Tag: Culled Culture
On Born to Die’s Tenth Anniversary, Let Us Reflect Upon How the Album Would Fare Today, Plus the “We All Died in 2012” Theory
The accelerated pace at which society has altered in the years since one, Lana Del Rey, released her debut album, Born to Die, is almost [Read More…]
GAYLE Channels Lindsay Lohan’s Freaky Friday Character in “ur just horny”
As the only one left in the 2006 car trio (a.k.a. “the summit” that defined a decade) to never really get “justice” after the way [Read More…]
Everything to Everyone: What Meat Loaf’s Most Iconic Song Was Really About
In the season three episode of Sex and the City called “Running With Scissors,” Carrie declares, “When Charles Dickens wrote, ‘It was the best of [Read More…]
First They Took Glamor Out of Cinema, Now Out of M&M’s
There remains an ongoing stigma against Old Hollywood. A.k.a. what some now mockingly call its Golden Age. Some Golden Age, right? When women were thrust [Read More…]
“Like A Prayer” + A Britney Spears Perfume Ad = Xtina’s “Santo” Video
Although Christina Aguilera is a trailblazing pop culture icon in her own right, there’s no denying that, at times, there has been some overlap with [Read More…]
“Meta Angel,” Or: Look Out Taylor, “The Archer” is FKA Twigs Now
Keeping the momentum of Caprisongs going strong, FKA Twigs has already released a third video (following “Tears in the Club” and “Ride the Dragon”) for [Read More…]
Beauty and the Beast: The Specter of Phil Over Ronnie in Death
Although a “fair” amount of attention has been given to the death of Ronnie Spector a.k.a. Veronica Bennett, who never saw fit to change her [Read More…]
The Alchemy of Torment in The Card Counter
The thing one can immediately observe about Paul Schrader’s visual style in The Card Counter is that he wants you to notice how shitty America [Read More…]
Gerontophobia on the Dance Floor
Scarcely a week has gone by since the release of Dawn FM, along with a new video for the second single, “Sacrifice,” and already The [Read More…]
Why We Want to Believe in Betty White’s Last Word
As more vivid details emerge about Betty White’s death, including how she suffered a stroke six days prior to dying on December 31, 2021, among [Read More…]
