrait GalleryFaces, a courtyard, an hour47/60 pts TravelAmtrak Northeast RegionalThe corridor, if you let it be slow42/60 pts MultimediaThe modern concert filmThe tour, flattened34/60 pts PodcastsThe Rest Is HistoryTwo guys talking until the past is gossip47/60 pts RestaurantsCavaThe fast-casual Mediterranean thesis33/60 pts TelevisionThe StudioHollywood making fun of itself, on purpose44/60 pts RestaurantsThe DabneyA hearth that still means it47/60 pts GamesA Switch 2 launch nightThe hardware is not the review. The night is.46/60 pts ConsumerApple OneOne bill, four logos, a shrug27/60 pts TelevisionAndor, Season 2Star Wars finally feels like work54/60 pts MultimediaThe Netflix true-crime documentary templateTrue crime, again, with a reenactment18/60 pts ConsumerThe 2026 streaming bundleFour apps, one week, no plot22/60 pts BooksAbundanceA policy book that wants you to build something43/60 pts FoodWeeknight pasta kitsThe $14 lie we keep buying28/60 pts TelevisionThe Last of Us, Season 2The game was meaner36/60 pts CultureA gallery opening in D.C.Wine in a plastic cup, a wall, a crowd32/60 pts MoviesThe Devil Wears Prada 2The Devil Wears Prada 249/60 pts PodcastsCrime JunkieThe true-crime machine16/60 pts Multimedia20 Days in MariupolThe document that does not look away57/60 pts MoviesRoommatesRoommates38/60 pts MoviesRZA's One Spoon of ChocolateRZA's One Spoon of Chocolate52/60 pts SportsCapitals playoff hockey, on TVAnother spring in the District43/60 pts MoviesMichaelMichael38/60 pts TelevisionSeverance, Season 2Still the one I think about at work51/60 pts GamesSplit FictionTwo players, one story, no spare friend? sit this out44/60 pts MoviesLee Cronin's The MummyLee Cronin's The Mummy45/60 pts PodcastsSmartLessThree friends, a famous guest, a familiar loop28/60 pts CultureA community theater productionHigh school auditorium energy, on purpose38/60 pts MoviesAnacondaAnaconda2/60 pts MoviesReady or Not 2: Here I ComeReady or Not 2: Here I Come45/60 pts MoviesThe DramaThe Drama45/60 pts MoviesYou, Me & TuscanyYou, Me & Tuscany38/60 pts BooksJamesHuck Finn, from the other seat54/60 pts MusicBeyoncé, Cowboy CarterBeyoncé's country year, after the year48/60 pts RestaurantsA classic steakhouse, birthdayThe steak you already knew you were ordering40/60 pts TelevisionAdolescenceFour episodes and no easy out50/60 pts BooksThe Long Walk (the novel)King before the brand was the brand47/60 pts BooksThe Wedding PeopleA novel that sneaks up on you46/60 pts BooksProject Hail Mary (the novel)The book the movie was chasing48/60 pts TelevisionThe White Lotus, Season 3Another hotel, same poison40/60 pts SportsMarch Madness 2026The bracket is the product46/60 pts MoviesProject Hail MaryProject Hail Mary45/60 pts PodcastsHardcore HistoryThe long one50/60 pts MusicTaylor Swift, The Eras Tour (as a recording / afterglow)The tour as a memory, not a live review38/60 pts MoviesScream 7Scream 730/60 pts MoviesHow to Make a KillingHow to Make a Killing15/60 pts MoviesGood Luck, Have Fun, Don't DieGood Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die42/60 pts MoviesMercyMercy45/60 pts MoviesCrime 101Crime 10145/60 pts MoviesThe Strangers: Chapter 3The Strangers: Chapter 34/60 pts MoviesThe Wrecking CrewThe Wrecking Crew45/60 pts MoviesSend HelpSend Help38/60 pts Movies28 Years Later: The Bone Temple28 Years Later: The Bone Temple52/60 pts MoviesGreenland 2: MigrationGreenland 2: Migration3/60 pts MoviesThe RipThe Rip45/60 pts TelevisionHis & HersHis & Hers45/60 pts MoviesIs This Thing On?Is This Thing On?45/60 pts MoviesMarty SupremeMarty Supreme52/60 pts MoviesThe HousemaidThe Housemaid45/60 pts MusicSpotify Wrapped, as a music objectA year in lists, again21/60 pts MoviesNow You See Me: Now You Don'tNow You See Me: Now You Don't45/60 pts MoviesThe Running ManThe Running Man45/60 pts MoviesChristyChristy45/60 pts MoviesBugoniaBugonia52/60 pts MoviesSpringsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereSpringsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere38/60 pts MoviesGood FortuneGood Fortune34/60 pts MoviesAfter The HuntAfter The Hunt52/60 pts MoviesRoofmanRoofman45/60 pts MoviesTron: AresTron: Ares30/60 pts MoviesThe Smashing MachineThe Smashing Machine22/60 pts MoviesEddingtonEddington56/60 pts MoviesThe Life of ChuckThe Life of Chuck52/60 pts MoviesWeaponsWeapons45/60 pts MoviesThe Long WalkThe Long Walk41/60 pts MoviesThe Strangers: Chapter 2The Strangers: Chapter 238/60 pts MoviesOne Battle After AnotherOne Battle After Another45/60 pts MoviesRelayRelay45/60 pts MoviesGood Will HuntingGood Will Hunting60/60 pts MoviesSevenSeven60/60 pts MoviesThe Usual SuspectsThe Usual Suspects60/60 pts MoviesDead Poets SocietyDead Poets Society60/60 pts

Television

46/60 pts

NFL Week 1, as a broadcast

Television/Sep 13, 2026

Opening Sunday is television first. The games are the programming.

