Best listening experience of Sept-Oct: Wire’s 1977 album “Pink Flag”. So rad.

Greatest Hits: Sahara, To the Lighthouse. Lowest Lows: The Bear, Rocky III.

Greatest hits: Henrik Pontoppidan, “Lucky Per”; the 2024 series “Shōgun”; the long-awaited second season of the Disney series “Andor”; disappointments: “Dance Hall of the Dead”

Greatest Hits: “Triangle of Sadness”, “Secrets & Lies”, “Shampoo”, and the 1989 “Lonesome Dove” series. Misses: “Ahsoka”?

All of the books and films don’t amount to much when political terror begins.

October is a good enough reason to watch scary movies. Like the vice presidential debate … or the movie “Terrifier,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” or even “Audition.”