Jason Panella
Jason Panella

Jason Panella is a minimalist.

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Winter Albums: Sounds for the Season

It’s a chilly album, but there’s a lot of warmth sheltered in the ice.

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Afternoon With the Axolotis

“What follows is part history lesson, part music review, and part nostalgic reflection on a band that changed my life.” ~ Jason Panella

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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

“I never travel far without a little Big Star.” – Alex Chilton,The Replacements

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On Going (or Not Going) to Concerts

Some thoughts on the higher meaning of staying home.

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Here's Where Superchunk Comes In

Seven reasons you should care about Superchunk.

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The Horror of Knowing

The Innkeepers is part classic horror film, part workplace comedy, and part deliberate study of both place and character—which, when taken together, makes the movie a hard sell to a lot of people. And that’s a shame, since I think the movie occupies a unique spot in the cinematic world. Unlike a lot of modern horror films, The […]

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The New Gatekeeper: You

Hobby board games are one of the many types of creative enterprises using Kickstarter as a source of popular funding and quality control.

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Someone's Got To Do It

It’s taken me a while, but I think I figured out why no one wants to play video games with me.

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An Open Letter on Adaptations

On letting movies be movies.

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