Five segments on my favorite TV shows of 2021 where I manage NOT to drop any spoilers all in package roughly the length of a sitcom minus commercial breaks. (No spoilers on telling you what my favorites were either). As always, enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
Another belated year-end 2021 episode featuring my favorite matches of 2021 (featuring Fulham, AFC Wimbledon, Villarreal, FSU Women's soccer, the Chicago Red Stars, the Chicago Fire, St. Pauli, Venezia, and the Chicago House) Himmarshee FC, "big stories" around soccer and other misc. soccer-related content I enjoyed in 2021. As always enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
Steve does another in the Best of 2021 series- this time featuring 4 minutes apiece on his favorite picture books, middle grade/YA Fiction books, Adult books that he read in 2021 (with honorable mentions). Even though that only ends up with everything being 4x4- but as always keep everything 5x4 and enjoy (or don't).
Steve finally gets back to his Best of 2021 series with the 2021 Beer Spectacular featuring the breweries he visited and his 4 favorite Chicagoland, South Florida, Other US and international beers that he drank in 2021. (At some point to follow Book Spectacular, Soccer Spectacular and TV Spectacular). As always enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5 x 4.
Steve tweaks the 5x4 format for the first in a series of "2021 spectacular episodes" with 5 segments of 4-ish minutes apiece on a given subject. This episode is White Sox-heavy (the focus of 2 of the segments), but also features a sprinkling of Olympic baseball, minor league baseball, the KBO, the NPB, the Hall of Fame and a couple big (and not so big) MLB stories. As always, enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
Steve shakes off the rust with the first new episode in 5 weeks. This episode features talk of Minnie Minoso and Dick Allen's Hall of Fame cases, Anchor and Holy Craft breweries in San Francisco, Roger Bennett's memoir Reborn in the USA, the Chicago Red Stars battles on and off the field and American Horror Story Double Feature. As always, keep everything 5 x 4 and enjoy (or don't).
All the usual awkward charm of 5 subjects in 4 minutes apiece, but this time wrapped into a sports-free episode. This one features distinct beers from Beat Culture, the graphic novel Illegal, an influential Misfits tribute album, why Tetris matters and why I watched 24 episodes of Sex Education in 2 weeks. As always, keep everything 5x4 and enjoy (or don't).
Another episode of the baseball and soccer-focused spin-off of Everything's 5x4 (before a sports-less version of Everything's 5x4) featuring 12 minutes of baseball and 12 minutes of soccer. In this episode: a stat-focused summary of the White Sox season (featuring an unpopular opinion), the AL Wildcard matchup I'd rather see and a breathless run through of all the soccer clubs I root for (AFC Wimbledon, Chicago Fire, Chicago House, Chicago Red Stars, Fulham, Himmarshee FC, St. Pauli, Venezia and...
This week, Steve subs out music for beer and talks about the White Sox clinching the AL Central (plus ominous signs for the playoffs and White Sox connections in international leagues), previews of Blackout and Re-Born in the USA (which he's looking forward to getting on hold from the library), remembering emo days by re-visiting albums from Cursive and Grade, Venezia and Villarreal's first league wins and revisiting 2 episodes from season 2 of Futurama. As always, enjoy (or don't) and keep ever...
This week on the podcast, Steve is buzzing after a trip back to the Chicagoland area; he discusses Derek Jeter, the 3 most important hitters to the White Sox, revisiting and trying new Chicago beers, the second novel in Nic Stone's Shuri series, Fulham's historic run (with a little bit on the fortunes of Chicago's pro soccer clubs) and finishes off discussing Riverdale's compelling Hiram Lodge origin story. As always, enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
This week, Steve discusses just how important Tim Anderson is to the White Sox (as well as RISP issues and a soft upcoming schedule- as well as wading into the MLB playoff race), the middle grade book Dinosaur Boy, the Chicago Bulls & Florida Panthers off-season moves, Fulham not being Fulhamish (and Venezia FC being kind of Fulhamish), re-watching Schitt's Creek and the comfort food of Modern Family. As always, Keep everything 5x4 and Enjoy (or don't).
This week on the podcast: a bit of international baseball and the Field of Dreams game, a beer from a brewery in each of South Florida's counties, reviewing John Green's the Anthropocene Reviewed, the UEFA Super Cup & Chicago House's first league match and the Walking Dead comes back from the dead. As always enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
Another exclusively baseball & soccer episode: White Sox big trade deadline moves, the Marlins quietly amassing a fierce starting rotation, USMNT in the Gold Cup and an instant classic match between the USWNT and the Netherlands at the Olympics. Enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 2 x 12 and 5 x 4.
First episode of the new format; 4 minutes apiece on baseball (why Ohtani & Vlad Jr. are worth the hype and a memorable Liam Hendriks All-star appearance), beer (Nebraska Brunette & Mad Tree Happy Amber), books (the works of Tiffany Jackson), soccer (Red Stars own goals and Venezia's new American players) and TV (one of my favorite Futurama episodes and some thoughts on the Emmy nominations). As always, Enjoy (or don't) and Keep everything 5x4.
Steve uses the random number generator one last time and discusses Florida Panthers moves, Marcus Rashford being exceptional off the field, being overwhelmed by soccer options, why Hofbrauhaus Wolters makes probably the best pilsner he's ever had and revisiting Tim Kasher's Game of Monogamy. As always, keep everything 5x4 and Enjoy (or don't).
