Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Bomba Estéreo Joins Sofi Tukker to Add to Your Summer Soundtrack on “Playa Grande”
Like a Colombian Durga levitating in the sky, Bomba Estéreo’s Li Saumet lulls us into immediate submission at the outset of the video for Sofi [Read More…]
Katy Perry Further Dilutes the Mad Men/Del Rey Version of the Cult With “Never Really Over” Video
When Mad Men ended in 2015, it was a surprisingly satisfying and well-received conclusion to the emotional roller coaster of rooting for Don Draper (Jon [Read More…]
Maluma: A 21st Century Response to Ricky Martin
Of course, to reduce Maluma merely to a twenty-first century progression of Ricky Martin might be marked under the offensive category of somehow “confusing” the [Read More…]
She Is Coming (And So Will You Over Miley Cyrus’ New EP)
Starting with the matriarchy-oriented “Mother’s Daughter,” Miley Cyrus establishes She Is Coming as her most declaratively “feminist as fuck” album yet. Though it’s not so [Read More…]
Tove Lo Is Glad He’s (a.k.a. Your Asshole Boyfriend) Gone
Progressively more confident and snarky with each passing album, Tove Lo has come a long way since the damaged psyche Queen of the Clouds persona [Read More…]
Cardi B’s “Press”: An Offshoot of Offset’s “Clout”
Continuing to release the bread crumbs of singles that will result in her eventual second album, Cardi B’s latest, “Press,” is, for once, a declaration [Read More…]
To Walk Like Richard Ashcroft Is Both to Come of Age and Remain Puerile
The song that was, is and will forever remain the unapologetic anthem of what it is to be a human in “civilized society” (no matter [Read More…]
Greta (Does Not Want to Be Alone)
In keeping with certain themes about New York–1) you’ll never make enough friends for anyone to notice your absence quickly enough and 2) it’s like [Read More…]
The Dead Don’t Die (Or Stop Wanting Coffee, Or WiFi Or Xanax) And That’s Part of Why We’re In A Boschian Hellscape
Never one to shy from the hyper-metaness of existence in his work, Jim Jarmusch’s latest, The Dead Don’t Die, is in every way an unbridled [Read More…]
Marnie Proves It Takes A Special Kind of Man to Endure the Effects of A Woman’s Childhood Trauma
Based on Winston Graham’s 1961 novel, Marnie is arguably a showcase of Alfred Hitchcock at his perverse best. For no British director of his time [Read More…]
