Issue #63: Update-White People Still Love John Mayer
...and The Sphere is still awesome.
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I’m gonna get straight to the point:
I went and saw Dead and Co. at the Sphere again.
For any long-time readers, you might notice the title to this blog as a call back to one of my blogs from this summer:
I’m here to give you all the hard-hitting journalism that’s lacking in today’s world, and I’m here to report that the people, especially white people, still love John Mayer. This is not to say that people of other races don’t like John Mayer, it’s just that I only have the authority to report back on my fellow whites. It’s been over 20 years, and white people are still dancing as much as they did to John Mayer as they did in Chappelle’s Show:
Before we get to my most recent trip to Vegas, we need to travel back in time.
We need to travel back to last June, when I went to the Sphere for the first time with my family. We saw Dead and Co., and it was life-changing. I told myself that if the Dead ever went back to the Sphere, I was 100% going. Then I moved to Los Angeles, which is a hell of a lot closer to Las Vegas than Maryland is. Then the Dead announced a new set of shows in the spring of 2025.
It was as if the universe was begging for me to go.
I first brought up the idea to my 3 friends here in LA back in January. I didn’t have a job at the time, and outside of finding one, going to see the Dead was priority numero uno. So I did my research, I picked out a slew of dates that worked for me, and I presented them to the group. We couldn’t agree on one.
Months passed.
I brought it up a couple more times, and each time, the possibility of going together decreased dramatically. They all had these weird things called “lives” that kept them busy with pre-made plans. Couldn’t be me. My next attempt was asking the friends I saw in Chicago and in Arizona if any of them wanted to come with.
No dice.
Now it was the second week of April (about a month ago). I was looking at the dates again and discovered that the only weekend left that I could actually go see the Dead was April 25-27. Obviously, I couldn’t go to the Friday or Sunday shows (thanks a lot job). That left the Saturday show, April 26th. Was I really going to drive to Las Vegas for one day, see the Dead at the Sphere, and then drive home? All by myself?
Yes.
Yes, I was.
The first step?
Pushing that “purchase” button on the ticket site. I could go on a 5,000-word rant on ticketing sites right here and now, but I’ll save you all (and me) the time. All that matters is that I bought my ticket, fees and all, and booked my room at the shittiest hostel on the strip. I couldn’t wait.
For 2 weeks, it was all I could think about, and finally, the day had come.
April 26th: The Day of The Dead
10:00 am: I woke up. Was I planning on leaving closer to 8:30? Sure, but I wasn’t in a rush. After showering, packing my bag, and making lunch for the road, I was on my way. Only 4.5 hours to Vegas.
10:30 am-3:00 pm: Driving. If you haven’t done the drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles (I’ve done it a couple times now), let me just tell you: it’s not the most exciting drive. It’s mostly dry air, the occasional tourist trap, and a whole bunch of sand. I made one stop for gas (it’s a lot cheaper in NV than it is in CA) and one stop to go to the bathroom (I couldn’t hold it any longer) before reaching my destination: The Bungalows Hostel. Look at this beauty:
Vegas, baby. Vegas.
3:00 pm-3:30 pm: I checked into my hostel and dropped my bag off in my shared room (just me and 7 of my new best friends sharing bunk beds). Then I got ready for the night. I knew I wouldn’t be coming back to my room till much later, so I brought the following:
Phone
Wallet
Airpods
Sunglasses/case
Portable Charger
Snack pack of Planter’s Peanuts
Plastic Water Bottle
You can call me a lot of things, but don’t call me unprepared. Once I had my pockets stocked with everything a person in Vegas could need, I called my Uber to the middle of the Strip.
Little did I know, but one of the best 12-hour stretches of my life was about to begin.
3:30 pm-5:00 pm: My Uber dropped me off at the Fountainebleau hotel. From there, I walked south toward the Bellagio/Cosmopolitan. I did a lot of people watching (Vegas is a perfect place for this activity), ate some peanuts, and listened to music the whole walk. Eventually, I had reached my destination: The Cosmopolitan Hotel. Why the Cosmo? Allow me to explain.
