Miley Summons the Spirit of Britney’s “Gimme More” for “Bass Persuades”
It’s no secret that Miley Cyrus is a long-time Britney Spears fan. This much immortalized on 2009’s “Party in the U.S.A.,” when she’s comforted by [Read More…]
Coyote vs. Acme: A Tale of Discrimination, Perseverance and Corporate Evil
When Ian Frazier’s short story, “Coyote vs. Acme,” was published in The New Yorker in 1990, it’s doubtful that very many people envisioned it as [Read More…]
Nessa Barrett’s “Bad Girls Never Die”: Like If AI Was Prompted to Create a Lana Del Rey Song
With a title that reads like an automatic response to the finale scene from “Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die,” Nessa Barrett’s “Bad [Read More…]
Nessa Barrett Unleashes More Lana Del Rey Cosplay for “Too Fast Too Live, Too Young Too Die”
The phrase, “Live fast, die young” has been kicking around since at least 1947, with the publication of Willard Motley’s novel, Knock On Any Door. [Read More…]
One Night Only Is a Wet Dream (for Those Who Dream of Marriage-Fueled Capitalism Enduring)
As far as debuts go, screenwriter Travis Braun theoretically had everything “on his side” when it came to One Night Only, what with being the [Read More…]
The Unwitting Way that Adéla’s “Ain’t in LA” Is Actually Complimentary to the City It Insults
Oftentimes (and particularly in this era), predicting what song is going to “take” with the masses in a major way is like a game of [Read More…]
Angèle Combines the Aesthetics of Charli XCX with M. C. Escher for “Une Seule Vie” Video
Following the unveiling of the M. C. Escher-inspired album artwork for her third record, Instinct, Angèle wasted no time in releasing a third single (following [Read More…]
Reevaluating Mr. Hector from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
While Tim Curry’s most iconic role may forever be Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, for many, his portrayal of the supposedly “stick [Read More…]
Strange As It May Be, Dolly Parton Was the Great Unifier in American Culture
Perhaps because she’s been a fixture in pop culture for so long, it seems unfathomable that Dolly Parton could really be gone. This despite the [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Calls Out the “Serena Joy” Women of the World with Latest Single
It was Madeleine Albright who said, “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” Yet it was Taylor Swift who became associated with that aphorism in [Read More…]
