PinnedPatrick HoskenA Month In HellI don’t remember the bandage being uncomfortable on the plane to Florida. I only remember stuffing myself into the middle seat and…6 min read·Dec 4, 2018--3--3
Patrick HoskenLet’s Start An Anonymous ClubI’ve been trying to write this piece for four months. The initial idea was to capture the moment we’re in, back when that moment felt…3 min read·Jul 9, 2020----
Patrick HoskenI Know He’s Here, But He Doesn’t LaughHow do you make God laugh? Make a plan.6 min read·Mar 16, 2020----
Patrick HoskenHere Are The Movies I Saw In 2019This year’s list differs considerably from that of 2016 and 2017 and 2018 in that 2019 was the first year studios actually sent me…2 min read·Dec 31, 2019----
Patrick Hosken10 Years Of “As Tall As Cliffs”The band was called Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s. At the time of the song’s release, there were apparently eight musicians in the band…7 min read·Jan 9, 2019----
Patrick HoskenHere Are The Movies I Saw In 2018I think this is all of them, anyway. No way to be sure. And here’s the order in which I preferred them, like I did in 2016 and 2017. I…1 min read·Dec 31, 2018----
Patrick HoskenJeff Rosenstock, Hop Along, The Sidekicks And All My Favorite Music Of 2018The criteria for this list is simple: The music had to knock me on my ass. Guitars tend to do that the quickest, so most of the below…6 min read·Dec 20, 2018----
Patrick HoskenAll 30 Songs On The Beatles’ White Album, RankedLet me say up front that The White Album (officially known as The Beatles and released this week 50 years ago) is my favorite Beatles…7 min read·Nov 13, 2018----
Patrick HoskenTake This Joy Wherever You GoWhen The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie died in October 2017, my former editor Simon Vozick-Levinson memorialized him in The New York Times…9 min read·Sep 28, 2018----
Patrick HoskenDizzy Up The Girl Sounded The Dying Breath Of Goo Goo Dolls’ Replacements InfluenceRight now, my turntable would give any audiophile a heart attack. Not only is it one of those vinyl-to-MP3 setups, but without a proper…4 min read·Sep 22, 2018--3--3