NHC is the new supergroup of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Jane’s Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro, and Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney. They first met in the 90’s, when Hawkins and Chaney were part of Alanis Morisette’s touring band and Navarro had played on the album version of “You Oughts Know.”
During the pandemic, when their band’s respective tour schedules were being halted, they hit Hawkins’ studio in LA just to have some fun. Songs started emerging and as Navarro told Rolling Stone,” A light bulb went off and we realized we had an actual band and were going to make a record.”
So after their debut performance at Pearl Jam’s Ohana Festival in September, they played their first headlining show on Tuesday night at The Troubadour in West Hollywood. With Hawkins on the drums and as the group’s lead vocalist, they coursed through new songs that they’ve been working on for an album that’s due out next year, like the already released “Devil That I Know.” They also played tunes from Hawkin’s solo releases, a Queen cover, and not one, but two David Bowie covers. First, it was “Rock And Roll Suicide,” then they closed with “Ziggy Stardust.” “We’re gonna end with one more Bowie song,” Hawkins said to the crowd. “Cause… it’s f****** David Bowie!”
But it was more than just the trio on stage. Foo Fighters’ guitarist Pat Smear joined them on stage, as did Hawkins’ son Shane and Foo Fighters back-up singer Barbara Gruska for the final number. “We’re not supposed to make a big deal about what a badass he is,” Hawkins said of his son. Navarro, shirtless and wearing a pork pie hat, played a wicked lead guitar on the set-closing song for the enamored crowd.
Watch the video in 4K of NHC playing “Ziggy Stardust” at the top of this post, and be on the lookout for an NHC record in 2022.
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When I conceived my first born, I was elated. I took four at-home tests to confirm the news, peeing on my hand four times — and on four different sticks. I rushed to the city to tell my husband, with a congratulatory card and a few goodies in a yellow gift bag. There was a pacifier, a bottle, and an adorable Big Bird brush and comb set. And I called my doctor within hours. I scheduled an ultrasound the following week. But when I told everyone else the news, they wanted to know about my unborn baby’s sex. Did I want a boy, they asked, or a girl?
I said I didn’t care because I didn’t. I wanted a child, to be sure. A happy, healthy baby who could (and presumably would) grow to become a happy, healthy kid. But everyone was focused on colors. On labels. Would I be a dance mom or a soccer mom? Would my shower be decorated with pink balloons or blue? And while I learned at my 20-week checkup that I was having a daughter — that I would be having a baby girl — I didn’t identify as a “girl mom.” My daughter is 8 and I still don’t. Because sex doesn’t define my daughter. It doesn’t dictate her interests or mine, and it doesn’t affect how I parent. I treat my son and daughter (more or less) the same. Because I’m not a boy mom or a girl mom, I’m just Mom, and that’s an important distinction.
It is a paradigm shift we all should make.
You see, the insistence on gendering your child is odd and forced. I mean, in doing so parents find a sense of security. Of stability. They “relate” to one another’s struggles and plights. But my daughter (and son’s) sex doesn’t define them. Their parts do not determine how they play or their worth — i.e. when my daughter was little she climbed trees and scuffed her knees; my son says his favorite color is pink and he plays with trucks and baby dolls — and their assigned sex isn’t any more reflective of their personality than their nose or forefinger. It is a biological component, a physical part of their makeup and DNA.
Plus, when we refer to ourselves as boy moms or girl moms we support and reiterate stereotypes, i.e. boys are rambunctious and rowdy while girls are emotional and sensitive. The former likes potty humor while the latter should cook and clean, and this is dangerous. It repeats history and the message of old, outdated tapes. It reaffirms that in our society there are sex-specific roles, and this sets back our girls yet again, teaching them what they aren’t, what they should be, and what they can’t do. It teaches our sons to be cold and callous and emotionally withdrawn.