A full slate, three windows, and a night game that exists to keep the lights on after dinner.

Worth the look46/60 pts

Podcasts

27/60 pts

NFL recap podcasts, Week 1

Podcasts/Sep 13, 2026

The recap podcast that publishes during the night game is a draft

Opening Sunday produces a second show: men talking about a slate that is not finished.

Mixed27/60 pts

Books

41/60 pts

The fall book pile

Books/Sep 13, 2026

The September stack is a pile. It is not a personality.

Publishers dump the serious titles after the holiday. The pile looks like ambition. Most of it is inventory.

Worth the look41/60 pts

Games

34/60 pts

Madden, on opening Sunday

Games/Sep 13, 2026

Week 1 in the sim is a second league with worse weather

The console season starts the same day as the real one. That is not a coincidence. It is a license.

Mixed34/60 pts

Sports

48/60 pts

NFL opening Sunday

Sports/Sep 13, 2026

Week 1 is a product launch that happens to keep score

Fourteen games, three windows, a night soap in New Jersey. The season is no longer coming. It is on.

Worth the look48/60 pts

Music

24/60 pts

Best of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances

Music/Sep 13, 2026

A clip show of old Vanguard nights is exactly as useful as it sounds

A Sunday special that sells memory as programming. The performances already happened. The ads are new.

Mixed24/60 pts

Multimedia

21/60 pts

NFL highlights, on the phone

Multimedia/Sep 13, 2026

Opening Sunday on a phone is a trailer for a game you already own

The clip arrives before the drive is over. That is the product. It is also the problem.

Skip21/60 pts

Food

44/60 pts

The Week 1 grocery spread

Food/Sep 13, 2026

The Sunday spread is a format. Stop styling it like a commercial.

Wings, a tray, a dip that came from a tub. Score the logistics. The recipe is not the point.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Restaurants

36/60 pts

The opening-Sunday sports bar

Restaurants/Sep 13, 2026

A sports bar on opening Sunday is a theater with worse sightlines

TVs in every direction, a menu that exists to justify the screens, and a room that scores the slate instead of a plate.

Mixed36/60 pts

Travel

26/60 pts

Post-holiday Sunday travel

Travel/Sep 13, 2026

The Sunday after Labor Day is when travel stops pretending it is leisure

The long weekend is over. The airports are still full. That gap is the product.

Mixed26/60 pts

Hotels

19/60 pts

TIFF-week hotel pricing

Hotels/Sep 13, 2026

A festival Sunday rate is a movie ticket with a bed attached

Toronto is mid-fest. The room is no longer a place to sleep. It is a line item in someone else's premiere.

Skip19/60 pts

Culture

29/60 pts

The night before the Emmys

Culture/Sep 13, 2026

Emmy eve is a preview special that thinks it is a verdict

Monday is the ceremony. Sunday is the industry telling you who already won.

Mixed29/60 pts

Consumer

23/60 pts

The Week 1 viewing stack

Consumer/Sep 13, 2026

Opening Sunday is when the app stack shows its invoice

Broadcast, cable app, Sunday Ticket, a red-zone extra, and a highlight feed that is free because it is advertising.

Skip23/60 pts

Movies

41/60 pts

Labor Day theatrical

Movies/Sep 7, 2026

A holiday matinee is still a better idea than a holiday algorithm

The multiplex is open. The offices are not. That split is the whole review of the day.

Mixed41/60 pts

Sports

47/60 pts

US Open round of 16, on television

Sports/Sep 7, 2026

Holiday tennis is the rare broadcast that does not panic about time

Round of 16 from Queens, a day with no NFL, and a night session that is allowed to be long.

Worth the look47/60 pts

Food

43/60 pts

The Labor Day cookout

Food/Sep 7, 2026

The cookout is a format. Stop asking it to be a restaurant.

Char, paper plates, a table that is also a holding area. Score the form, not a secret sauce.

Worth the look43/60 pts

Consumer

22/60 pts

Labor Day store hours

Consumer/Sep 7, 2026

Holiday hours are the product. The closed sign is doing the work.

Apps still take the order. A lot of counters will not. That split is the consumer story of the day.

Mixed22/60 pts

Travel

25/60 pts

Labor Day travel

Travel/Sep 7, 2026

Holiday travel is weather. You do not argue with weather.

The last summer movement of the year. Airports and highways tell the truth. Advice does not.

