Category: Pop Culture
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived: The Orange One’s Gloating Reaction to Taylor Swift Getting Booed
Obviously, it’s no secret that Donald Trump gets off on power. And the associated notion of things “going his way” because of that power. Unfortunately [Read More…]
Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show: Part Homage to the “American Dream,” Part Shade at How It’s a Nightmare (and Then, Of Course, the Part Where It’s a Drake Troll)
Depending on one’s perspective (rose-colored or unfiltered) of the performance that Kendrick Lamar delivered at Super Bowl LIX (which many Americans will need translated to [Read More…]
The Highs and Hypocrisies of the 2025 Grammys
It was no surprise that this year’s Grammy Awards was a very L.A.-centric one. Not in the sense of location—though, of course, the ceremony is [Read More…]
David Lynch’s Death and Its Eerie Timing Correlations
As is rightly the case, many people are likely having a flashback to another “hits me hard” celebrity death that happened in early January: David [Read More…]
The Madonna-David Lynch Connection
Because there is no denying that Madonna is in some way connected to every other famous person, whenever a celebrity dies, it’s usually pretty easy [Read More…]
Another Burn to Los Angeles: The Death of David Lynch
It would appear that Los Angeles cannot catch a fucking break in 2025. Between the onslaught of the city’s worst-ever firestorms and the death of [Read More…]
David Lynch: The Closest America Got to European Filmmaking
American directors aren’t exactly known for being what Cher Horowitz would call “way existential,” or even remotely thought-provoking. All the biggest names in the industry [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey and the Eerie/Fiery Prophecies of Her Norman Fucking Rockwell Era
Like most of Lana Del Rey’s oeuvre, finding references to California is the name of the game. Well, not so much “finding” them as being [Read More…]
I Am Your Bitch, Please Hang Your Shit On Me, Or: The Madonna Influence on Babygirl
A wise woman named Madonna once said, “A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they [Read More…]
Nosferatu Was Made For Lana Del Rey a.k.a. Ellen Hutter
While The Shangri-Las might have been the OGs when it came to perfecting the notion of “he’s good bad, but he’s not evil,” Lana Del [Read More…]
