Matt Prigge
@mattprigge
Senior Editor at The Week plus NYU prof. Film person. Bylines: Village Voice (rip), Uproxx, Vulture, Guardian, Metro (rip), Philly Weekly. mattprigge at gmail
If any unimaginably wealthy person would like to buy me a new spine, that’d be aces, as today I was informed that — for reasons neither I nor any doctor I’ve spoken to understands — the current one I have unaccountably resembles that of a 76-year-old. I am nowhere near 76
After my spinal surgery I was given a bland hospital cane, and I need to upgrade. Suggestions are welcome, but for now here is my fancy cane mood board
Me with my post-emergency spinal surgery cane
Old Black Sabbath live videos are a trip because Ozzy had a *lot* of downtime during songs. While the rest of the gang's doing their thing, he's rocking the fuck out. It's as if the band's biggest fan was also their lead singer youtube.com/watch?v=NrVj0e…
Topsy-Turvy on Criterion Channel 24/7 now and it was fun seeing this dude, Martin Savage, pop up for one lousy scene in F1
The beautiful city of Philadelphia is crumbling before our very eyes. Look how they massacred my boy
Sadly back in the news
Just had an MRI, where I tripped out to what sounded like a pretty good German electronic album from the ‘70s while feeling like this
If anyone has tips on how to deal with foot drop, lemme know because I have it partially and I am not a fan. This is me now youtube.com/watch?v=XNg6v-…
Album of the day. The cliché among critics and music heads alike that Sly Stone's creative juices dried up after 1973's Fresh is quite unfortunate. This late-period 1979 release, Back on the Right Track, tends to get a bad rep in the Sly & the Family Stone canon, likely due to…