Mixed25/60 pts

Culture

28/60 pts

The fall preview list

Culture/Sep 2, 2026

The fall preview list is a menu. It is not a meal.

September's most reliable cultural object is a numbered rundown of things you have not seen yet. Treat it like a circular, not a commandment.

Mixed28/60 pts

Movies

44/60 pts

September theatrical

Movies/Sep 2, 2026

September in a theater still beats September on the couch

The toys left town. The room is the feature. The movie has to earn the rest.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Consumer

18/60 pts

The fall subscription stack

Consumer/Sep 2, 2026

The fall subscription stack is the real premiere

Football bundles, extra seats, a second cloud, a free trial that knows your birthday. Score the pile, not the show.

Skip18/60 pts

Movies

45/60 pts

The Dog Stars

Movies/Aug 30, 2026

The world empties. The dog stays.

A late-August adult picture that actually asks you to sit still. That is rarer than the plague it is selling.

Worth the look45/60 pts

Television

31/60 pts

The August holdover

Television/Aug 30, 2026

August TV is leftovers and football

The prestige shows took the month off. The apps did not. Neither did the preseason.

Mixed31/60 pts

Podcasts

29/60 pts

NFL preview podcasts

Podcasts/Aug 30, 2026

Every feed is a camp report

August audio is depth charts, guest coaches, and the same three injuries.

Mixed29/60 pts

Books

42/60 pts

A library hold in late August

Books/Aug 30, 2026

The hold that finally landed

The book arrives after the discourse has moved on. That is the correct time to read it.

Worth the look42/60 pts

Games

33/60 pts

Madden NFL

Games/Aug 30, 2026

Madden is a calendar, not a game

You do not play it because it is new. You play it because the season is about to be.

Mixed33/60 pts

Sports

46/60 pts

The US Open on television

Sports/Aug 30, 2026

Tennis, if you let the afternoon be long

The Open is still the best argument for leaving a match on in another room.

Worth the look46/60 pts

Music

40/60 pts

Late-summer outdoor shows

Music/Aug 30, 2026

The last outdoor bill of August

The lawn, the merch, the 9:40 start. Summer music is a weather system, and it is about to break.

Worth the look40/60 pts

Multimedia

22/60 pts

Sports highlights on the phone

Multimedia/Aug 30, 2026

The game as a clip

A Sunday can be reduced to twelve seconds. That is efficient. It is also a theft.

Mixed22/60 pts

Food

54/60 pts

Late-summer corn

Food/Aug 30, 2026

Corn, while it still means August

The last honest week of the year to eat this. After Labor Day it is a frozen vegetable in a costume.

Worth the look54/60 pts

Restaurants

37/60 pts

Late-August patio dining

Restaurants/Aug 30, 2026

The last patio that still feels like a plan

A table outside is a reservation and a weather bet. This is the last week the bet is still the point.

Mixed37/60 pts

Travel

28/60 pts

The Labor Day weekend trip

Travel/Aug 30, 2026

The getaway that is really a traffic report

Everyone had the same idea. The trip is the idea plus three extra hours.

Mixed28/60 pts

Hotels

25/60 pts

Holiday weekend hotel rates

Hotels/Aug 30, 2026

The three-night minimum

The room is not the story. The stay rules are the story. They always are, the week before a holiday.

Mixed25/60 pts

Culture

44/60 pts

The last outdoor cultural night of August

Culture/Aug 30, 2026

Get dressed for a lawn, one more time

A lawn, a program, a bug. Civic summer still works if you leave the house before it ends.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Consumer

16/60 pts

Streaming the season

Consumer/Aug 30, 2026

The football app tax

To watch the games you already paid for, buy two more products. That is the consumer story of the week.

Skip16/60 pts

Sports

27/60 pts

Monday Night Football commentary

Sports/Aug 24, 2026

The booth is the show, for better and worse

A football game with a talk show sitting on top of it. Sometimes the talk show wins. That is a problem.

Mixed27/60 pts

Consumer

34/60 pts

YouTube TV

Consumer/Aug 23, 2026

The cable bundle in an app

I cut cable and then I bought cable from Google. The channels are the same. The remote is a phone.

Mixed34/60 pts

Sports

32/60 pts

YouTube Sunday Ticket

Sports/Aug 22, 2026

Every out-of-market game, for a price

The NFL put the whole slate on YouTube. The football is the same. The bill is not.

Mixed32/60 pts

Sports

35/60 pts

Fantasy football, as a product

Sports/Aug 20, 2026

A second job with a commissioner

The app, the group chat, the waiver wire. I play. I am also allowed to say it ate a Sunday.

Mixed35/60 pts

Consumer

48/60 pts

TSA PreCheck, renewed

Consumer/Aug 19, 2026

Five years of a shorter line

A government consumer service that still works, which is why it feels like a magic trick.

Worth the look48/60 pts

Travel

29/60 pts

Dulles International, a Tuesday

Travel/Aug 17, 2026

The airport as a place

I have spent more of my life in this building than I want to admit. Time to review it as a place.

Mixed29/60 pts

Restaurants

22/60 pts

Chili's, at an airport

Restaurants/Aug 16, 2026

The layover meal

I ate a burger under fluorescent light and it was exactly what it was. I am not mad.

