Month: December 2016
The Albums That Brought A Sparkle of Hope to 2016
Politically and personally, 2016 was unkind to most. But in between the sucker punches and the disenchantment, there was the music that got us through [Read More…]
More Than Anything, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” Video Is About George Michael Suppressing His Contempt for Everyone
“Last Christmas” is a song that means a lot to many people. It’s right up there with–if not sometimes well above–Mariah Carey’s “All I Want [Read More…]
With the Death of Franca Sozzani Comes the Death of Vogue Italia As We Knew It
Vogue Italia has long been known for its avant-garde, forward-thinking aesthetic and editorial slant. And this has, in large part, been thanks to its former [Read More…]
Maybe Lena Dunham Has Never Gotten an Abortion Because She Is One
By now, it’s pretty clear that Lena Dunham is utterly out of touch with any form of reality, least of all ones pertaining to the [Read More…]
Spice Girls Show Necrophiliac Tendencies in “Goodbye” Video, But It’s Great for Christmas Spirit
As we get further and further away from December of 1998, the pain of listening to the Spice Girls’ first single sans Ginger becomes a [Read More…]
Fifth Harmony Suffers the Ginger Spice Effect
The risk any musical group takes in adding more than one person to the mix of singing is the inevitable clash of personalities. From Take That [Read More…]
A Void in the Socialite World: RIP Zsa Zsa Gabor
Arguably the woman who wrote the book (incidentally, she has written a few books, one of which includes How to Catch a Man, How to Keep a [Read More…]
Realizing I Know What You Did Last Summer Isn’t Scary So Much As J. Love Hewitt Getting Irritated by A Fisherman
At the time of its release in 1997, I Know What You Did Last Summer was coasting on the high of Kevin Williamson’s previous slasher [Read More…]
All the Things That Could Have Been: La La Land
Los Angeles in general is a city based on “could have.” I “could have” been a star, I “could have” not gotten that DUI, etc. [Read More…]
Reel Talk With Matthew Conboy of Goodnight Brooklyn
Matthew Conboy is the director of Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death by Audio. As co-founder of the venue, his deeply personal documentary highlights the [Read More…]