There’s also another problem with these labels, i.e. when we refer to ourselves as boy moms and girl moms we (unwittingly) force our children into boxes which they may not fit. While many children’s “gender identity aligns with their assigned gender… for some children, the match between their assigned gender and gender identity is not so clear,” an article by Healthy Children states. Telling them what they are and who they should be can create inner turmoil. It can cause children to feel scared, angry, isolated, misunderstood, helpless, hopeless, and alone.
“Young people who are transgender feel powerfully that they are not the gender assigned to them at birth,” an article by the Child Mind Institute states. “Even young children might say, ‘No, I’m really a boy’ or ‘No, I’m really a girl’ [and] as they get older, they may feel extremely uncomfortable in their bodies,” the article continues. “Th[is] disconnect between their experienced gender and their assigned gender can result in acute distress called gender dysphoria… which can be a source of profound suffering.”
So instead of labeling your children and yourself, consider just going. Just doing. Just being #Mom. Because our children deserve a happy, healthy childhood. They deserve the chance to roam and play and develop on their own, and they should become well-rounded people not because of labels or boundaries but in spite of them. I want my oldest to explore her love of science and math. Right now, I just want my youngest to stop licking strangers and eating dirt. But she will, if she wants. He will, as he grows, and that’s because I’m not a boy mom or a girl mom. I’m just Mom — a person and parent who loves her children unconditionally. A person and parent who loves her children, no matter what.
via PixaBay For the past 55 years, scientists have theorized that a major reason why humans live so much longer past their reproductive years than other species is because of grandmothers.
The “grandmother effect” as it’s known postulates that in hunter-gatherer societies, grandmothers played a vital role in finding food and raising children. In fact, the grandmother’s role was so important that it had a huge impact on whether or not children survived.
“By relieving a mother of some of her child-raising responsibilities, so the thinking goes, grandmothers make it easier for their daughters to have more children and also make it possible for those children to have longer lives by helping them during the difficult early years of life,” Haider J. Warraich writes in Stat.
Two studies further this hypothesis by showing the important roles that grandmothers have in the survival of their grandchildren. A study of birth and death records in Finland for individuals born between 1731 and 1890 found that having a maternal grandmother between the ages of 50 and 75 increased a child’s survival rate.
Another study found that proximity to grandmother matters, too. The shorter the distance between grandmother and grandchild, the more involved the grandmother can be and the more benefits that accrue to her daughter and grandchildren.
The Grandmother Effect could be a major reason why a new study shows that grandmothers may feel a closer emotional bond to their grandchildren than their own offspring.
A study by James Riling of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia published in “The Royal Society” measured brain function in 50 grandmothers with at least one biological grandchild between three and 12 years old.
They showed the grandmothers pictures of their grandchild, an unknown child, an unknown adult, and the same-sex parent of the grandchild. The study found that when a grandmother saw a photo of their grandchild it activated parts of their brain associated with emotional empathy and movement.
When the grandmothers saw a photo of their adult child, it activated areas of the brain associated with cognitive empathy. So, to put it simply, when shown the pictures, the grandmothers were attempting to emotionally empathize with their grandchildren while trying to cognitively understand what their adult children were thinking.
“That suggests that grandmothers are geared toward feeling what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them,” Rilling said in an Emory news article. “If their grandchild is smiling, they’re feeling the child’s joy. And if their grandchild is crying, they’re feeling the child’s pain and distress.”
Given the importance of the grandmother effect, it’s no surprise that our grandmothers seem to be hardwired to love us in the deepest way possible. Science shows that without this incredible bond, humans may not have made it this far. Conversely, it also shows that without having such an important role in their post-reproductive years, our grandparents may not have evolved to live so long.
In the end, the relationship appears to be symbiotic. Grandmothers promote the survival of a child who one day may grow up to be a grandparent and live longer because they have such an important role in the life of their grandchild.
“That suggests that grandmothers are geared toward feeling what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them,” Rilling said in an Emory news article. “If their grandchild is smiling, they’re feeling the child’s joy. And if their grandchild is crying, they’re feeling the child’s pain and distress.”
Given the importance of the grandmother effect, it’s no surprise that our grandmothers seem to be hardwired to love us in the deepest way possible. Science shows that without this incredible bond, humans may not have made it this far. Conversely, it also shows that without having such an important role in their post-reproductive years, our grandparents may not have evolved to live so long.
