Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Kesha Learns to Let Go Via Nostalgia in Latest Video
It’s true that sometimes we have to marinate in and examine the past in order to truly free ourselves of it. That’s just what Kesha [Read More…]
“I’m Not Here to Collect Postcards”: The Atomic Blonde Who Came in From the Cold of London & Into the Fire of Berlin
If you thought times of political tension were anything new, Atomic Blonde is the perfect slick, yet cheeky action, yet historical film to remind you [Read More…]
John Heard: Beyond His Role As National Daddy
John Heard’s death on July 21st dredged up the role that he was, of course, most known for: “the dad from Home Alone” a.k.a. Peter [Read More…]
Home From the Hill: A Smorgasbord of Dramatic Irony
The assignation of Vincente Minnelli to a film as melodramatic and father/son-centric as Home From the Hill seemed, at first, out of place in the [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life Remains Unquestioned on New Album
Lana Del Rey, sometimes billed as the U.S. Morrissey, may have a reputation for being all doom and gloom, her now ample arsenal of albums [Read More…]
The Ballad of Kermit the Frog
Steve Whitmire is the man you weren’t aware you knew all these many decades (sort of like Alan Greenspan, at one point). The longtime voice [Read More…]
Martin Landau, A Man of Many Lives
Longevity in Hollywood so rarely happens anymore. And usually when it does, one has to be a man in order to achieve it. Martin Landau [Read More…]
Madonna’s Letter About Sharon Stone/Whitney Houston Isn’t As Much About Them As A Contempt for Public Taste
Madonna herself has been called by the most damning of her critics such usual derisive adjectives as “derivative,” “hack” and, Morrissey’s favorite, “McDonna.” Yet what [Read More…]
Kesha’s Party Roots No Longer Dormant With “Woman”
After the seriousness and gravity of track like “Praying,” fans and casual listeners of Kesha (though there’s really no such thing) alike might have been [Read More…]
How Jake Ryan Ruined My (And Every Other Heteronormative White Woman’s) Life
What amount of ink hasn’t been spilled over the oeuvre of John Hughes and his many-splendored universe of characters? There has also been no shortage [Read More…]
