October 2025 Playlist cover image drawn by my wife - three hissing snakes with horns that look a little bit wicked - a reference to the Vampire Weekend song "Harmony Hall," which includes the lyric: "wicked snakes inside the place you thought was dignified"
October 2025 Playlist tracklisting in numerical order:
01. Ezra Furman & the Harpoons- “Mysterious Power”
02. Black Country, New Road- “Besties”
03. Wet Leg- “Wet Dream”
04. Beck- “Think I’m in Love”
05. The Format- “Holy Roller”
06. The Buoys- “Check Mate”
07. Taylor Swift- “long story short”
08. Tennis- “Mean Streets”
09. Vampire Weekend- “Harmony Hall”
10. Dua Lipa- “IDGAF”
11. Social House- “Magic in the Hamptons” (feat. Lil Yachty)
12. Bon Iver- “Day One” (feat. Dijon & Flock of Dimes)
13. Chet Faker- “Get High”
14. Silk Sonic- “Leave the Door Open”
15. Yola- “I Don’t Wanna Lie”
16. Post Malone- “Who Needs You”
17. Fountains of Wayne- “Hung Up on You”
18. Valerie June- “The Hour”
19. Fenne Lily- “Berlin”
20. Big Thief- “Paul”
21. Stephen Sanchez- “Be More”
22. The War and Treaty- “Have You a Heart”
23. Ben Folds- “Fred Jones, Pt. 2” (feat. John McCrea of CAKE)
24. Lana Del Rey- “Old Money”
Note to Future Self:
(Since it's Thanksgiving weekend and I actually have some spare time to jot down some archival notes for myself)
I can't believe there's a new song from The Format! Also, this new Bon Iver album is really good. I forgot how much I loved that Ezra Furman song, and it is a hot take to think that "IDGAF" is Dua Lipa's best song? I think it might be. Why aren't The War and Treaty more famous? They're incredibly talented. I think the Post Malone / Fountains of Wayne combo is my favorite style of country song. Very Gram Parsons. Also, I'm clearly still on my Lana Del Rey bullshit, but that's just a fact of life these days. Whatever the hell that album is gonna be called, and whenever the hell we get it... my poor wife is going to be so sick of hearing LDR playing every time she walks into the room. I'm sorry in advance. (Also, I think I'm going to start using the alt-text to secretly leave notes for my future self 20 years from now when my fading memory relies entirely on Letterboxd and this.)
October 2025 Playlist:
With new albums from The Format @theformat.com and Hem @hemmusic.bsky.social coming soon, it seems like the dream of the early 2000s indie music blogosphere is alive & well in 2025.
YouTube Music: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/3zP...
29.11.2025 00:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a single panel of a handrawn comic strip drawn by my wife. a boy saying "what do i have to do to get you to talk to me?" as he stands next to a girl who looks annoyed. they are both wearing winter clothes. the image is framed by words "20th anniversary reissue" and "october 2005)
October 2005 Playlist (20th Anniversary Reissue)
01. Death Cab for Cutie- “Bad Reputation
02. Athlete- “Modern Mafia”
03. Elbow- “Leaders of the Free World”
04. Jimmy Eat World- Over
05. Biirdie- “Estelle”
06. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals- “My Heart is Broken”
07. Sarah Bettens- “Stay”
08. Fiona Apple- “Extraordinary Machine”
09. Calexico & Iron & Wine- “He Lays in the Reins”
10. Maria Taylor- “Xanax”
11. Orenda Fink- “Dirty South”
12. The Flaming Lips- “Do You Realize??”
13. Denison Witmer- “California Brown and Blue”
October 2005 Playlist (20th Anniversary Reissue):
A time capsule of the music I was listening to during my first month of living in the midwest.
YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5zp...
29.11.2025 00:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An image of three brownies that say "Don't you cry" against a light orange background with the words September 2025 written in script. The image is a reference to lyrics in the Weezer song titled "Susanne," which is part of the tracklist.
September 2025 Playlist:
01. Voxtrot- “My Peace”
02. Wallows- “Sidelines”
03. Jack White- “Archbishop Harold Holmes”
04. Weezer- “Susanne”
05. MJ Lenderman- “Joker Lips”
06. Courtney Barnett- “Avant Gardener”
07. Counting Crows- “Under the Aurora”
08. Camera Obscura- “Break It to Me Gently”
09. Japanese Breakfast- “Be Sweet”
10. Summer Salt- “Poolside”
11. Carly Rae Jepsen- “Western Wind”
12. King Princess- “1950"
13. Rex Orange County- “Always”
14. Rihanna- “Higher”
15. Norah Jones- “Running”
16. Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham- “Don’t Let Me Down Again”
17. Kishi Bashi- “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)”
18. Florence + The Machine- “King”
19. Lykke Li- “Never Gonna Love Again (Re Edit)”
20. Angel Olsen- “All the Good Times”
21. Orville Peck- “Roses are Falling”
22. Faye Webster- “A Dream with a Baseball Player”
23. Loren Kramar- “My Life”
24. Lianne La Havas- “Weird Fishes”
September 2025 Playlist:
These songs were the soundtrack to most of my evenings this month.
YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Km...
01.10.2025 04:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A comic drawn by my wife in 2003 of a young woman with an exhausted look saying, "Oh, God help us." This is framed by the words "September 2005 - 20th Anniversary Reissue"
September 2005 Playlist (20th Anniversary Reissue)
01. Augustana- “Stars and Boulevards”
02. Bloc Party- “Banquet”
03. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- “Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)”
04. Coldplay- “White Shadows”
05. Comas- “Tonight on the WB”
06. Fiona Apple- “Parting Gift”
07. Kanye West- “Gold Digger (feat. Jamie Foxx)”
08. The Lucksmiths- “Young and Dumb”
09. The Redwalls- “Thank You”
10. Gratitude- “Drive Away”
11. The Paperbacks- “Plans in Advance”
12. Slow Motion Reign- “Isn’t It Time? (Rats)”
13. Okkervil River- “A King and a Queen”
14. Morrissey- “The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get”
15. Anna Nalick- “Satellite”
16. Frou Frou- “Must Be Dreaming”
17. Owen Pallett- “This Is the Dream of Win & Regine”
18. Andrew Bird- “Tables and Chairs”
19. Aberfeldy- “What You Do”
20. Denison Witmer- “East From West”
21. Aqualung- “Just For A Moment”
22. Sia- “Breathe Me”
YouTube and Spotify Playlist Links in Profile
September 2005 Playlist (20th Anniversary Reissue):
It goes without saying that some of these are very 2005 and didn't age well. Some are still certified bangers though.
YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5bg...
01.10.2025 04:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
August 2025 playlist image drawn by my wife depicting a Friendly's ice cream resembling a clown - a reference to lyrics in the Tierra Whack song "Only Child" on the track list in the next image. (Alt Text available there as well)
August 2025 Playlist:
01. Remi Wolf- "Soup"
02. Father John Misty- "Real Love Baby"
03. God Help the Girl- "Funny Little Frog"
04. Jimmy Hughes- "Why Not Tonight"
05. Maggie Rogers- "Don't Forget Me"
06. Weyes Blood- "Everyday"
07. Janelle Monáe- "Make Me Feel"
08. Tierra Whack- "Only Child"
09. FKA Twigs- "killer"
10. Suki Waterhouse- "My Fun"
11. Joy Oladokun- "if you got a problem"
12. Lizzy McAlpine- "All Falls Down"
13. Clairo- "Add Up My Love"
14. Laufey- "Silver Lining"
15. The Last Dinner Party- "The Feminine Urge"
16. HAIM- "Relationships"
17. Sabrina Carpenter- "Feather"
18. Beyoncé & Post Malone- "LEVII'S JEANS"
19. Lucy Dacus- "It's Too Late"
20. The National (feat. Bon Iver) - "Weird Goodbyes"
21. Iron & Wine and Fiona Apple- "All in Good time"
22. Julia Jacklin- "Don't Know How to Keep Loving You"
23. Lana Del Rey- "Thunder"
24. Ryan Beatty- "Bruises Off the Peach"
25. Richard Edwards- "Good Luck, Babe"
26. Chappell Roan- "The Subway"
August 2025 Playlist:
These were the songs on repeat in my household this month.
YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1NQ...
01.09.2025 01:10 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2005 (08 August)
Spotify version as well (minus tracks not on that service):
open.spotify.com/playlist/36I...
30.08.2025 22:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2005 (08 August)
August 2005 Playlist (20th Anniversary Reissue)
From 2005-2011, I sent a monthly mp3 playlist to my friends. It's been 20 years since that first month, and I've been feeling nostalgic. I think it's time to revisit (and archive) that exercise in the streaming era.
August 2005 Playlist (20th Anniversary Reissue)
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
30.08.2025 22:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Screen shot of Letterboxd image of four Pee-wee Herman movies.
This past week I scheduled a Pee-wee Herman marathon for my wife so we could celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985).
boxd.it/aIh1uB
17.08.2025 18:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Letterboxed screenshot of The Long Goodbye, Jurassic Park, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Anatomy of a Fall
Quite a week… two were random picks expiring from streaming services, and two were scheduled on our summer viewing calendar.
Also, I really messed up my viewing experience of Anatomy of a Fall with a series of misadventures.
boxd.it/apRJnl
(Spoilers in the Letterboxd link)
26.07.2025 04:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Original poster for Cleopatra (1963)
Just bought my ticket for a 70mm film screening of Cleopatra (1963) in August. This is a rare opportunity that I never expected to experience, and I feel like a kid at Christmas.
Honestly, shout out to the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social 70mm Festival and the absolute privilege of living in Chicago.