In the end, the relationship appears to be symbiotic. Grandmothers promote the survival of a child who one day may grow up to be a grandparent and live longer because they have such an important role in the life of their grandchild.
After being a Hollywood staple, Jennifer Lawrence vanished from the public eye following the release of “X-Men Dark Phoenix” in 2019.
Sure, the pandemic had something to do with that … in addition to the usual way our society treats Hollywood “it” girls, once it grows accustomed to the flavor. But in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence opens up about some other reasons she chose to step away for a time.
Lawrence went from being a highly sought-after Oscar-winning actress to starring in less-than-successful films like “Passengers,” “Mother!” and “Red Sparrow.” The films were not only poorly received among critics, but commercially as well.
“I was not pumping out the quality that I should have,” she told VF. “I just think everybody had gotten sick of me. I’d gotten sick of me. It had just gotten to a point where I couldn’t do anything right. If I walked a red carpet, it was, ‘Why didn’t she run?'”
So then, why do it? As any workaholic would know, it’s about so much more than money.
Presenting our December cover star, Jennifer Lawrence.
After a long hiatus, the Oscar winner and mother-to-be returns to the limelight with Adam McKay’s ferocious satire, #DontLookUp. And, this time, she’s determined to protect what’s hers.
“I think that I was people-pleasing for the majority of my life,” she went on. “Working made me feel like nobody could be mad at me: ‘Okay, I said yes, we’re doing it. Nobody’s mad.’ And then I felt like I reached a point where people were not pleased just by my existence. So that kind of shook me out of thinking that work or your career can bring any kind of peace to your soul.”
Even friends noticed the toll it took on her. Justine Polsky, her best friend for 13 years, remarked that “the protocol of stardom began to kill her creative spirit, to fuck with her compass. So, she vanished, which was probably the most responsible way to protect her gifts. And sanity.”
She concluded that “I didn’t have a life. I thought I should go get one.”
I don’t think you need to be a famous, successful actress to understand that statement. The pandemic made many of us realize how much we let our lives revolve around work, until suddenly that part of our identities shifted drastically.
So, she got back to life, and in a big way. She married art gallerist Cooke Maloney and enjoyed the simple things … like grocery shopping.
“I really enjoy going to the grocery store with him. I don’t know why but it fills me with a lot of joy. I think maybe because it’s almost a metaphor for marriage. ‘Okay, we’ve got this list. These are the things we need. Let’s work together and get this done.'”
Maloney and Lawrence are even expecting a child together, though that aspect of her life will be kept (rightly so) under wraps.
“If I was at a dinner party, and somebody was like, ‘Oh, my God, you’re expecting a baby,’ I wouldn’t be like, ‘God, I can’t talk about that. Get away from me, you psycho!’ But every instinct in my body wants to protect their privacy for the rest of their lives, as much as I can. I don’t want anyone to feel welcome into their existence. And I feel like that just starts with not including them in this part of my work.”
Jennifer’s new movie, “Don’t Look Up,” premieres December 10. As she returns to the spotlight, she carries the lessons many of us have learned after being removed from the hustle and grind: that sometimes the simplest things are the most joyous things, and that taking breaks helps bring our best self.
In two weeks, the Memphis Grizzlies will retire the first jersey number in franchise history when Zach Randolph’s No. 50 goes into the rafters when Memphis plays host to the Houston Rockets on December 11. Joining Randolph will eventually be Tony Allen, who was set to have his No. 9 retired in late January in a game against the Jazz, but that ceremony has been postponed.
Allen is one of 18 former players who was arrested back in October for taking part in an alleged scheme to file false claims for medical and dental expenses, with Terrence Williams as the apparent ringleader, taking a cut from the other players — which is eventually what led to them being found out when there was dissension about paying Williams said cut. Allen pleaded not guilty to charges and was released on $500,000 bond, and per the indictment had paid back all but $70,000 of the $420,075 he had allegedly filed in fraudulent claims.