Mixed22/60 pts

Food

58/60 pts

Peak-season tomatoes

Food/Aug 15, 2026

August, sliced

The only summer food review that matters, and the one grocery marketing keeps trying to complicate.

Worth the look58/60 pts

Multimedia

19/60 pts

Instagram Stories, as a broadcast

Multimedia/Aug 14, 2026

A story that vanishes on purpose

News, gossip, and a restaurant's special, all in a stack that deletes itself. I am tired and I still check.

Skip19/60 pts

Sports

40/60 pts

Hard Knocks

Sports/Aug 12, 2026

Helmets, mics, myth

HBO's training-camp ritual is still the best commercial the NFL does not have to call an ad.

Worth the look40/60 pts

Travel

33/60 pts

Reagan vs. Baltimore, as a choice

Travel/Aug 11, 2026

Two airports, one decision

I keep picking the wrong one on purpose and then complaining. Time to score the choice.

Mixed33/60 pts

Hotels

28/60 pts

Hotel points, redeemed

Hotels/Aug 11, 2026

A free night that was not free

I 'paid' with points and still did math at the desk. The math is the stay.

Mixed28/60 pts

Podcasts

24/60 pts

Pod Save America

Podcasts/Aug 9, 2026

The group chat that went to radio

Former Obama staffers talk politics like a locker room. Sometimes useful. Often a team sport.

Mixed24/60 pts

Food

44/60 pts

Cold pizza, morning

Food/Aug 9, 2026

The honest morning-after

I am not going to dress this up. This is a food review of a slice from the fridge.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Music

42/60 pts

A mid-size DC show

Music/Aug 8, 2026

A room, not a livestream

I paid too much to stand in a room that smelled like beer and a PA. I would do it again.

Worth the look42/60 pts

Travel

38/60 pts

The National Mall, in August

Travel/Aug 8, 2026

The free trip you keep postponing

It is free, it is crushing, and it is still worth doing once a year if you live here.

Mixed38/60 pts

Games

41/60 pts

EA Sports College Football 26

Games/Aug 7, 2026

The dynasty that ate August

I lost a Saturday to recruiting. That is either an endorsement or a cry for help.

Worth the look41/60 pts

Consumer

15/60 pts

DoorDash

Consumer/Aug 7, 2026

Dinner, plus a novel of surcharges

I ordered a burger and paid for a small logistics company. The burger was fine. The novel was not.

Skip15/60 pts

Restaurants

41/60 pts

Carryout from a local spot

Restaurants/Aug 6, 2026

The bag that saved the night

I did not sit down. I still had a restaurant meal. That counts.

Worth the look41/60 pts

Podcasts

36/60 pts

The Daily

Podcasts/Aug 5, 2026

The news, portioned

Twenty-something minutes of the New York Times explaining a thing. Useful. Not a personality.

Mixed36/60 pts

Travel

34/60 pts

Airport shuttle, as travel

Travel/Aug 4, 2026

The 4:40 a.m. shuttle

The least glamorous travel product in America, and the one that actually gets you home.

Mixed34/60 pts

Hotels

31/60 pts

A courtyard-style airport hotel

Hotels/Aug 4, 2026

The honest layover

The most important hotel category in America, and the least reviewed as if it were a place.

Mixed31/60 pts

Food

31/60 pts

Grocery-store olive oil

Food/Aug 3, 2026

A bottle that used to be boring

The cheap stuff got worse. The good stuff got expensive. I stood in the aisle longer than I wanted to admit.

Mixed31/60 pts

Books

52/60 pts

On Writing

Books/Aug 2, 2026

The craft book I still trust

Stephen King's memoir-slash-manual. I go back to it when the internet is being loud about 'process.'

Worth the look52/60 pts

Multimedia

26/60 pts

Video podcasts

Multimedia/Aug 1, 2026

The same conversation, with chairs

A radio show that insists you look at the table. Sometimes there is a reason. Often there is not.

Mixed26/60 pts

Culture

36/60 pts

A touring musical at the National Theatre

Culture/Aug 1, 2026

Broadway, slightly out of breath

The play is sharper than the event. The event is what a lot of people paid for.

Mixed36/60 pts

Restaurants

30/60 pts

A tasting menu in a serious room

Restaurants/Jul 29, 2026

Fourteen courses, one personality

I sat for three hours and was told what I was tasting. Some of it was beautiful. I wanted a steak.

Mixed30/60 pts

Music

50/60 pts

Bad Bunny, live

Music/Jul 28, 2026

A stadium that learned Spanish first

The biggest pop star in the hemisphere treats a packed house like a neighborhood, then like a nation.

Worth the look50/60 pts

Consumer

43/60 pts

DMV appointment, as a service

Consumer/Jul 27, 2026

A government website that almost works

I got a time, I showed up, I left with a sticker. In 2026 that is a glowing review.

Worth the look43/60 pts

Games

39/60 pts

Death Stranding 2

Games/Jul 26, 2026

Walking, again, with more toys

Kojima asked me to deliver packages in a ruined world a second time. I did it. I am a little mad about that.

