#25: I went to the opera (please clap)

Death By Consumption 10/22/24 - 10/28/24 It has been brought to my attention by a dear friend that these openers have been very weather-focused, so in an attempt to course correct, I will not be discussing the weather today, which is fine because it’s been

#24: If a TV show doesn't generate memes, does it exist at all?

Death By Consumption 10/15/24 - 10/21/24 As a weather connoisseur, it is my professional opinion that a series of 80-degree days this close to November seems... not great. As always, the spookiest part of spooky season is our impending climate disaster. In NYC we get a

#23: MegaLOLpolis

Death By Consumption 10/8/24 - 10/14/24 Stepping out of a restaurant last night, into an evening that had somehow gotten 20 degrees cooler while we were inside, my friend Emily said, "You must love this. So much weather is happening." I have never felt

#22: Hello, Los Angeles, and goodbye

Death By Consumption 10/1/24 - 10/7/24 I’m heading back today from a long weekend in LA for Justin’s birthday, where we mostly ate food and otherwise existed between restaurants, so this will be slightly abbreviated. We stayed in a strange studio apartment beneath a

#21: Has the internet made us all De Niro in Taxi Driver?

Death By Consumption 9/24/24 - 9/30/24 It's really hard to not feel completely insane these days, isn't it? I don't really have anything more insightful than that to say, unfortunately. It's just, the cognitive dissonance of living your

#20: I want to take The Substance and you can't stop me

Death By Consumption 9/17/24 - 9/23/24 Last week, I was reminded of an age-old question: why do gay men desperately love actresses? In only two movies, I got to watch five great actresses performing their asses off, and each time the experience left me feeling positively

#19: Is reality TV bad? Don't answer that.

Death By Consumption 9/10/24 - 9/16/24 Folks, we've got a relatively long email today! Hope you don't have plans for the rest of the afternoon. Turns out I had a lot of thoughts about what I watched and read last week. I

#18: Traumatized by the great outdoors

Death By Consumption 9/3/24 - 9/9/24 It’s going to be a shorter than usual one this week, as my consumption was relatively low due to me doing that thing I’ve heard of called Being In Nature over the weekend. I flew to Seattle on

#17: I'm experiencing James Cameron derangement syndrome

Death By Consumption 8/26/24 - 9/2/24 No, this is not a day late! Here at DBC HQ, we have decided to experiment with Tuesday releases rather than Mondays, because the holiday weekend (plus plans for next weekend) have reminded us of the concept of a Long

#16: With great pasta comes great responsibility

Death By Consumption 8/19/24 - 8/25/24 It's always narratively pleasing when my consumption habits align on a theme. It makes me feel like my life is being written and plotted, rather than a flailing series of accidents. Is this what religious people feel daily?