All told, it is probably best for Allen and the Grizzlies to put off his jersey retirement until the case is put behind him so the celebration can go on without it lingering over the proceedings.
Christopher Osburn has spent the past fifteen years in search of “the best” — or at least his very favorite — sips of whisk(e)y on earth. He’s traveled to over 20 countries testing local spirits, visited more than 50 distilleries around the globe, and amassed a collection of bottles that occupies his entire basement (and infuriates his wife).
In this series, he cracks open his worn “tasting diary” and shares its contents with the masses.
Age statements mean a lot in the world of single malt whiskies. Though it’s shifted over the years, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, and 25 years have become the standard ages most single malts carry. The higher those years reach, the rarer those whiskies are (which is, of course, directly linked to price).
If you’re buying Scotch whisky this weekend, you’re sure to see plenty of single malts with years-spent-in-the-barrel on their labels. But you’re almost as likely to see single malts with a “name” rather than an age statement. There are various reasons for this. Part of it is about brands finding uses for lower age statement whiskies that consumers wouldn’t reach for (we’ve all been pretty well trained to think 10-year-old scotch is the starting point — it’s not). Another aspect is the natural, capitalist drive to make something new and unique to put on store shelves. If a brand already has 10, 12, 15, 18, and 20-year whiskies on the shelf, why not also have a few no age statement releases, too?
These newer, “no age statement” single malts are our focus today. Below, you’ll find eight of my favorite no age statement single malt scotches. Keep scrolling to see all of my picks and comment at the bottom to share your own favorites.
While Ardbeg is well-known for its ten-year-old expression (and other age statement whiskies), the Islay distillery makes a handful of noteworthy no age statement bottles. Ardbeg Uigeadail, named for a nearby loch, it’s a mix of sweetness and smoke thanks to those Islay peated malts and finishing in former sherry butts.
Tasting Notes:
A complex nose of clover honey, ripe berries, dried cherries, sweet vanilla, and robust, peaty campfire smoke greets you immediately. The palate reveals hints of butterscotch, dried fruits, berry jam, smoked malts, and an ever-present peaty smoke. It all ends with a pleasing mixture of fruity sweetness and rich smoke.
Bottom Line:
This is the whisky where peat meets sweet. It’s a great gateway for sherried Scotch fans looking to get into Islay malts as well as peat fans looking to get into sherried whiskies.
I don’t smoke cigars frequently, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying this complex non-age statement expression from The Dalmore. Created to pair with a fine cigar, it was aged in a combination of ex-bourbon casks, oloroso sherry butts, and cabernet sauvignon barrels.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll be treated to the aromas of freshly brewed coffee, fudge, butterscotch, and almond cookies. The palate is swirling with flavors like sweet treacle, dried cherries, candied orange peels, sherry sweetness, and a light, nutty note that’s perceptible throughout the taste. The finish is slightly spicy and sweet.
Bottom Line:
This is a sweet, almost dessert-like whisky. I can see why it pairs so well with a bold cigar. It’s also great as an after-dinner drink, even if you don’t smoke.
Glenmorangie has a nice range of non-age statement whiskies as well as age statement expressions. One of its best no age statement bottles is Signet. This elegant whisky is a blend of two different whiskies made with unique barley. The first was distilled with single estate Cadboll and the second was distilled with malted chocolate barley.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is loaded with scents of sticky toffee pudding, caramelized sugar, vanilla beans, raisins, and slightly bitter chocolate. The palate is highlighted by flavors of candied orange peels, chocolate fudge, dried fruits, cinnamon sugar, and candied almonds. The last few sips are dry, warming, and sweet.
Bottom Line:
While this whisky doesn’t carry an age statement, some people believe it contains whiskies as old as 35-40 years old. Regardless of its age, it’s complex, nuanced, and highly memorable.
With a name like Talisker Storm, you know you’re getting a wild, unbridled, bold whisky. This single malt whisky definitely lives up to its name. Aged in refill, toasted American oak barrels, it’s known for its combination of gentle smoke, ocean brine, and spicy sweetness.