During my trip to Vegas with my family during the summer, my sister and I walked down the strip to go see the Bellagio fountains. We got the Bellagio early, so we decided to cool off at the Cosmo next door. Then, considering we had 25 minutes till the next show, we decided to try our luck at some blackjack. Cut to 20 minutes later. We were up $200 a piece, and my sister finally understood why people gambled.
With this in my mind, I figured I should test my luck again at the Cosmo. I even wore the same Dead shirt I wore in June in my attempt to keep some of the mojo from the summer. I sat down at a table by myself, bought in, and just like that, after 30 minutes, I was up $200. If (when) I ever go back to Vegas, you know where I’ll be going.
5:30 pm-6:45 pm: After cashing out with my money, I watched the Bellagio fountain show (I had timed my Cosmo exit perfectly). Next, I started my trek back up the Strip to the Sphere. But first, I had to get dinner before the show. I made a pitstop at a CVS and treated myself to an extravagant meal of a Lunchables and a Clif Bar, everything a growing boy needs. I scarfed down the Lunchables and saved the Clif Bar (we’ll get to that later). After my “meal”, I continued my trek and finally landed outside of the Sphere.
6:45 pm-7:15 pm: I spent about half an hour outside the Sphere, marveling at it as hundreds of Dead Heads lit up their joints before heading inside. After I had taken my fair share of pictures and had enjoyed looking at the outside of the Sphere, I headed inside.
7:15 pm-7:30 pm: My first stop was the merch line. The one thing (other than my ticket) that I told myself I would be spending actual money on in Vegas was a Grateful Dead shirt. While in line, I started talking to a couple in front of me around my parents’ age. After a few minutes, the husband went to buy himself and his wife beers from the bar. Without asking if I wanted one (I did), the wife told her husband to buy me one too.
I love Dead Heads.
7:30 pm: With my new shirt and free beer in tow, I said goodbye to my new friends and made it to my seat.
7:35 pm-9:15 pm: They started playing. I don’t say this lightly, but it was truly a spiritual experience. I spent the next 2 hours swaying and singing with the other 20,000 people there. Live music is the best. I had an epiphany during the show that doesn’t seem as groundbreaking now: what makes going to a concert so great, better than a sports game even, is that, at a concert, everyone is cheering for the same team. Everyone at a concert just wants to have a good time listening to music they love. The vibes are high, there are much less fights and animosity than at a sports game, and there are no commercials.
9:15 pm: Intermission. Time to eat my Clif Bar. The Sphere security is very lax. Did I mention that there has been a perpetual haze of smoke throughout the entire Sphere during the show?
9:35 pm-11:45 pm: They started playing again, and, oh, would you look at that, I’m swaying and singing again.
11:45 pm: I’m very happy.
11:45 pm-12:00 am: We all left the Sphere. Everyone is chattering, some people are singing, there’s lots of clapping, and everyone is in high spirits. Time to head back to my hostel to get some sleep before the ride home tomorrow, right?
Wrong. My night was only getting started.
Timeout: Allow me to explain. When I woke up that morning, I saw on Instagram that my friend’s dad had been at the Sphere on Friday night. I immediately texted my friend, Chris Ouida, to see if his dad was staying the weekend. Chris told me to text his dad to see if I could say hi while I was there. In the middle of my drive from LA to Vegas, I got a text from Mr. Ouida (for the rest of this story, I’ll be referring to him as JO). Long story short, I was invited to crash his table at this club to go see The Chainsmokers after I was out of the Dead show.
A much better plan than going back to my hostel and sleeping.
12:00 am-12:30 am: As soon as I got out of the Sphere, I texted JO. He had been at the AC/DC concert at the same time I had been in the Sphere, and our timing was perfect. He told me to meet him at the club inside the Wynn. I told him I needed to get some food before I could do that. Enter: my second CVS run and my second Lunchables of the night.
