🎉 weekend edition vol.015
abstract tears #3 and the outer #5
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a great deal of fuss or attention given to a minor matter
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The Media Guide - a weekly report out of all the new tv, albums, comics, and movies worth checking out
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Weekend Edition - a weekly zine featuring contributions of criticism, essays, webcomics, fiction, art, and more
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Review of Links - a twice weekly analysis and commentary of the news across tv, albums, comics, and movies for paid [+] subscribers
Published by The Independent Variable
Today:
Abstract Tears #3: Frozen Isolation
The Outer #5: The Job
I think we might finally be at a place where these Weekend Editions will always have at least two features. It's super exciting to be able to debut our first piece of fiction in next weeks issues alongside a new album review from Will.
We also rolled out our 2024 Media Calendar for paid subscribers and have been super active on the new newsroom blog, thinking about this whole thing out in the open. Lots of fun stuff in the land of foofaraw coming in the near future.
But for now let's dive into what we have from Tony and Garrett this week!
Season four of True Detective brought the series back to relevance in my mind. I gave up way too quickly on season two and while I enjoyed Mahershala Ali in season three, there was a lot missing.
With season four, we got an entirely new creative team, helmed by Issa López along with a superb cast featuring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, a professional boxer who came out of nowhere and truly kicked ass in the role.
While I might've had minor gripes with the season, it still cemented itself as a return to form and I can't wait to see what López does with season five.
Here's what Tony had to say:
I'm loving the setting and the atmosphere of isolation and enjoying the juxtaposition of how they use tech, but still have folks grounded in traditional ways—co-existing in a harsh climate/reality.
The feeling like we’re not meant to live in such weather like that, but we/they make it work.
That's it! I'm super excited about how things are unfolding here in the land of foofaraw and am more energized than ever to keep it going and introduce new, wild, and weird things into the fold.
Enjoy your weekend.
Stay sane,
—humdrum