Mixed39/60 pts

Hotels

27/60 pts

A roadside motel

Hotels/Jul 25, 2026

The neon, the door, the parking space

I wanted cheap and close to the road. I got both. I did not get a story to post.

Mixed27/60 pts

Multimedia

23/60 pts

TikTok as a news form

Multimedia/Jul 24, 2026

The news, 47 seconds at a time

Current events as a face, a caption, a stitch. Fast. Incomplete. Occasionally the only way a story moves.

Mixed23/60 pts

Culture

41/60 pts

A night at Nationals Park

Culture/Jul 23, 2026

Baseball as a civic night

The team was the team. The night was the product. I ate something I will not name and I was fine.

Worth the look41/60 pts

Sports

38/60 pts

Fox's 2026 World Cup coverage

Sports/Jul 22, 2026

The matches were the point

North America hosted the world's game. American television still hosted a talk show around it.

Mixed38/60 pts

Podcasts

42/60 pts

The Rewatchables

Podcasts/Jul 21, 2026

Movie talk for people who have already seen it

Bill Simmons and friends talk about a movie like it is a basketball game. I mean that nicely.

Worth the look42/60 pts

Travel

45/60 pts

Bethany Beach, Delaware

Travel/Jul 20, 2026

A beach town that still has a hardware store

Quieter than the boardwalk towns, which is the whole pitch.

Worth the look45/60 pts

Games

48/60 pts

Donkey Kong Bananza

Games/Jul 19, 2026

The ape is the physics engine

Nintendo let DK smash the level itself. Kids will get it. Adults will be late to bed.

Worth the look48/60 pts

Books

29/60 pts

Atomic Habits

Books/Jul 18, 2026

The self-help book that will not leave

James Clear's habit book is still on every list. I reread it. It is still a pamphlet wearing a hardcover.

Mixed29/60 pts

Hotels

35/60 pts

A Rehoboth Beach hotel

Hotels/Jul 17, 2026

A room near the boards

You pay for the walk to the water. The room is the receipt.

Mixed35/60 pts

Travel

46/60 pts

Cape Henlopen, Delaware

Travel/Jul 16, 2026

A beach that does not do branding

State-park sand, a WWII tower, and the rare East Coast weekend that is not a boardwalk pitch.

Worth the look46/60 pts

Food

39/60 pts

Supermarket rotisserie chicken

Food/Jul 14, 2026

The bird that saves a Tuesday

Golden, a little sad, and still the best $8 decision in the store.

Mixed39/60 pts

Sports

44/60 pts

Wimbledon, as television

Sports/Jul 13, 2026

Tennis, if you let it be quiet

The best produced tennis in the world, if you can find it under the features.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Culture

49/60 pts

Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy

Culture/Jul 12, 2026

Airplanes, hanging, still doing the thing

The hangar in Chantilly that makes kids look up. I looked up too.

Worth the look49/60 pts

Music

51/60 pts

A jazz set, District of Columbia

Music/Jul 11, 2026

Ninety minutes, no phones if you can help it

A small room, a piano, people who showed up on purpose. That is still a cultural miracle.

Worth the look51/60 pts

Podcasts

43/60 pts

Acquired

Podcasts/Jul 9, 2026

A company as a three-hour novel

Long, dense, and worth it if you like knowing how a giant actually happened.

Worth the look43/60 pts

Culture

42/60 pts

Wolf Trap, on the lawn

Culture/Jul 9, 2026

A lawn, a show, a mosquito

I paid to sit in the grass and hear a band. The mosquito paid nothing and also had a good time.

Worth the look42/60 pts

Television

41/60 pts

The Bear, Season 4

Television/Jul 8, 2026

The kitchen is still screaming

I love this show and I also need it to let a scene breathe.

Worth the look41/60 pts

Restaurants

50/60 pts

A Northern Virginia pho shop

Restaurants/Jul 7, 2026

The best room is a strip mall

I have eaten at the places with the lighting. I keep coming back to the one with the parking lot.

Worth the look50/60 pts

Hotels

36/60 pts

Hilton Garden Inn

Hotels/Jul 6, 2026

The predictable night

I knew the room before I opened the door. That is either damning or the entire value. Both, maybe.

Mixed36/60 pts

Multimedia

37/60 pts

The prestige video essay

Multimedia/Jul 5, 2026

The new longform, with a face

YouTube's serious wing is doing the work magazines used to do, at 40 minutes a clip.

Mixed37/60 pts

Travel

14/60 pts

I-95 on a summer Friday

Travel/Jul 4, 2026

The road as a trip

I sat in a lane that was pretending to be a highway. That was the travel.

Skip14/60 pts

Food

40/60 pts

Trader Joe's

Food/Jul 3, 2026

A grocery store that thinks it is a personality

I went for half-and-half and came out with three frozen things and a candle I did not need.

Worth the look40/60 pts

Games

45/60 pts

Mario Kart World

Games/Jul 2, 2026

The cup that ate the map

Nintendo opened the gates. The tracks still sing. The rest is a theme park.

