“It’s Ciara. Ms. Jackson, if you’re nasty”: Janet Is All Over “Jump”
Citing Janet Jackson and Destiny’s Child as key influences after seeing them perform on TV when she was younger, it’s no secret that Ciara continues [Read More…]
Honeymoon in Vegas Was James Caan’s True Masterpiece
James Caan was among the annals of the increasingly extinct “Hollywood Actor” with a capital A. And yeah, he voted for Trump thanks to being [Read More…]
Don’t Tamper With Mamma Natura: Lamb
Maybe it is because Lamb immediately establishes itself in something like a far-off universe—Iceland—where Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) discusses time travel now being a possibility [Read More…]
Allie X Meets Banks on Xylø’s Damning Unamerican Beauty
After a series of EPs released in the wake of her successful self-released 2015 single, “America,” Xylø has continued with the theme of darkness that [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” is a Continuation of the Folklore/Evermore Tradition–But Also the Iconic Soundtrack Song Tradition
Here and there, one notices a re-commitment to the film soundtrack that was once a constant. But with the decline of cinema as an “event” [Read More…]
If Only One Could “Piggyback” Like Eleven Instead of Getting on a Tin Can to Travel
With the fate of Hawkins and humanity at large at stake (as usual) as the final two movie-length episodes of Stranger Things 4 commence, the [Read More…]
Stranger Things and Petty Things: Still Caring About Personal Bullshit in an End-of-the-World Situation
There are a few instances in the final installment of Stranger Things’ fourth season that, as usual, provide an allegory for what’s happening in the [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Assessment of Herself As the Voice of a Generation on “Hot In It” Is More Accurate Than Lena Dunham Once Saying the Same
Known for her tongue-in-cheek bravado (especially during the Crash era), Charli XCX has truly perfected the art through her latest single with Tiësto, “Hot In [Read More…]
When Lana Tried to Heal the Coast War With Her Placement of “Brooklyn Baby” Before “West Coast” on Ultraviolence, But Just Ended Up Making the Divide More Palpable
Lana Del Rey, like many looking for that “perfect” place in the U.S. that doesn’t exist, is a notorious flitter between the coasts. If not [Read More…]
Quel Choc: Another Ad Where Lindsay Lohan Clings to the Past
With such a scant filmography to behold after “life” (read: addiction) kept getting in the way, the continued standout among Lindsay Lohan’s oeuvre remains 2004’s [Read More…]
