Category: Music
Let LDR “Get Free”
The fine line between inspiration and total ripoff has always been a source of contention in every artistic medium. From Banksy/Mr. Brainwash “expounding on” the [Read More…]
Simpler Times at the Golden Globes: Like When Elton John’s Boo Berated Madonna for Winning & Madonna Thanked Harvey Weinstein
It’s one of those non-secrets that we all agree not to acknowledge: that many a gay man holds a barely veiled contempt not just for [Read More…]
The Unwarranted Malignment of Madonna’s Version of “Santa Baby”
It’s been said that “Santa Baby” is one of those songs that never needed to be re-recorded after its original Eartha Kitt version in 1953. [Read More…]
A Few Potential Motives for Mariah Returning to Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
Usually, when one makes a very public faux pas, like, say, coming unannounced onto TRL in an oversized shirt and pretending to sell ice cream, [Read More…]
The Profound Sadness of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Often considered the most prized reindeer of Santa Claus for his uniqueness and having an entire song and multiple movies devoted to him, there is [Read More…]
“Out of My Head” is The Jesus Prayer of Getting Over Someone
The unstoppable Charli XCX is out with yet another mixtape–proving that full-length albums are increasingly a seemingly quaint notion when you can entice a listener [Read More…]
Somehow Taylor Swift Manages to Monopolize the Anti-Sexual Harassment Movement #Too
No one is denying that Taylor Swift is a member of the countless, still unknown cases of sexual assault that have occurred in the entertainment [Read More…]
“Toxic” & “Womanizer”: The Anti-Male Anthems of Britney Spears
Though Britney Spears is typically pegged as the embodiment of a conventional Southern girl, all femininity and belief in the heterosexual dynamic of the twentieth [Read More…]
Madonna’s Art Curation Influence on Mass Culture via the Music Video
They say the true mark of wealth doesn’t begin until you can afford to start art collecting. One could argue, however, that Madonna unwittingly began [Read More…]
Björk’s “Tinder Album”: Utopia Never Sounded So Treacherous
When last we left Björk on Vulnicura, which she had to release ahead of schedule back in 2015 due to one of many leaks from that [Read More…]