Tasting Notes:
If you spend a moment nosing this expression, you’ll find hints of dried fruits, oak, caramel, ocean salinity, and a nice wallop of vibrant smoke. The palate remains true to the nose with notes of ocean brine, cracked black pepper, campfire smoke, oak, and toasted vanilla beans. This all leads to a dry, woody, slightly spicy finish.
Bottom Line:
This whisky is like a storm in a bottle. It’s spicy, smoky, sweet, briny, and complex. It deserves to be enjoyed slowly in front of a roaring fire.
Ask a handful of bartenders what their favorite no age statement single malt scotch is and many of them will tell you Aberlour A’Bunadh. This cask-strength whisky is aged completely in oloroso sherry casks from Spain. The result is a big, bold, rich, sweet, whisky well worth its price tag.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is a symphony of candied almonds, butter cookies, orange peels, dried cherry, and sherry sweetness. Sipping the dram brings forth notes of dark chocolate, wood char, raisins, maraschino cherries, holiday spices, and a fruity sweetness that is mixed with cocoa and wood at the finish.
Bottom Line:
Fans of sherried, cask strength whiskies don’t need to waste their time looking for age statement-adorned bottles. This is their new favorite dram.
Islay might be known for its peat-smoked whiskies, but Bruichladdich makes a handful of expressions that are exclusively un-peated. One of the best is its Classic Laddie. Made with 100 percent Scotland-ground barley, this beloved single malt was matured completely in American oak barrels.
Tasting Notes:
Right away, on the nose, you can tell you’re in for something special. There are notable aromas of manuka honey, caramel candy, candied orange peels, slight ocean brine, and vanilla beans. The palate is centered around cloves, cinnamon, butterscotch, maple sugar, raisins, and salted caramel. It ends as gently as it began with notes of brown sugar and dried fruits.
Bottom Line:
This sweet, rich, complex single malt is like a warm hug in a dram. It’s a great sipper for a cold fall or winter day.
This is a really wild whisky. And by wild, I mean that it’s aged in a medley of different woods including American oak, French Limousin, Tronçais, Vosges, Allier, Les Bertranges, and Jupilles. It’s known for its complex, nutty, sweet, oaky flavors.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find aromas of ripe berries, toasted vanilla, baking spices, butterscotch, and toasted almonds. Take a drink and you’ll find flavors like raisins, dried orange peels, oaky wood, buttery caramel, and just a hint of smoke. The finish is sweet, spicy, and slightly smoky.
Bottom Line:
It should come as no surprise that this is a whisky for fans of wood. The seven different kinds of wood used for aging give it great flavors of oak, caramel, and vanilla.
This award-winning Lowland single malt is a blend of whiskies aged in three different barrels. They are ex-bourbon barrels, Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, and oloroso sherry butts. The result is a well-balanced, woody, rich whisky.
Tasting Notes:
Memorable aromas of sweet sherry, black cherries, butterscotch, oaky wood, and toasted vanilla beans greet your nose. On the palate, you’ll be greeted with flavors like fruitcake, dried cherries, bitter chocolate, caramel candy, and toffee. The finish is caramel-centric with just a hint of ripe fruit at the end.
Bottom Line:
This is a great whisky for anyone looking to mix whisky-forward cocktails, a killer highball, or just sipping slowly on a winter evening.
After having a pretty god-awful time in both Resident Evil 7 Biohazardand Resident Evil: Village, there’s no denying Ethan Winters desperately deserves a win. Luckily for Ethan (and on a more serious note, all the developers at Capcom), the faceless man finally has one thanks to the Golden Joystick Awards — though he might need a hand accepting the trophy.
Earlier today, the Golden Joystick Awards held its 39th annual ceremony, during which it crowned Resident Evil Village as 2021’s official Game of the Year (via GamesRadar). In addition to winning Game of the Year, the survival horror title also won Best PlayStation game, Best Audio, and Best Performer (Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu), making it a pretty big day for Capcom.
