2021 in Review
I'm bringing you a very similar format for this year-in-review - because who couldn't use a little stability right now? Also, let's be honest, after laboring over ye olde spreadsheet (my annual list of my favorite new music), I have very little left in the tank for creative formatting and layout work. Here is but a small sample of some of my favorite things I heard in 2021. THE LIST 1. Nice Try! - "The Keeper" Avery Trufelman is at her best in this finale to season two of Nice Try , and that's saying something! I was completely charmed by the way this episode melded journalistic exploration and editorializing. It's flooded with nostalgia and reckons with object permanence in the digital age, and it has a sincerity to it that I couldn't shake. It's whimsical and impactful all at once. 2. Richard's Famous Food Podcast - "The Last Mojo" RFFP has skewered conventions in podcasting (and food journalism, and just general