Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Homecoming: If Gob Bluth Ran A Veterans’ Center Contingent Upon Forget-Me-Nows
As Julia Roberts’ first foray into television after a thirty-one year career, it was significant to everyone involved to pull out all the stops in [Read More…]
No Need to Proceed With Caution: Mariah Still Kills It On Latest Album
After the extremely bipolar in title and content Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse four years ago, it’s nice to see Mariah Carey coming back with a [Read More…]
An Amalgam of Experiences Creates An Amalgam of Sounds: Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
“I’m glad he doesn’t own a petrol station, you know? I’m glad he’s not a doctor.” So says a young M.I.A., rattling off potential stereotypes [Read More…]
Of All the Gay Icons to Release a Genderless Kids’ Clothing Line, Céline Dion Makes Both the Most & Least Sense
Célinununu. No, it is not the grotesque epithet some Upper East Side mother has for her lycée-attending child, but the name of Céline Dion’s new genderless clothing [Read More…]
The Eerie Notion of Listening to Miley Cyrus’ “Malibu” While the Woolsey Fire Rages
The smug obsession Californians have with the precious beauty of their state, the endless reserves of pride and superiority they have over “aesthetic greatness” has [Read More…]
Generational Trauma, the Continued Immovability of Fate Pervade Halloween Reboot
“Haven’t you ever liked a girl that didn’t like you back?” asks Oscar (Drew Scheid), the predictably disposable friend zoned male of Allyson Nelson (Andi [Read More…]
“This Used To Be My Playground” Thought Wistfulness Was Worth Getting Drunk On Before You Did
Before Charli XCX with “1999” or, ahem, Bowling for Soup with “1985,” there was Madonna lusting after the past and all the wonderful ways to [Read More…]
Cloudy With A Chance of Alcoholism and Anxiety: Ariana Grande’s “Breathin'” Video
After everyone was so “upset” over Ariana Grande releasing a sort of placeholder video for “Breathin’” starring her pet pig, Piggy Smalls, fans and detractors [Read More…]
First Wives Club, “Like A Virgin” (& A Dash of I Love Lucy) Infuse Ariana Grande’s First Live Performance of “thank u, next”
Every great performer is bound to fall metaphorically at times. Other times, however, that fall is literal–just ask Madonna, who barely lived down that infamous [Read More…]
The Phenomenon of Becoming Strangers Post-Intimacy in The xx’s “Sunset”
There is no phenomenon–no matter what anyone says–that could possibly be stranger than becoming a stranger…to the person you were once closest in the world [Read More…]