As far as how the Golden Joystick Award decides its winners, the award ceremony utilizes a public vote, meaning the titles that won were decided upon by fans and players rather than critics. However, the award show does have a separate category for their Critics Choice Award, which was ultimately given to Arkane Studio’s Deathloop.
In addition to a whole lot of game awards, two additional categories were added to the Golden Joystick Awards to commemorate 50 years of gaming: Best Gaming Hardware of All Time and Ultimate Game of All Time. While the races were reportedly pretty tight, the PC inevitably triumphed as the Best Gaming Hardware of All Time whereas Dark Souls took home Ultimate Game. The complete list of Golden Joystick Awards winners is as follows:
Best Storytelling — Life is Strange: True Colors
Best Multiplayer Game — It Takes Two
Best Audio — Resident Evil: Village
Best Visual Design — Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
Best Game Expansion — Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island Expansion
Mobile Game of the Year — League of Legends: Wild Rift
Best Gaming Hardware — PS5
Best Indie Game — Death’s Door
Studio of the Year — Capcom
Best Performer — Maggie Robertson (Lady Dimitrescu)
Breakthrough Award — Housemarque
Best Game Community — Final Fantasy 14
Still Playing Award — Final Fantasy 14
PC Game of the Year — Hitman 3
Nintendo Game of the Year — Metroid Dread
Xbox Game of the Year — Psychonauts 2
PlayStation Game of the Year — Resident Evil Village
When we’re kids, we dream of becoming astronauts, marine biologists, firefighters … only to discover that these jobs are nowhere near what we imagined them to be. As it turns out, all jobs require work, sadly.
A recent Reddit thread asked: “What is an overly romanticized job?” And though the answers are blunt, they do reveal another side of these so-called “dream jobs.”
Working With Animals
“You spend most of your time cleaning poop and you’re paid like shit.” – Coc0tte
FBI Agent
“I dated a woman who was with the FBI and she enjoyed what she did most of the time but wow was it dry. Imagine sitting in a car watching a house for 6 hours then going back to the office and spending a few hours writing a report. Or looking through 10 years of purchase records and receipts that you pulled out of the trash to build a case. Or sitting in a room at midnight listening in on a dude having phone sex with his mistress.The overwhelming majority of her job was writing reports, status updates, and reviewing financial documents in an office. The hours were terrible, the work seemed boring, and the bureaucracy was thick.” – L_Bart0
Video Game Testing
“I had a boyfriend who did it for several years… You play the same five minutes of game over and over again, hundreds of times (sometimes thousands). The job kinda killed his passion for gaming, and as far as I know, he still doesn’t play anything for fun.” – QuinnRMonroe
Knight at Medieval Times
“Those guys start as squires and deal with tons of grunt work and when they become knights, hours are still terrible but now you risk very serious injuries during practice or during a show. All of my friends that have worked or work there have had multiple surgeries, broken bones, you name it. They do like having the spotlight on them and they’re like brothers but usually hate it after a while.” – Linas416
Traveling Sales
“For some reason some of my old coworkers got it in their heads that my traveling sales job was whisking me away to exotic places and gourmet meals on the company dime. No. No no no. Unless you think Syracuse is basically Paris and eating a poorly wrapped burrito while driving because you don’t have time to stop for lunch between appointments is fine dining, sales is not sexy.” – FistedTate
“Saddest part for me was on the road one time going out to a solo dinner (as usual) and being sat with a candle and rose in the middle of the table. I looked around and saw every other table was a couple and only then did it hit me it was Valentine’s Day.” – rocket-guy-12
Academia
“If you get offered a professorship in Boise Idaho you have to take it, because you almost certainly will not be offered another one.” – workacct1999
Architect
“Seems like lots of good romcom boyfriends are architects. In reality, the hours are long, the stress is extremely high, and pay is really poor for a skilled profession.Edit: I’m an interior designer, and it never stops surprising me that I make FAR more money than architects, with far less training.” – RandomRavenclaw87
“There’s a great essay that’s titled something along the lines of ‘the best time to be an architect is at a cocktail party.’ I’m lucky. I genuinely love architecture and design and didn’t really mind the killer hours and stupid tests when I was younger, and I have mostly worked for firms that ask me do quality work most of the time. But man oh man do the general public have no idea how cutthroat and fragmented the business side of it is.” – Bulloak
Humanitarian Work
“People imagine you selflessly save starving babies. In reality it’s a commute to a desk job and staring at a computer all day.” – DJRoone
The Film Industry
“I’m currently on a show I love with people I love and it’s the weirdest mix of dream job and ruining my life. I get to make incredible things but the deadlines are unreasonable, I haven’t had a weekend in months and neither have my coworkers. I feel like I’m in a suicide cult where we are all too afraid to let each other down, meanwhile we are just lining the pockets of the CEO of Netflix.” – jerisad
“Other people: “Do you ever get to meet {insert famous performer} ?
