Marion Hodges

@mollytempleton Revel in this space. It probably makes as much sense (or even a tiny bit more?) than actually watching the entirety of Succession, a thing that I absolutely did, and feel mostly ok about.

@nikostratis @mollytempleton @dcfc As someone with a self imposed assignment to write an essay (for work) attempting to summarize the cultural import of both “Give Up” and “Transatlanticism” beyond simply the shared singer songwriter aspect ahead of the double bill show at the Hollywood Bowl in Oct.. Hard relate.

@marionhodges @mollytempleton @dcfc Thank you so much!!! Writing this one really unlocked a desire to spend more time thinking on and unpacking so much of DCFC work, and how much of an influence he had on indie rock in that moment

Back writing newsletters about cigarettes in songs. Today, @dcfc "Steadier Footing, the impermanence of spring and smoke and spring flings 🖇️: bit.ly/3qhLklK

@nikostratis @mollytempleton @dcfc The human body is a genuine marvel.

@marionhodges @mollytempleton @dcfc It’s funny knowing that Ben is a very good long distance runner and how often cigarettes come up in the early years

@nikostratis @mollytempleton @dcfc Surely that opening sentence is the best of all his overstuffed sentences — he wrote a parenthetical into a SONG. Absolute legend. Whew, done thanks for providing the space and for such a thought provoking essay. I love your writing. 💜

@mollytempleton @dcfc I really do think its a solid blueprint of what they would go on to sound like, and there’s so many beautiful songs on this record.

@nikostratis @mollytempleton @dcfc I’ve already written too much here, but to bring focus back to “The Photo Album,” I could do a whole separate rant about how “Debate Exposes Doubt” might be Gibbard’s crowning lyrical achievement…

@nikostratis @mollytempleton @dcfc Whereas “We Have The Facts…” doesn’t even contain the version of “405” that people like, haha. Anyway, justice for “Company Calls,” and its epilogue.

@nikostratis @mollytempleton @dcfc … listening to “Title Track” over and over — sad about a disastrous make out the night before with the boy that I could never get the timing right with, then telling select parts of that story to another boy who described it as “so beautifully sad.”

@nikostratis @mollytempleton @dcfc I love this theory! As a “We Have The Facts…” stan, I’ve often made the same argument for that record. Somewhere in me is a similar essay about lying on the floor in the narrow hallway of my tiny New Jersey apartment drinking red wine straight from the bottle…

@EvanSolano APPRECIATE YOU! 😎💜

THE. ACCURACY.

Beach goth.

Tired: Pristinely produced commercials for ‘Merge Mansion’ starring Kathy Bates, and/or Pedro Pascal. Wired: Booking cameos to compose lowkey ad reads for ‘Royal Match.’

Forget every doubting thought I may have ever expressed around hope for the future of humanity. It’s perfect. We’re perfect. We’re doing all of it 100 percent correctly, A+, no notes.

Is ‘The Last of Us’ lowkey sponsored by Arby’s?

Finally starting ‘The Last Of Us,’ though that description of the virus at the beginning is a literal encapsulation of all of my worst nightmares. Still pressing forward, and am going to attempt to get through this whole thing without seeing a single, “mouth tendril.” (!)

The 10 best movies not nominated for an Oscar in 2023: kcrw.com/culture/shows/…

@larrynorton Oh, I know. I got this.💪😎💜

If you're prepping for tomorrow night's big awards show, @kcrw has cool piece. @TheAcademy

@chrisvfeil “Single & Fabulous: Eat, Drink & Never be Married … by Sabrina Wright” every detail of that down to Sabrina Wright as a fake journalist’s name is perfect. *chef’s kiss SATC, chef’s kiss*

Hey! I’m a for real cultural commentator now. Check it out… kcrw.com/music/shows/mu…