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The gist of it: it's the Renaissance (of course) and each person is a merchant trying to collect gems and stuff. But recently some friends introduced my partner and I to Splendor, and it has pretty much everything I look for in a board game: quick and easy setup, a fairly even balance of strategy and chance, and a not-too-long play time (about 30-45 minutes once you've gotten the hang of it).

Work and life stuff – have I mentioned lately that I'm writing a book? – have found me slacking on my board games. If a scammer-meets- Single White Female narrative intrigues you, this is worth a shot. But for the most part, I liked the suspense and Doherty's performance as a (possibly?) unreliable narrator. Be forewarned: This is a very twisty show, sometimes frustratingly so, and I don't think the landing quite sticks.

It's a psychological thriller about Becky (Erin Doherty), a young woman who becomes obsessed with the mysterious death of a well-known socialite and cons her way into her inner circle by assuming a fake identity. earlier this year and is now streaming on Amazon Prime. I really dug Chloe, a six-episode miniseries that aired in the U.K. It comes in two parts, and includes an accompanying playlist. So I highly suggest checking out critic Craig Seymour's rich history of Black gay men in pop music it's a great primer that looks at artists who influenced the blues, gospel, hip-hop, and, yes, club music. It's Pride Month, Black Music Month, and the month everyone suddenly started talking about club music and its Black, queer origins. Aisha Harris More recommendations from the Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter I highly recommend checking it out if you're a fan of The Wire. In sort of oral history-style snippets, these locals talked about their sometimes mixed feelings or anti-feelings about the show, what it's meant, and how it depicted Baltimore, race, and urban living. There are a few stories, including one where they talk to the creators, and another where they speak with some of the actors, who break down some of the five definitive scenes of the show.īut what I found most interesting was an article about the impact of the show on Baltimore, in which they interviewed people who grew up or are currently living there.

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The New York Times did a package series called ''The Wire' at 20', and I want to give a shoutout to my former colleagues over at the TV desk there because they did some great, interesting work. June marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of this little show called The Wire. It builds up to this great chorus where you can actually pump your fist and shout, 'I'm doing this for revenge!' And what could possibly be better? - Stephen Thompson ' The Wire at 20' Their new single 'Training Montage' is my favorite new Mountain Goats song in more than a decade and is very much in that vein. They've got another concept album coming out in August called Bleed Out, and each song from it is supposed to evoke classic action movies. Well, they're getting back into shout-along anthem mode in a way I'm really excited about. The great John Darnielle from The Mountain Goats has written some of the most viscerally intense anthems of all time, songs like ' No Children' and 'This Year.' But in recent years, the group has been putting out these much mellower concept albums about Dungeons and Dragons, goths, or wrestlers, but then couch those impressions in these very mellow, low key, polished and streamlined sounds that don't necessarily match up for me. One of my favorite songwriters in the world is making a comeback.

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