I scarfed this Lunchables down even quicker than I did the first. It was almost 12:30, and I was worried that I was going to miss The Chainsmokers. Once I was finished my second “dinner”, I made my way to the club inside the Wynn. It’s safe to say that I wasn’t exactly wearing my clubbing outfit, unless you consider a Grateful Dead shirt and slacks to be a clubbing outfit. I stuck out like a sore thumb in the line, but that didn’t stop me from getting inside and meeting up with JO.
2nd Timeout: Now I must explain that I was not the only person crashing a table that night. JO himself was crashing a table! See, he and his wife, Mrs. Ouida (we’ll be referring to her as Heather from here on out), had planned separate trips with their friends to Vegas that weekend. Once JO found out Heather’s plans to see The Chainsmokers on Saturday night, he went ahead and invited himself (with me along for the ride).
12:30 am-1:30 am: I managed to find the Ouida’s, their friends, and their group’s table. My first question to JO was if I had missed The Chainsmokers. He assured me that they didn’t even come on till 1:30 am. That’s Vegas for you.
The next hour I spent meeting Heather’s friends. JO and I were the only guys in a group of 10ish middle-aged women. It was like I was a goddamn celebrity. “What do you do?” “What are you doing in Las Vegas?” “How do you know Chris?” etc., etc. They were all very nice, and I couldn’t stop thanking them for letting me crash their party.
1:30 am: The Chainsmokers came on. They played “Roses” first, a 2015 banger, and I’m pretty sure my soul left my body.
1:30 am-2:45 am: The Chainsmokers put on a goddamn show. The entire place was bumping and jamming out. It was a great time. What else can I say?
2:45 am: The first domino falls as JO is the first to leave and head back to his hotel. Boo.
3:00 am: Heather and her friends (with me in tow) leave the club in search of food. What did we land on?
Soft pretzels.
We ate pretzels, witnessed a tragedy (the last soft pretzel the place had was dropped on the ground behind the counter as it was being handed to us), and I fielded more questions about my life before they all headed up to their rooms.
3:30 am: I am now alone, on the strip, 2.5 miles from my hostel, with my phone at 5%. My first move? Go to CVS again, and, I shit you not, get another Lunchables. I didn’t eat this one right away, though. It paled in comparison to my main objective at the time: getting a ride home.
4:06 am: As my phone battery slowly trickled away, I looked for my cheapest ride home. Ubers and Lyfts were dropping my ride left and right, and I was resigned to walking back to my hostel. But out of the clouds, with my phone at 2%, Keondra answered my prayers (shoutout Keondra).
4:14: Keondra dropped me off at my hostel, I went to my shared room, got my stuff as ready as I could to get out quickly once I woke up, and proceeded to pass out hard.
Thus concludes one of the best 12-hour stretches I’ve had in my life. I’m a very lucky and fortunate guy, I’m fully aware of that, and I can’t thank and appreciate the people in my life who have made me so lucky enough.
But this weekend wouldn’t have happened at all if I hadn’t decided to go to Vegas by myself on a whim. Life’s too short not to try and do the things you love. Sometimes it may suck, and you’ll learn a lot from it for the future, but a lot of the time you’ll thank your lucky stars that you said yes and did that thing.
Trust me, you’re money and you don’t even know it.
Let’s get on with the blog.
Recommendations
Before we get to the blog, though, here are some recommendations for the upcoming weekend. Every one of them is good, and you can’t go wrong with any choice:
Dazed and Confused (1993)
As schools are coming to the end of their school years, it’s only right to recommend the best “school’s out” movie of all time and one of my favorite movies of all time. Come for the soundtrack, stay for the good vibes and Matthew McConaughey. You just gotta keep livin’ man, L-I-V-I-N.
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
One of the many movies my parents showed me and my sister when we were younger, and one of my favorites from that bunch. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, and I’m due for a rewatch. Nobody fucks with the babysitter.
Conclave (2024)
A little on the nose? Sure. But very timely. Join the many younger cardinals who are being tasked with watching it (seriously) because they’ve never been a part of a conclave before.
Madagascar (2005)
A movie celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, which is absolutely insane. This is the 2nd movie I saw in theaters and has remained endlessly rewatchable. Every character is a gem, and it’s quotable for days.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
In preparation for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning coming out in a couple of weeks, everyone should go watch the best movie in the franchise and one of the best and most entertaining action movies of the last decade. You’ll thank me later.
