Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Wanderer Finds Cat Power in Familiar Territory: Solid Gold
After Cat Power (Christian name Charlyn “Chan” Marshall) released her ninth album in 2012, Sun, it seemed as though she was content to disappear for [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Isn’t Done Lusting After “Bad Men” on “Happiness Is A Butterfly”
Single-handedly bringing metaphor back into song in a big way, Lana Del Rey has given us yet another preview of a song she teased earlier [Read More…]
Mariah Carey’s New Single, “With You,” Ironically Slightly Less Needy Than 1994 Single, “Without You”
Immortalized to the true extent of all its cheesy glory in 2001’s Bridget Jones’ Diary with Bridget (Renee Zellweger) herself karaokeing a truly atrocious rendition [Read More…]
Banksy Proves Art Is Only As Valuable As the Rich Make It
While some artists–whether musicians, writers, what have you–only get softer in their old age, it would appear Banksy is just getting warmed up in terms [Read More…]
Where Prince’s “1999” Looked to the Future, Charli XCX & Troye Sivan’s “1999” Pleads for a Return the Past
When Prince released the album 1999 in the final months of 1982, the world was edging ever closer to that apocalyptic year George Orwell had [Read More…]
“Beer/Here”: Musicians & Their Repeat Rhymes
As Lana Del Rey gradually reveals snippets from her forthcoming album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, after already releasing “Mariners Apartment Complex” and “Venice Bitch,” the latest [Read More…]
The Ariana Grande Enigma: I’m Not Your Meat, Don’t Hang Me On Your Misogyny Hook
While everyone was a combination of aghast and enchanted (the two adjectives often go dichotomously hand in hand) at the initial revelation that Ariana Grande [Read More…]
Before Totally Dismantling the White Man, The White Woman Gets Her “Due” As Well: Kanye West, LDR & Azealia Banks
As the escalation and intensity highlighting the vast rift in the extremes of the American mentality–divided into, if we’re being as reductive as possible, somewhat [Read More…]
The Cardi B Problem: Rebuking The Party Not Responsible
A large part of Cardi B’s career (apart from being built on sympathy and payola) has found its audience in the women who can undeniably [Read More…]
Skin Care As Art: Madonna’s Latest Campaign For MDNA Explores Sexism (Against Men), F. Scott Fitzgerald
If one was going to be cynical and think that Madonna’s foray into the skin care realm was a passing fancy in the vein of [Read More…]
