An attempt at joining the masses….
Happy Valentine’s Day, beloved readers. The 2020 return of our Song of the Day features the gorgeous indie-folk of Satin Nickel’s “Call It.” Buttressed by confident vocals, luxuriant strings and a sweetly affecting chorus, it is easily one of our favorite songs we’ve heard this year. Read more…
Since we’re referencing Frederick Reiken, here’s a Q+A we did with him a few weeks after we wrote the book review. Read more…
Slowly but surely we’ll begin migrating much of the content from our former home on the web (the now defunct Resident Media Pundit) and moving it over here. Those posts will be labeled Digging Through the Archives. After a long dialogue with a fellow book lover over email I found myself remembering 2010’s Day for Night and how much that book is a tonic for these divisive modern times. Head to the jump to see the original post. Read more…
Nashville isn’t the only city hosting Americana music awards. Last night, London hosted Americana Music Association UK’s fifth annual UK Americana Awards, the culminating event of the AmericanaFest UK 2020. The awards ceremony was hosted by Sir Bob Harris and featured performances from the likes of Billy Bragg, The Felice Brothers and The Milk Carton Kids.
The winners list is below: Read more…
Pardon our radio silence, the Christmas/New Year’s holidays got the best of us and those pesky health issues have also reared their ugly head once again. This time though it was loud and emphatic. After seven months of doctor’s visits and an array of tests, it appears colon cancer is the ailment of this current season. We are still awaiting biopsy results and have a series of visits ahead of us, but suffice it to say, SITH may take a backseat in 2020. That of course was not the plan, and we’ll do our best to keep recommending media that speaks to us, but if we’re quiet, that’s why. Read more…
We’ve been reluctant to post Christmas songs this year but maybe that’s just because we were waiting for the right song to come along. Read more…
It’s not exactly winter here in Central Florida, but being that most of the country has experienced winter to some degree, we thought we’d share a wintry effort from singer/songwriter FLAX, the recording moniker of New York City-born Sean Flax. Read more…
We’re downright bonkers for books. But much like our favorite albums this year we can’t separate the stack. Listed below are our favorite 30 books of 2019.
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Red At The Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Fly Already by Etgar Keret
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Once Night Falls by Roland Merullo
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn Forche
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
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Maybe we’re being charitable but this year felt like an amazing year in filmmaking. We never like rankings or lists and quite frankly we were tempted to just list them in no particular order much like our albums, but alas, the temptation overtook us. Listed below are the Top 50 Films of 2019:
50. Downton Abbey
49. Brittany Runs a Marathon
48. A Hidden Life
47. Fighting With My Family
46. The Disappearance Of My Mother
45. An Elephant Standing Still
44. Alita: Battle Angel
43. Us
42. Rocketman
41. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
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Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there is no escaping Grammy-winning chart-toppers Maroon 5. We here at SITH are not ashamed to say that we are fans. Even though their latter albums have veered more towards hip-hop and commercial pop, they still remain one of the better radio bands of the last 15 years. Read more…
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