I made a new website. It’s basically the same as the old Vault, but it’s been given a makeover and the movies and documentaries I watched in 2024 are now available as well. If you check it out please give me suggestions on how I can make it better. And let me know if there are any issues I need to fix.
Check it out here!
Alright, on to the blog.
Movies count for the year: 67
Doc count for the year: 9
Total movie count on the blog: 280
Keeping Movie Theaters Alive
Go see these (if they’re still out). I saw 5 movies in 3 days at the movie theaters. Here’s what I saw on that first day.
It is my mission to get one singular person to go to the theaters after reading my blog. Maybe today is the day (but probably not).
Thunderbolts (2025)
AKA: The Suicide Squad (Marvel’s Version).
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few years, I'm sure you're aware of the slump Marvel has been in when it comes to their recent movie slate. I swear I've written about this before, but since Avengers: Endgame in 2019 (the peak of the superhero movie boom), Marvel has released 13 movies.
Of those 13, I'd say about 5 have ranged from good to great (Spider-Man: Far From Home, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Deadpool & Wolverine).
Of those 13, I'd say 2 were okay (Black Widow, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness).
Of those 13, I'd say 2 were bad (Thor: Love and Thunder, Captain America: Brave New World).
And finally, of those 13, there were 4 movies I didn't even bother seeing (Eternals, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels).
That's about a 50% hit rate since 2019. That's not even to mention the ~17 shows they've released since then as well, that range from solid to downright awful.
Long story short...things haven't been great. You can read my thoughts on their last release (Captain America: Brave New World) here. In that blog, I said that Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four were the most important movies for Marvel since Endgame. Fantastic Four is obviously more important, but Thunderbolts being a win for the studio would be a huge help.
I'm here to say that I think we might be back.
Last week, I invoked Keanu/John Wick and said that I’m thinking movies in theaters might be back. This week, I'm saying that I’m thinking Marvel movies might be back. Not as big as they once were (and I don't even want them to get that big again), but Thunderbolts was a breath of fresh air from the slop we've been getting recently. Real sets, real stunts, fewer CGI-goop fights in the third act...pretty much everything that makes people dislike superhero movies wasn't present in this one as much. It felt more like 2014-2016 Marvel (Winter Soldier, Civil War, Guardians 1, etc.), which is the best era of the MCU in my humble, nerdy opinion.
On another note, this movie was spoiled for me at work.
You all know how much I hate spoilers; it’s why I try my best to avoid them here at the blog. Thunderbolts came out on May 2nd. I saw it on May 3rd. We had a meeting at work on April 24. The premiere for Thunderbolts was the night before, and some of the people at my company went because one of our clients was in the movie. What did these people do the next day in the meeting, more than a week before the movie even comes out?
They came in guns blazing and straight up spoiled it for the entire company.
Frankly, I couldn't believe it. As soon as I heard it coming, I ripped my earbud out of my ear as fast as I could, but even that didn't save me. I was shocked. I'm gonna have to be on my shit going forward to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Ranking of “Suicide Squad” type movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Thunderbolts (2024)
…
Suicide Squad (2016)
Do They Say the Title of the Movie In the Movie: Only about 10 billion times.
Chance My Dad Cries While Watching This: 44%
No, But Really: Thunderbolts is a return to form for Marvel. The “rag-tag” group of superheroes is always a fun concept and this is a pretty damn good version of that movie. The movie lives and dies with Florence Pugh, who is magnificent (I love her). While the early phase MCU movies will always be my favorites, this feels a lot more like 2014 or 2016 than it does 2025 MCU, which is massive. It’s a fun time at the movies, and I’d recommend it, especially to former Marvel fans who have abandoned ship in recent years.
Accountant 2 (2025)
AKA: Less accounting, more Bernthal.
