I had 600 words on Mike Leigh’s Secrets & Lies last night before crashing, the better part of an already long week catching up to me. Let’s take a Wednesday off once in a while, you know? I’ll be back on Sunday with the dispatch, but for the time being, I want to say hi and hello and welcome to the new subscribers who came here after the Eras tour write-up. Usually I am more punctual than this!
Anyway, my question for you this week is the Sunday Dispatch turned on its head: what are you watching, reading, listening to, playing? What’s holding your attention span during spats of bad weather, smog, the sky turning orange for all of a few weird hours? What did you make of the NBA finals and does anyone really care about baseball this year or not quite yet? Further, is there anything you’re engaging with that you’d like to see covered in the magazine? After careful consideration (no, truly), I will not be starting Vanderpump Rules.
I’ll be in and out to say hi and chat and take your recs for my ever-growing Notes app entry that says “MAKE TIME FOR THIS.” Otherwise I’ll be back this weekend!
my main event of the past few weeks was walking past Jeremy Strong on a deserted street in Williamsburg. he was wearing all brown (obviously), staring into the distance and scowling a little. in person, he looks a bit older than expected and his shoulders are kind of shockingly triangular. wish i could've said something but tbh i will never be brave enough to approach a celebrity, much less one i stan!!
otherwise – watched Past Lives, which was good but didn't hit quite as hard as i thought it would. playing Tears of the Kingdom. rereading Middlemarch (i'm about a third of the way through, started at the beginning of Middlemarch May but quickly realized i wouldn't be able to keep up :( i'm reading through the discussion threads as i finish each section though!). also reading Y/N by Esther Yi, which felt topical as i'm experiencing a bit of a BTS moment right now. it's been quite a freaky read so far...
I'll tell anyone who'll listen that Mrs. Davis is the most fun I've had watching a TV show in a while and continues Damon Lindelof's (and his collaborators, in this case, Tara Hernandez) streak of excellent projects that manage to be funny and sad and weird all at once.