12.07.2025 15:11 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
A ★★★★ review of Audition (1999)
Two people with very different relationship goals go on a few dates. Things go… poorly. The first hour feels slow and methodical with lots of static images and very little camera movement. It builds u...
Apparently Dead or Alive was the only one of his movies I had previously watched. Because of that, the entire first half of Audition was an unexpected slow burn.
If you do end up watching Ichi the Killer, let me know if you think I would like it. The poster is seared into my brain.
boxd.it/aatbEJ
04.07.2025 21:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Letterboxd recently watched: Sinners; Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Audition; and College Chums
Goodbye June. Hello July.
All four of these were long overdue watches, but it’s absurd that it took me 25 years to finally check out Audition.
04.07.2025 20:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Still one of my favorite bits. Classic Matt Morain.
24.06.2025 04:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Letterboxd recently watched: Sneakers, Barbarella, Nickel Boys, and The Butcher Boy
Mid-June / Summer Break
Nickel Boys was incredible, the 4K disc of Sneakers was fun, Barbarella was wacky, and Keaton’s debut stole the show from Arbuckle.
boxd.it/a1Tzuf
21.06.2025 02:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of One of Them Days, Ghost Protocol, The Net, and The Big Lebowski.
Memorial Day Weekend
26.05.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by NatalieColeMusic
Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac (Official Audio)
I was today years old when I learned that “Pink Cadillac” was originally a Bruce Springsteen song. I’m gobsmacked by this information (and by the fact that I did not already know that).
youtu.be/FO5vq9ur1fo?...
21.05.2025 22:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Screenshot of Letterboxd recently watched: Mission: Impossible 1 and 2, The Band Wagon, and Conclave
Goodbye Spring Semester.
Hello Summer Break.
(It’s time for cinematic spectacle.)
19.05.2025 15:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I was having the same conversation with my wife yesterday. With this album roll out it’s feeling like a non-zero chance that it might actually happen.
17.05.2025 22:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As a Counting Crows fan for the past 30 years, it’s indescribably weird to be witnessing this album roll out.
1st Decade: Amazing albums (Made me a fan for life)
2nd Decade: Spotty at best (With an album I actively dislike)
3rd Decade: Shaping up to be an exciting new era (Much to my surprise!)
17.05.2025 00:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
YouTube video by The Howard Stern Show
Counting Crows “The 1” and “A Long December” Live on the Stern Show
Counting Crows covered Taylor Swift (It’s not even my birthday yet)
youtu.be/Lc-Z9yMQkr8?...
17.05.2025 00:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just watched Michael Mann's "Thief" for the first time. Holy cow that was great! Sparse where it needs to be and verbose where it wants to be. letterboxd.com/shaynepepper...
11.05.2025 00:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Loren Kramar Is Ready for the Limelight
Off the back of his powerful debut album, “Glovemaker”—and as he gears up to release an album of Lana Del Rey covers—Loren Kramar talks style, sincerity, and the benefits of being a late bloomer.
If you have ever wanted a Lana Del Rey tribute album with songs by a combination of Cat Stevens, Jeff Buckley, ANOHNI and the Johnsons, and Father John Misty you should check out this Loren Kramar EP of Lana covers. Also, his album is fantastic too. Best of 2025 so far.
www.vogue.com/article/lore...
03.05.2025 17:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of last four movies watched on Letterboxd: Roma, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Across the Spiderverse, and The Maid
Goodbye April. Hello May.
Summer can’t come quickly enough. I’m ready to indulge in blockbuster spectacle soon. boxd.it/9yt09N
#letterboxd
02.05.2025 02:59 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of shopping cart (Sneakers, Eternal Sunshine, The Bride Comes Home, The Doll, and Buster Keaton)
Thanks for the heads up! Grabbed a few fun discs before the sale ended.
19.04.2025 14:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of recent activity on Letterboxd: In a Lonely Place, Desire, The Monster Squad, Past Lives
Goodbye March. Hello April.
Letterboxd is one of the few things keeping me sane these days. Also, Past Lives is one of the best new movies I've watched in quite a while. boxd.it/9f21M7 #filmsky
03.04.2025 16:17 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screen capture of title card for “Counting Crows VH1 Storytellers”
Adam Duritz at piano
Adam Duritz singing
Full band in “Counting Crows VH1 Storytellers
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the Counting Crows episode of VH1 Storytellers is on Paramount+. In case you want to feel like a teenager again…
09.03.2025 17:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screen capture of Letterboxd recent activity: The Princess Comes Across, The Searchers, Predator 2, and The Navigator
Goodbye February. Hello March.
(It was a weird week, but I really enjoyed watching "The Navigator" for the first time.) boxd.it/8XXVEv
05.03.2025 18:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Since you mentioned in the comments that the edible will be kicking in half way through, I would say "My Man Godfrey," "The Wolf House," or the Velvet Underground documentary. All three are fantastic and worthy of the milestone. Each would likely fit the mood (in very different ways).
04.03.2025 23:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
