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Author: Mike McCubbins

Mike McCubbins is a full time library reference tech, a part-time animation instructor, and editor at Floating Head.

For the Records: 2022 in Review | Mike McCubbins

By Mike McCubbinsDecember 26, 2022December 22, 2022
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Kaczynski on Krasinski, or What’s Wrong with A Quiet Place?

By Mike McCubbinsNovember 11, 2021November 11, 2021
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Bo Knows | Coming to terms-of-service with the internet on Inside

By Mike McCubbinsJune 29, 2021June 29, 2021
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Folklore, Kräftig, and the Allure of Rustic-Prestige

By Mike McCubbinsJanuary 14, 2021January 12, 2021
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A Dream Within a Meme | Neil Cicierega’s “Mouth Dreams”

By Mike McCubbinsOctober 21, 2020October 21, 2020
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A Wilderness of Errol

By Mike McCubbinsOctober 10, 2020October 10, 2020
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Mortal Engines (Universal Pictures, PG-13)

By Mike McCubbinsMarch 27, 2020March 27, 2020
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Paramount Pictures, PG)

By Mike McCubbinsMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020
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For the Records | Top 10 Albums of the 2010s

By Mike McCubbinsJanuary 3, 2020January 3, 2020
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For the Records | A Salute to Sad Bastards and Suicides on “Purple Mountains”

By Mike McCubbinsDecember 21, 2019December 21, 2019
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For the Records | The Disarming Theatrics of Aldous Harding’s “Party”

By Mike McCubbinsDecember 19, 2019December 18, 2019
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For the Records | Age and Anachronism on Snail Mail’s “Lush”

By Mike McCubbinsDecember 17, 2019December 17, 2019
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