Posts by Hua Hsu

January 25, 2012
Matchup Problems: On Jim Harbaugh’s Press Conference

There is the victory you enjoy in private, at the end of a hard-fought day, with the family or close friends, feelings of ambient, total satisfaction in the chest and a cold beer in hand. And then there is the victory experienced in public: the gratuitous bat-flip and slow trot, the penalty for excessive celebration […]
December 16, 2011
Born in Flames: The Arrival of Alex Smith

How San Francisco learned to stop worrying and love the Bust.
December 1, 2011
B*@#!, I’m the Man: Drake’s Take Care

A review.
November 28, 2011
Genuine Glee

How the lockout summer changed the way we watch basketball.
November 16, 2011
Highbro/Lowbro: On Harold & Kumar

America’s great social equalizer.
October 25, 2011
Harbaugh vs. Schwartz: Coach Fight!

It was awesome. Why demand anything more?
October 13, 2011
Waiting for Radiohead

The occupation of Wall Street, the concert in New York, and the political vagaries of one of the world’s most famous bands.
September 20, 2011
Varieties of Disturbance

On Contagion and disaster movies.
September 7, 2011
When They Were Kings: Paid in Full to Tha Carter IV

Rakim and EPMD visit Central Park’s SummerStage, and Lil Wayne drops his new album.
August 24, 2011
Watch the Throne: Let Them Eat Cake

Jay and Kanye’s album was inevitable. But is it any good?