Worth the look45/60 pts

Consumer

30/60 pts

Amazon Prime, another year

Consumer/Jul 1, 2026

The membership that forgot it was optional

I went to cancel and then I had a box on Thursday. That is the whole business model.

Mixed30/60 pts

Food

47/60 pts

A half-smoke, eaten standing up

Food/Jun 30, 2026

The District on a bun

Chili, mustard, a bun that is losing, and a city that still argues about whose is best.

Worth the look47/60 pts

Games

37/60 pts

Elden Ring Nightreign

Games/Jun 29, 2026

Elden Ring with friends, and a timer

FromSoftware let other people into the swamp. I died with company. That is new.

Mixed37/60 pts

Restaurants

34/60 pts

Shake Shack, late

Restaurants/Jun 27, 2026

The national burger, after the show

A fast-casual flagship that still tastes like a specific place, even when it is every place.

Mixed34/60 pts

Consumer

29/60 pts

A consumer VPN

Consumer/Jun 26, 2026

A monthly feeling of safety

I paid to feel slightly more private on airport Wi-Fi. The feeling is the product. The fine print is the rest.

Mixed29/60 pts

Books

33/60 pts

Fourth Wing

Books/Jun 25, 2026

The romantasy everyone already finished

Dragons, war college, a love story with teeth. I get why it ate the year. I did not fully get got.

Mixed33/60 pts

Hotels

37/60 pts

A Wharf hotel, Washington

Hotels/Jun 23, 2026

A room that faces a mall that faces a river

Pretty, pricey, and you will eat downstairs because that is the design.

Mixed37/60 pts

Music

41/60 pts

Sabrina Carpenter, live

Music/Jun 22, 2026

Sabrina on the big stage

Pop professionalism with jokes. I get why this ate a year. A little sugar-rushed by the encore.

Worth the look41/60 pts

Culture

44/60 pts

The Kennedy Center

Culture/Jun 21, 2026

A night that asked you to get dressed

A hall, a program, and the river. D.C. still does this better than it talks about it.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Television

49/60 pts

Slow Horses

Television/Jun 20, 2026

Spies who are bad at their jobs, on purpose

Gary Oldman in a filthy coat is still the best thing Apple has going.

Worth the look49/60 pts

Travel

43/60 pts

Richmond, overnight

Travel/Jun 19, 2026

A weekend that is not D.C.

Two hours south and the week changes temperature. I needed that.

Worth the look43/60 pts

Music

49/60 pts

Charli XCX, Brat

Music/Jun 18, 2026

The lime is still wet

A 2024 record that refused to become last year's joke.

Worth the look49/60 pts

Consumer

41/60 pts

YouTube Premium

Consumer/Jun 18, 2026

The tax on not seeing a mattress ad

I paid to make the internet quieter. It worked. I am annoyed that it worked.

Worth the look41/60 pts

Multimedia

48/60 pts

The Criterion Channel

Multimedia/Jun 16, 2026

A library that happens to be an app

I spent a Tuesday with a 1960s picture instead of a new one. That is the product working.

Worth the look48/60 pts

Podcasts

44/60 pts

Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend

Podcasts/Jun 14, 2026

The interview that still feels like a conversation

Conan is better at this than most of the people who copied the format.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Restaurants

46/60 pts

A diner that still refills the coffee

Restaurants/Jun 12, 2026

Eggs, a counter, a refill

I wanted a booth and a laminated menu and I got both. That is increasingly a luxury.

Worth the look46/60 pts

Books

40/60 pts

Intermezzo

Books/Jun 11, 2026

Two brothers, too many silences

Sally Rooney after the internet stopped being the joke.

Worth the look40/60 pts

Games

50/60 pts

Hades II

Games/Jun 9, 2026

The sequel that earned the wait

Supergiant came back to the underworld with a witch instead of a prince. I stayed in the loop.

Worth the look50/60 pts

Hotels

39/60 pts

Ace Hotel Brooklyn

Hotels/Jun 8, 2026

A lobby that thinks it is the stay

Good bones, better coffee, and a room that is almost as interesting as the hallway.

Mixed39/60 pts

Multimedia

45/60 pts

IMAX, as a way of seeing

Multimedia/Jun 7, 2026

The screen is the review

Some movies are different in a room that big. Some are just louder. Knowing the difference is the job.

Worth the look45/60 pts

Movies

38/60 pts

Masters of the Universe

Movies/Jun 6, 2026

The 1980's cartoon is brought to life on the big screen with the return of He-Man and Skeletor.

Mixed38/60 pts

Movies

8/60 pts

Scary Movie 6

Movies/Jun 6, 2026

The sixth Scary Movie is now out and it is what you expect.

Skip8/60 pts

Culture

40/60 pts

A book festival

Culture/Jun 6, 2026

Tents, tote bags, a signature

I went for one author and stayed for the weather and the stacks. That is how these work.

Worth the look40/60 pts

Food

36/60 pts

Chick-fil-A, a weeknight

Food/Jun 4, 2026

The line is the seasoning

I sat in the drive-thru and asked myself why. Then I ate the sandwich and remembered why.