Me: “Sadly, yes.” – Wuz314159
Lawyer
“Working as a lawyer isn’t anything like on TV.” – Grapezard
“I’m a lawyer and most of my friends are lawyers and I know very, very few who enjoy their jobs. The disconnect between what people think lawyers do and what lawyering is actually like on a day to day basis is massive.” – _Doctor_Teeth_
Chef
“It’s not all creativity and celebrity. It’s almost entirely grunt work, danger, injury, and long hours resulting in missed time with family.” – tamiraisredditing
Fashion
“People have big dreams, but most people end up working positions similar to quality control assistant at a random industrial uniform company rather than a designer at Forever 21, let alone Dior. Reality is quite brutal. Even if you do make it into the mainstream side of things, be prepared for all the negative stereotypes. It’s pretty much true that it’s filled with toxic, judgmental, superficial people who are also kinda racist…And those ethically sourced, made by women in developing countries, feel good brands? You’ll be shocked by how morally questionable it gets behind the scenes.I left the industry kind of by accident due to life circumstances, but I always knew I was never going to be happy in that environment. Nor would I have made as much money or have any semblance of a work life balance.” – lithelylove
Librarian
“It’s not quiet, we don’t read all day, we clean up our fair share of bodily fluids, plunge many toilets, and interact with homeless/mentally ill patrons fairly regularly depending on our location. Sure a bulk of our job is recommending books to readers and coming up with fun programs, but sometimes I feel like a community secretary…Or a social worker, which I did not sign up for. I love my job, but it is absolutely exhausting and gross and stressful and scary sometimes.” – _s_p_q_r
Writer
“You picture yourself at a typewriter in a cabin by a lake, crackling fire in the fireplace, a golden retriever asleep at your feet and a glass of lagavulin in your hand dreaming up the next great American novel. Contrast that to reality where the writing jobs that actually pay the bills usually involve long nights and weekends sitting in a cube farm writing the instructions that come with a toaster that nobody will ever read.” – capn_gingerbeard
Airline Pilot
“People think you are like Leonardo Dicaprio in Catch Me if You Can; swaggering through the airport, wearing sunglasses, surrounded by hot flight attendants. In reality, we’re like glorified bus drivers whose job is 1% excitement and 99% absolute boredom just sitting in a cockpit waiting for life to pass by.” – Essex1820
By this point, you might be wondering, IS there a job that’s as romantic as it sounds? One user provided a humorous answer:
“IT is exactly as romantic as it sounds. It really is a bunch of nerdy guys in a basement spending most of the day on Reddit and acting like we’re swamped with work.”
And a delivery driver came in to offer the thread a different perspective:
“I work at a Dominos delivering pizza and everybody acts as if it is the most embarrassing job but I love it! I basically get paid 20 bucks an hour on average… and honestly I like it a lot more than my graphic design job.”
Though maybe no job is as glamorous as it looks on paper, hopefully we can all find that sweet spot where even the less-than-ideal working conditions are still workable.
I’m not saying I can read auras or anything, but when I saw Davie’s new short film — which acts, in part, as a music video for multiple tracks from his new EP, All In the Family — I got this sense of warmth. Like sugar cookies out of the oven. Slapping down Uno cards on mom’s dining room table. Arguing over who’s on dish duty.
