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Rise of the Phoenixes: Recommendation
Romance and intrigue, offset with intense action scenes, make this a thrill ride from start to finish. Chinese historical dramas are enjoying a Golden Age, and while that may be a state-endorsed attempt to boost China’s “soft power” through ...
Aggretsuko: Recommendation
What if Hello Kitty had an office job and a complex inner life? Aggretsuko, a cartoon series from Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, answers that question. Retsuko, the protagonist, is a cute red panda with a dead-end job in accounting. Polite and patient d...
Fruitvale Station: Recommendation
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, many white Americans are asking ourselves: how could this happen yet again? What can we do, and how do we go about doing it? At some level, we know the answer lies in understanding and dismantling systemic r...
Start Up: Recommendation
Set in a fictional Seoul tech incubator called Sandbox, this drama is nominally about ambitious young coders and entrepreneurs trying to hatch a viable business plan. Scratch the surface, though, and it’s really a tear-jerking family melodrama with...
Bistro, Kiosk, Kayak, Coyote, Pagoda
Sometime last year, I was cornered at a party by a man wearing a monocle, who asked me what exactly I did for a living. The target demographic for monocle manufacturers having shifted since I was a kid, the man in question was not a kindly old fellow...
The Best Scatterwound, Single-Coil Pickups for Electric ...
Almost a hundred years ago, a Los Angeles musician named George Beauchamp started to experiment with ways to amplify the sound of a guitar. He got good results with insulated wire wrapped around a magnet, a combination he’d adapted from the amplifi...