Mixed36/60 pts

Music

55/60 pts

Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska

Music/Jun 3, 2026

The record the biopic was circling

After the movie, I put the actual album on. That is the right order.

Worth the look55/60 pts

Television

48/60 pts

The Pitt

Television/Jun 2, 2026

A shift that does not cut away

Noah Wyle walks back into an ER and the camera just stays there.

Worth the look48/60 pts

Hotels

26/60 pts

A boutique hotel with a signature scent

Hotels/Jun 1, 2026

The smell was the brand

I walked in and the lobby hugged me with cologne. The bed did not follow through.

Mixed26/60 pts

Movies

60/60 pts

Pressure

Movies/May 30, 2026

This might be my favorite movie of 2026 so far.

Worth the look60/60 pts

Hotels

24/60 pts

A short-term rental, one weekend

Hotels/May 29, 2026

The apartment that was a spreadsheet

I wanted a kitchen. I got a lockbox and a list of rules in all caps.

Mixed24/60 pts

Games

53/60 pts

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Games/May 28, 2026

A beautiful machine for dying well

A French RPG that treats turn-based combat like a dance. I did not expect to care this much.

Worth the look53/60 pts

Food

25/60 pts

A meal-kit week

Food/May 27, 2026

Dinner, mailed, with a recipe card

I cooked someone else's shopping list for five nights. Some of it was good. All of it was a box.

Mixed25/60 pts

Movies

30/60 pts

In The Grey

Movies/May 26, 2026

Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill and Eiza Gonzalez hit the screen for a fast paced action movie as a team of former soldiers attempt to recoup a billion dollar fortune.

Mixed30/60 pts

Movies

38/60 pts

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

Movies/May 26, 2026

The newest Star Wars film hit theaters over the long weekend and it is based on the Disney+ show The Mandalorian.

Mixed38/60 pts

Movies

45/60 pts

Obession

Movies/May 26, 2026

The horror film based on every guy's desire of his dream girl falling in love with him.

Worth the look45/60 pts

Culture

47/60 pts

National Portrait Gallery

Culture/May 25, 2026

Faces, a courtyard, an hour

I went to kill an hour downtown and stayed for three. That is a museum working.

Worth the look47/60 pts

Travel

42/60 pts

Amtrak Northeast Regional

Travel/May 24, 2026

The corridor, if you let it be slow

A train that is both public infrastructure and a mood, depending on the delay.

Worth the look42/60 pts

Multimedia

34/60 pts

The modern concert film

Multimedia/May 22, 2026

The tour, flattened

A live album with a camera budget. Sometimes it is a gift. Sometimes it is merch.

Mixed34/60 pts

Podcasts

47/60 pts

The Rest Is History

Podcasts/May 20, 2026

Two guys talking until the past is gossip

The history podcast that treats dead people like they just left the room.

Worth the look47/60 pts

Restaurants

33/60 pts

Cava

Restaurants/May 19, 2026

The fast-casual Mediterranean thesis

A bowl with a lot of small decisions. Some of them are good. All of them are a line.

Mixed33/60 pts

Television

44/60 pts

The Studio

Television/May 18, 2026

Hollywood making fun of itself, on purpose

Seth Rogen plays a studio guy and the joke is that the job is the job.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Restaurants

47/60 pts

The Dabney

Restaurants/May 16, 2026

A hearth that still means it

Mid-Atlantic cooking in a room that treats smoke as an ingredient, not a brand.

Worth the look47/60 pts

Games

46/60 pts

A Switch 2 launch night

Games/May 15, 2026

The hardware is not the review. The night is.

New Nintendo hardware, old living-room physics: four people, one TV, someone sitting on the floor.

Worth the look46/60 pts

Consumer

27/60 pts

Apple One

Consumer/May 13, 2026

One bill, four logos, a shrug

I bundled because the math said so. Then I used two of the four things.

Mixed27/60 pts

Television

54/60 pts

Andor, Season 2

Television/May 12, 2026

Star Wars finally feels like work

The rare franchise show that got more adult as it went.

Worth the look54/60 pts

Multimedia

18/60 pts

The Netflix true-crime documentary template

Multimedia/May 11, 2026

True crime, again, with a reenactment

A missing person, three experts, a synth. I can write the recap before the credits.

Skip18/60 pts

Consumer

22/60 pts

The 2026 streaming bundle

Consumer/May 9, 2026

Four apps, one week, no plot

You pay to hunt the show you already decided to watch.

Mixed22/60 pts

Books

43/60 pts

Abundance

Books/May 8, 2026

A policy book that wants you to build something

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue that the American left forgot how to make things. I kept nodding, then arguing with the page.

Worth the look43/60 pts

Food

28/60 pts

Weeknight pasta kits

Food/May 6, 2026

The $14 lie we keep buying

A refrigerated pouch promises Rome on a Tuesday. It delivers a decent Tuesday.

Mixed28/60 pts

Television

36/60 pts

The Last of Us, Season 2

Television/May 4, 2026

The game was meaner

HBO's hit came back heavier. I wanted it to be better than it was.

