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Station Eleven - Table of Contents
Season One:Wheel of FireA Hawk From a HandsawHurricaneRosencrantz and Guildenstern Aren’t DeadThe Severn City AirportSurvival is InsufficientGoodbye My Damaged... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven - Our Paths Crossed at the Wrong Time.
Station Eleven: 1x10 Unbroken Circle. So much of Station Eleven has been about the effect of stories on people. It is named after a graphic novel that couldn’t... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Expanse – The Universe Never Tells Us If We Did Right Or Wrong.
The Expanse: 6x06 Babylon’s Ashes.Above Laconia, the mysterious protomolecule station in orbit is waking up to the humans down the gravity well. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven – You’re a Doctor.
Station Eleven: 1x09 Dr. Chaudhary.Terry: The courage to bear witness to death is the job, the courage to be there.It is difficult to make assumptions about... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven - I Wish You Were Here.
Station Eleven: 1x08 Who’s There?After her journey back to the past, Kirsten awakes in the forest – someone has taken her there, has made a little bed for her,... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Expanse – Will You Remember Us?
The Expanse: 6x05 Why We Fight.Drummer: When the last shot is fired, when Marco is dead, will you remember us? Will you remember the Belters who bled for your... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven – This Can’t Last.
Station Eleven: 1x07 Goodbye My Damaged Home. I remember damage. Then escape. Then I found it again. My home. Goodbye My Damaged Home feels like an extension... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven – I Won’t Ever Let It Happen Again.
Station Eleven: 1x06 Survival is Insufficient. Kirsten and the Prophet are bound to each other not just by their relationship with the late Arthur, but by the... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Endemicity
This brings us to a difficult problem: the number of people who haven’t had the shot. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, vaccination rates are in single digits. Read more
Posted on 01 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Expanse - Stop Treating Me Like I’m Broken.
The Expanse: 6x04 Redoubt.Admiral Duarte gives us Redoubt’s theme: “Having something you love that you can’t protect – it’s terrifying. Read more
Posted on 01 January 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: December.
Non-Fiction: David Graeber and David Wengrow: The Dawn of Everything. A New History of Humanity.Amia Srinivasan: The Right to Sex.Laura Lee: A History of... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Shows of the Year
Best new show:YellowjacketsA successful high school soccer team gets stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash - and the story of survival is told in... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Films of the Year
His House (2020, Remi Weekes)Minari (2020, Lee Isaac Chung)Passing (2021, Rebecca Hall)Nomadland (2020, Chloé Zhao)Unpregnant (2021, Rachel Lee... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Music of the Year
Albums:Goat Girl: On All Fours.Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg.Moaning Lisa: Something Like This But Not This.Kučka: Wrestling.Hana Vu: Nicole Kidman / Anne... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven – Would You Die for a Stranger?
Station Eleven: 1x05 The Severn City Airport. Elizabeth: Well played, Marc Antony. You’re a star. In many ways, The Severn City Airport is constructed like a... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven – But I’m Safe Now.
Station Eleven: 1x04 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Aren’t Dead.One way to think about the physical graphic novel of Station Eleven is the meaning it has... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Expanse – Everybody on This Ship Has Something They Regret.
The Expanse: 6x03 Force Projection. It is quite remarkable how James Holden keeps stumbling into the crosshairs of history again and again, forever driven by hi... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven - It is Better to Not Be Noticed.
Station Eleven: 1x03 Hurricane. Survival is insufficient. I don’t want to live the wrong life and then die.Station Eleven’s first and third episode could exist... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Novice
One of the reasons why I find Megan Abbott’s thrillers so captivating is that each time she dives into a character’s obsession – cheerleading, gymnastics, balle... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Station Eleven: I’m Safe.
Station Eleven: 1x02 A Hawk from a Handsaw.To the monsters, we’re the monsters. This hasn’t really been a prominent part of the show yet, but I think about... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2021 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO