Rookie of the Year Lana Del(’s) Rey By Matt Marrone • January 4th, 2024 The spirit of the Newport Folk Festival is all about the music, from the morning sets to the closers, not all about Lana.
Rookie of the Year My Rich Life By Matt Marrone • December 7th, 2023 What is your rich life? The answer, we quickly learn, is different for everyone.
Rookie of the Year I Went to Miami During a Heat Wave So You Don’t Have To By Matt Marrone • October 3rd, 2023 If you’re thinking of going to the beach, don’t.
Rookie of the Year The Newport Pork Festival By Matt Marrone • September 12th, 2023 Matt joins the 10-Timers Club at the Newport Folk Festival and is rewarded with a tasty treat.
Rookie of the Year Off Switch By Matt Marrone • August 8th, 2023 We were all going on a fast. A screen fast. No iPads, no Nintendo, very limited television, for the next three weeks.
Rookie of the Year Breaking Up With a Videogame By Matt Marrone • July 7th, 2023 I won’t name the game or the platform. It knows what it is and I’m not here to rub any salt.
Rookie of the Year The Legend of T2419 By Matt Marrone • June 7th, 2023 We tried every dumb thing you might think of, and more. But none stood the test of time like T2419.
Rookie of the Year It Takes a Villager By Matt Marrone • May 9th, 2023 Are the villagers idiots? Or am I the village idiot?
Rookie of the Year Breath of the Elevator By Matt Marrone • April 7th, 2023 My son went right back down the elevator again. Then he went up again. Then down. Then up. Then, at last, he opened the map, traveled to another shrine, and went down that elevator.
Rookie of the Year ChatBOTW By Matt Marrone • March 9th, 2023 With a deadline fast approaching and no good idea about how to ridicule himself this month, Matt asks ChatGPT to take a crack at his column.