Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Patti Cake$: An Ode to Dream Preservation
“You’re a culture vulture… stick to making drinks, white girl.” So it is that 23-year-old Patricia “Dumbo” Dombrowski’s (Danielle Macdonald) rap idol, O-Z (Sahr Ngaujah), [Read More…]
LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream Comes At An Ironic Moment–And Chooses To Ignore Time Altogether
To listen to LCD Soundsystem’s fourth album, released after a seven-year hiatus, is to be transported back to the exact time you last heard something [Read More…]
The Camp Obsession That Wouldn’t Die: Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
After Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day of Camp premiered on Netflix on July 31, 2015, one perhaps wrongly assumed this would be the [Read More…]
Diana, Princess of Wales/Queen of Grief
When (ex-)Princess Diana died twenty years ago today, August 31st, she had only just begun to start anew from the wreckage of her marriage to [Read More…]
England Is Mine: The Morrissey Equivalent of Control
There was one single moment in Manchester music history that seemed to galvanize every denizen with even the slightest inclination to start a band: June [Read More…]
Self-Deprecation Looks Better Than It Sounds: Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” Video
“Look What You Made Me Do” is a pile of shit of a song. Worse yet, it’s not even an original pile of shit song, [Read More…]
The 2017 VMAs: An Exhibition of the Enfeebled State of Music
It’s not that you’re getting older (okay, yes, you are). It’s that music has genuinely gotten worse over time. For those who used to watch [Read More…]
You’re A Strong, Confident Woman Who Doesn’t Need The Fat Jewish To Help You Promote MDNA Skin
Madonna rarely, if ever, fucks up in her career decisions. That’s how she’s managed to stick around for so long despite those who like to [Read More…]
“Look What You Made Me Do” Is A Spoiled Little Girl’s Anger Turned Outward
It’s what the masses have been waiting for: Taylor Swift’s return to music. Unfortunately, that return has been in the form of “Look What You [Read More…]
Stop Giving Credit to Taylor Swift for Something Britney Spears Did Sixteen Years Ago
Everyone is really amazed by Taylor Swift’s ability to guilefully wield a snake–and yes, it is a snake, despite much scientific debate. How clever, how [Read More…]