This week on the podcast- a shout-out to Carl Nassib, beers (one local and one from Utah), the mess that is the Olympics, re-visiting the Norwegian film Reprise 15 years later and trying to avoid being Twitter's main character. As always, enjoy (or don't) and Keep everything 5x4.
In this baseball & soccer spin-off episode- Steve discusses the MLB All-star starters (and fan voting), players' varying skill sets, Negro League stats as well as the American's dilemma regarding Euro 2020 viewing, Himmarshee FC memberships and soccer streaming wars fatigue. As always enjoy (or don't).
The random number generator has Steve talking about stouts, the Handmaid's Tale, Futurama, Thor Ragnarok, the Tiktok Backyardigans trend and how people are overly harsh on "the kids" and Leon Goretzka's pro-LGBT rights statement in a hostile environment. As always enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
On this episode, the random number generator has Steve talking about US national sports teams, Jawbreaker's polarizing (and underrated) album Dear You, a good brewery in Ocala (Hiatus), revisiting Hedwig and the Angry Inch and comfort TV shows (good and not so good). As always, Enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
This week, the Random number generator has Steve discussing more Futurama and Shrill, sports-viewing fatigue, a biography that shows how LGBT rights in sports haven't progressed enough in the past 40 years, the important words and actions behind Black is Beautiful stout and the US National Baseball team and Olympic qualifying. As always, enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
After a totally non-sports episode, the random number generator demanded Steve do a sports-heavy episode. This week Steve talks about the bigger meaning of Villarreal winning the Europa League, high school teammates who became Major League Baseball players (as well as the White Sox rotation and the Jupiter Hammerheads game he attended), a children's picture book taking on a difficult topic (and a couple baseball biographies), Futurama and Shrill and the Florida Panthers playoff run. There's also...
This week the random number generator has Steve not talking about sports and instead discussing Iron Maiden, one Futurama episode and Shameless's shameful ending, the Avengers, Chicago's Urban Historian and "stanning." Enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
On this special spin-off episode, Steve discusses baseball and soccer for 12 minutes apiece in one take. Enjoy (or don't) a whirlwind of the White Sox, Samsung Lions, Tony LaRussa, unwritten rules, Satchel Paige, the Jupiter Hammerheads, the Crew rebrand, cringe-worthy moments from broadcasters, Fulham's relegation and Villarreal and Florida State women's soccer's triumphs. As always, keep everything 5 x4 (even when it's 2 x12).
On this episode the randomness involves Steve discussing Hole's Live Through This, the milkshake duck trope, Shocktop and New Belgium's Fat Tire Amber Ale, the Florida Panthers in the playoffs and soccer clubs combatting racism and misogyny. As always, enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5 x 4.
This week the random number generator has Steve waxing nostalgic discussing the end of Yahoo Answers and the days of early '00s internet (other misc. pop culture), the beauty of the Go-Gos' Beauty and the Beat nearing its 40th anniversary (music), the mess that is Star Trek: Nemesis (movies) as well the issue of Olympic Baseball qualifying (baseball) and the true "Superleague" alternative that is AFC Wimbledon (soccer). As always enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4.
This week, the five randomly chosen topics are movies (revisiting Garden State), other misc. sports (college basketball transfers), shout-outs (various women in sports media), soccer (the eventful start to the Chicago Red Stars season and a quick summary of my clubs in Europe) and books (The Stand and its more cringeworthy aspects). Plus a segment on anti-trans legislation and what we can do about it, because human rights are bigger than politics. Enjoy (or don't) and keep everything 5x4....
On this episode, the random number generator compels Steve to talk about music (revisiting Fashawn's mixtape Champagne and Styrofoam Cups), baseball (rules changes and the White Sox season so far), soccer (an update on Himmarshee FC's birthday and the opening of the Chicago Red Stars' season), other misc. sports (the Florida Panthers excellent season thus far) and beer (Hangar 24's Betty West Coast IPA & Schloss Eggenberg's HopfenKonig Pilsner). As always, "Enjoy or don't" and Keep everythin...
On this special spin-off episode, Steve talks unscripted about baseball (the White Sox, opening day overreactions, the DH, big contracts) and soccer (fan-ownership, Olympic-qualifying issues and a rapid fire summary of European clubs I follow) for 12 minutes apiece. Next week, the 5x4 format will be back. But for now, enjoy this episode... or don't.
On this episode, Steve spends 4 minutes apiece discussing baseball (Eloy Jimenez's injury and unhelpful hot takes about it- which is and of itself a hot take), soccer (Himmarshee FC and when "the beautiful game" gets ugly), beer (Beer of the month club beers including a schwarzbier, pale ale, helles hefe and oatmeal stout), books (biographies of Effa Manley, Buck O'Neill as well as the Baseball Prospectus Futures guide) and movies (revisiting the oft-forgotten Star Trek: Insurrection). Enjoy it ...
Once again, Steve spends 4 minutes apiece on 5 topics. This week it's other misc. sports (University of Missouri & Florida State University Men's basketball: actually 4 minutes and 22 seconds), shout-outs (Chicago House AC and the rise of more diverse and inclusive soccer supporters' groups), other misc. pop culture (Epic Rap Battles of History), movies (revisiting Star Trek: First Contact 25 years after its release) and TV (skipping Futurama episodes this week and talking about the rise of ...