Perhaps what it conjured could best be dubbed “nostalgia.” But, with the holidays here, there was another layer. The images and music left me with excitement to see with my own family. It inspired me to seek out the sort of connection and comfort that the video portrays so lovingly.
All of this is by design. Davie — who’s made a name for himself as a soul artist whose voice can transmit meaning and feeling in equal measure — set out to write songs and make a short film that captured some of the love he feels for his own family (both birth and chosen). Even the setting was driven by these feelings.
“First of all, I just wanted to tell my story of my grandmother’s home,” he says. “It’s always been a vital part of activities with friends and my family, so I wanted to feel like the star of the film was this house. I wanted to show a safe place to have fun.”
But the familiar location, faces (the video stars the artist’s real friends and relatives), and imagery don’t shrink the scope of the project. In fact, that focus allows Davie to speak to massive issues facing the country this year (and every year since its inception).
“Last year we saw Black tragedy,” he says. “Black injustice. With this project, I felt that it was my job to push forward Black joy and to lift people’s spirits with light imagery.”
He goes further, explaining that it wasn’t just the joy he wanted to portray but also the normalcy of that joy.
“When it comes to Black folks in media, we often see an imbalance with Black superheroes like LeBron or horrific tragedy,” he says. “It’s often just those two. I just wanted to show a Black family and friends just being — smiling, playing, dancing, cooking, writing songs. I wanted to create an art piece that showed joy but without the choreography or grandiose budgets.”
The fact that the All in the Family short film, which can be seen above, is launching the day before Thanksgiving is not lost on Davie. At its heart, the project is about connection — real and in person. Ideally, that’s what the holidays are, too.
“I feel like the art of conversation and sitting with chosen family or birth family has been lost in the glorification of hustle,” Davie says. “But if there was anything we learned from last year, it’s that nothing is promised. I took inventory when the world came to a pause and realized that the strong bonds of friends and family are what get us through hard times. I look forward to having conversations with the people I love. The people I want to build community with.”
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When asked about his own Thanksgiving plans, Davie offers a shoutout to mac & cheese before growing reflective.
“I would encourage people to take care of one another this year,” he says. “Look out for each other. Try to find your people. Try to find those friends. Take time to have a meal with the people you want in your life. Be open to family, stay open to having difficult conversations — maybe something beautiful can come out of it.”
Davie’s own openness to family, reflected in the video above and the All in the Family EP (available on all streaming platforms), has already created something beautiful. And its warmth is sure to be felt by anyone who takes the time to sit with it in the days and weeks to come.
The trailer for the new A24 movie The Humans begins with a conversation about zombies. “I keep seeing these ads for that zombie show on TV. It’s awful,” one character says. Another adds, “I can’t believe people want to watch that kind of stuff at night. There’s enough going on in the real world to give me creeps.” This discussion is notable because one of the stars of The Humans is Steven Yeun, who appeared on a little-known zombie show called The Walking Dead.
The Oscar-nominated actor was asked by Decider whether writer and director Stephen Karam put it in the script for him, or if it was a coincidence. “I mean, he’s clearly referencing The Walking Dead. But I remember when we were in rehearsals I was like, ‘Uh, guys, I don’t want to be weird about this…’ — because also I’m coming from a place where I don’t want to presume that people would care or know or even think about it,” Yeun said. He was unsure about bringing it up in front of co-stars Richard Jenkins, June Squibb, Amy Schumer, and Beanie Feldstein, but eventually, he “casually lifted my hand up” and said, “Um, I was on this show. You know that… right?” They knew.
“And they were like ‘Ohhh, yeah!’ There was never any crossover to that. No one ever really knew what was going on. So I largely just was like, alright let’s see what happens! Of course, then they put it in the trailer. That was conscious, I know that much. I didn’t know that was gonna happen. I watched the trailer at the same time as you, so I was just like, ‘Oh. They put that in there.’ [laughs]”
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