Last week, I wrote about The Accountant in preparation for the sequel that came out last week...The Accountant 2. Let me first say: this movie is very dumb. It is very dumb, but that is not an attack on the movie. This movie is dumb, but it is also very smart, because it knows exactly what we want as an audience. All we want as an audience is to watch Ben Affleck (playing an autistic accountant/hitman) and Jon Bernthal (playing his estranged hitman brother) hang out with each other and go on a mission where they kill a bunch of bad guys.
That is legitimately the plot of this movie without spoiling anything. And let me tell you, it is a whole lot of fun. Does it make total sense? Absolutely not, but who cares about all of that?
Above all else, this movie is more fun than the first Accountant. The biggest reason for this is Jon Bernthal. Bernthal has quickly shot up in my "actors I most enjoy seeing show up in a movie" rankings. I've simply never seen him make a movie worse. He always comes in with some insane energy and blows everyone else off the screen. He can be in the movie for 3 scenes and will steal the movie right out from under everyone's nose. He might hold the belt for the highest efficiency of any actor. By that, I mean if he is in a film for 5 minutes, he’ll have 6 great lines, a killer monologue, progress the story, and then leave. He’s becoming one of the best character actors we’ve got.
I just wanted to shout him out here because he's funny as hell in this movie and makes it a very enjoyable buddy film.
If you like action movies, you'll like this movie. Turn your brain off and enjoy.
Ranking of Movie Accountants:
Christian Wolff (The Accountant)
Milton (Office Space)
Andy Dufresne (Shawshank Redemption)
Louis Tully (Ghostbusters)
Do They Say the Title of the Movie In the Movie: Technically…no. But it is written on someone’s skin if that counts.
Chance My Dad Cries While Watching This: 0%
No, But Really: This movie knows exactly what it is, and I love it. It knows you’re there to see Ben Affleck solve puzzles (and kill people). It also knows you’re there to see Jon Bernthal absolutely cook and steal the screen from everyone (and kill people). It especially knows you’re there to see Affleck and Bernthal hang out as brothers (and kill people together). This movie has a very different structure from the first Accountant, but that’s not a bad thing at all. I had a ton of fun, the Affleck/Bernthal chemistry is pretty dynamic, and I’d recommend it to any fans of action/shoot-em-up movies.
Running It Back
We continue to flash back to 2024 in this section of the blog. This one I saw in the theaters…
The Dark Knight (2008)
AKA: Absolute Cinema.
I had forgotten.
I first watched The Dark Knight all the way through back in 2019 (don't ask me why it took me so long in my life to watch it). After watching, I thought it was incredible, I thought that Heath Ledger gave one of the most iconic performances of all time, and I thought that Christopher Nolan was one of the best directors working right now. Then, all of a sudden, 5 years passed. I was a senior in college, and I hadn't seen The Dark Knight since I was in high school. One day at Wake, when I was doing my daily "scroll through the upcoming movies in Fandango" thing during class, I saw that The Dark Knight was coming to the local theater for one day only.
I simply had to see it.
I sent a press release out to my friends and to the movie chat for my fraternity, asking if anyone wanted to join me.
Crickets.
Except for one brave soul: John Butler. Butler joined me on a random Tuesday night to see The Dark Knight in theaters, in IMAX. And I've gotta say, we had a damn good time.
Because I had forgotten.
I had forgotten just how amazing this movie is. Heath Ledger's performance, mythic at this point in pop culture, was better than I remembered and completely blew me away. The opening scene of this movie, one of the best opening scenes of all time, was better than I remembered. When you return to something you haven't seen in a while, it's easy for you to be disappointed. When I left that theater, I felt rejuvenated and excited. Seeing a movie as good and as thrilling as The Dark Knight in the theater, even if it was a mostly empty theater, was something I wish and hope everyone gets to experience. Thankfully, I go to the movies a whole lot (31 times this year so far), so I get to experience that more than most.
Get out to the theater once and a while! Bring your friends or go alone (that's my favorite). Put down your phone for 2+ hours and get swept up by the magic of movies.
Was that too far? I feel like I was pouring it on a little too thick just now. Whatever, I stand by it.
Ranking of Batmen/Jokers:
Heath Ledger (Joker, The Dark Knight (2008))
Michael Keaton (Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), The Flash (2023))
Jack Nicholson (Batman (1989)
Christian Bale (Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012))
Robert Pattinson (The Batman (2022)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker (2021), Joker: Folie A Deux (2024))
Adam West (Batman (1967))
Cesar Romero (Batman (1967))
Val Kilmer (Batman Forever (1995)
Ben Affleck (Batman v. Superman (2016), Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) *remember that?)
George Clooney (Batman & Robin (1997))
Jared Leto (Suicide Squad (2016), Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021))
Do They Say the Title of the Movie In the Movie: I think so. I hope so.
Chance My Dad Cries While Watching This: 73% (I’ve seen him cry at The Dark Knight Rises, so I think this has a chance)
No, But Really: I mean, what else do I have to say? This is one of the best (the best) superhero movies of all time, and it’s one of the best movies of the 2000s. It accomplishes this all without really being a superhero movie at all. It’s a crime movie masquerading as a superhero movie, which is a combination of some of my favorite things. Everyone knows that Heath Ledger gives one of the best and most captivating performances of all time, but don’t let that make you forget about the performances Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman give, either. This is a must-watch for all movie fans of every genre.
Franchise Mode
Going Monkey Mode 4.0
We’ve reached the conclusion of Monkey Mode with today’s blog. While it may be the conclusion for now, there will be more Planet of the Apes movies. There will be more that I will see, and when they come out, I’ll write about them. Until then, let’s dive in.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
AKA: It’s all monkeys now.
"God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates apes. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man destroys man. Apes inherit the earth." - Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park)
--Will Klepper (This Blog)
If you weren't aware, 2024 was the year of the monkey in Hollywood. Wicked had some flying ones. Gladiator II had some batshit crazy looking ones that fought Paul Mescal. Better Man had a singing one.
KOTPOTA has an entire cast full of them.
It is truly remarkable how great the special effects are in this movie. VFX/CGI get a lot of flak in today's film criticism. Hand up, I've talked shit about it in past blogs numerous times. With movies abandoning real sets and practical effects more and more, the amount of CGI used in blockbusters has never been higher, and audience expectations have never been higher for effects either. This film, however, is more proof that with proper time and resources, special effects teams can create something completely breathtaking.
There are fewer than, I don’t know, a dozen human characters in this movie? Maybe? Everyone else is an ape. Sure, it's a human actor mo-capping and acting as an ape, but what you see on screen is an ape. And I mean that. The jump that has been made since the first movie in the reboot franchise (2011) is mindboggling and very impressive. The movie is worth watching if only to see the world they created.
Another reason to watch this movie is because of this one scene:
This has become one of my go-to GIFs to send to people. I don't spam text it, though. No...this is a GIF that is reserved for special occasions. A day has to be truly, undeniably wonderful for me to send this GIF into a group chat. A fun day? No can do, boss. A great day? That's a no from me, dawg. A nice day? No dice.
But a wonderful day? This GIF is my stamp of approval, a designation that the day we just had (dare I say the wonderful day we just had?) was one for the books.
I hope you get a chance to send it into your group chat today.
*Author’s Note: Next week, we're starting the Mission: Impossible franchise in preparation for Final Reckoning in a couple of weeks.*
Do They Say the Title of the Movie In the Movie: I say yet again; if they managed to fit this title in, I’d stand up and clap.
Chance My Dad Cries While Watching This: 12%
No, But Really: All of the movies in the reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise are good. This movie is still of very high quality, but it had the hard task of continuing a franchise that reached its logical conclusion with the third film. Also, what it lacks compared to the other films in the franchise that lessens its impact, surprisingly, are humans. While the special effects in this movie might be some of the best ever (legitimately), what makes these movies so interesting is the dynamic between the humans who have survived and the intelligent apes. Again, this does not mean to say that this movie isn’t good, matter of fact, it’s pretty great, I just think it’s a tiny step below the other films in the franchise.
-The Capitals give me a heart attack
—The Orioles are bad. I am sad.
—-I get to see my family tomorrow and I’m very happy.
——Life’s too short