Mixed36/60 pts

Culture

32/60 pts

A gallery opening in D.C.

Culture/May 3, 2026

Wine in a plastic cup, a wall, a crowd

I went for the art and talked about parking. Classic. A couple of pieces still stuck.

Mixed32/60 pts

Movies

49/60 pts

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Movies/May 2, 2026

The comedic drama starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci hit theaters this weekend.

Worth the look49/60 pts

Podcasts

16/60 pts

Crime Junkie

Podcasts/May 2, 2026

The true-crime machine

Slick, endless, and I am done with the genre wearing a friendship bracelet.

Skip16/60 pts

Multimedia

57/60 pts

20 Days in Mariupol

Multimedia/Apr 30, 2026

The document that does not look away

A war documentary that treats the camera as a responsibility, not a style.

Worth the look57/60 pts

Movies

38/60 pts

Roommates

Movies/Apr 28, 2026

The new comedy on Netflix stars Sadie Sandler and Chloe East.

Mixed38/60 pts

Movies

52/60 pts

RZA's One Spoon of Chocolate

Movies/Apr 28, 2026

Attended a pre-screen, as it is set to open this weekend and all I can say is wow.

Worth the look52/60 pts

Sports

43/60 pts

Capitals playoff hockey, on TV

Sports/Apr 28, 2026

Another spring in the District

I am a Caps household. That is the bias, and I am not going to hide it.

Worth the look43/60 pts

Movies

38/60 pts

Michael

Movies/Apr 26, 2026

The movie is marketed as the story of Michael Jackson and spoiler alert, it's only part of the story of Michael Jackson.

Mixed38/60 pts

Television

51/60 pts

Severance, Season 2

Television/Apr 26, 2026

Still the one I think about at work

Apple's office nightmare came back stranger and I stayed with it.

Worth the look51/60 pts

Games

44/60 pts

Split Fiction

Games/Apr 21, 2026

Two players, one story, no spare friend? sit this out

Hazelight's co-op game is a blast if you have a second person. It is a paperweight if you do not.

Worth the look44/60 pts

Movies

45/60 pts

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Movies/Apr 20, 2026

I had not seen a preview for this and just saw a reboot of The Mummy, so I thought Brendan Fraser solid action movie.

Worth the look45/60 pts

Podcasts

28/60 pts

SmartLess

Podcasts/Apr 19, 2026

Three friends, a famous guest, a familiar loop

Fine in the car. Not the one I would miss if it vanished.

Mixed28/60 pts

Culture

38/60 pts

A community theater production

Culture/Apr 17, 2026

High school auditorium energy, on purpose

I went because someone I knew was in it. I stayed because they meant it.

Percival Everett hands the pen to the man beside Huck. The river changes temperature.

Worth the look54/60 pts

Music

48/60 pts

Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter

Music/Apr 12, 2026

Beyoncé's country year, after the year

The record is still bigger than the argument people wanted to have about it.

Worth the look48/60 pts

Restaurants

40/60 pts

A classic steakhouse, birthday

Restaurants/Apr 9, 2026

The steak you already knew you were ordering

I paid steakhouse prices for steakhouse food and I knew I would. That is the contract.

Worth the look40/60 pts

Television

50/60 pts

Adolescence

Television/Apr 8, 2026

Four episodes and no easy out

A Netflix limited series that does not let you look away, and I mean that as a warning.

Worth the look50/60 pts

Books

47/60 pts

The Long Walk (the novel)

Books/Apr 6, 2026

King before the brand was the brand

The 1979 book the movie came from. Meaner. Quieter. Better on the page.

Worth the look47/60 pts

Books

46/60 pts

The Wedding People

Books/Apr 2, 2026

A novel that sneaks up on you

Alison Espach's hotel-wedding book is funnier and sadder than the cover looks.

Worth the look46/60 pts

Books

48/60 pts

Project Hail Mary (the novel)

Books/Mar 30, 2026

The book the movie was chasing

Andy Weir's science-teacher-in-space novel is still the friendlier version of the story.

Worth the look48/60 pts

Television

40/60 pts

The White Lotus, Season 3

Television/Mar 28, 2026

Another hotel, same poison

Mike White sent the circus to a new country. The jokes still land. The air is thinner.

Worth the look40/60 pts

Sports

46/60 pts

March Madness 2026

Sports/Mar 24, 2026

The bracket is the product

Three weeks where people who do not watch college basketball become theologians about a 12-seed.

Worth the look46/60 pts

Movies

45/60 pts

Project Hail Mary

Movies/Mar 23, 2026

The sci-fi novel adaptation hit theaters over the weekend and has gotten near perfect reviews across the board.

Worth the look45/60 pts

Podcasts

50/60 pts

Hardcore History

Podcasts/Mar 11, 2026

The long one

Dan Carlin still makes a war last six hours and I still finish it.

Worth the look50/60 pts

Music

38/60 pts

Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour (as a recording / afterglow)

Music/Mar 5, 2026

The tour as a memory, not a live review

A year in lists, again

The algorithm's report card. I looked. I rolled my eyes. I still screenshotted one of the graphics.

Worth the look60/60 pts

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