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From Hood-Adjacent to Upper-Middle Class Neighboring: A Story of White Assimilation Through Fashion

Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

The Social Mobility of White Men: A Personal Examination I was once at a house party from whose balcony I could see my elementary school,

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged cross colours, cult, cultural commentary, fashion, male fashion, pop culture, starter

Thank You For Coming To Milwaukee Tom Petty

Posted on October 13, 2020October 21, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

October Should Be Tom Petty Month: An Essay and Playlist Tom Petty was both born, and died, in the month of October. It should be

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged tom petty

The 1 Thing I Learned from Weezer, and the 1 Thing I Should Have

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

It must have been 6th grade. If my memory serves me, (which it does, in that it serves the motives of my present moment), I

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged brene brown, culture commentary, opinion, pinkerton, think piece, thinkpiece, vulnerability, weezer

Identity & Basketball in the Time of Corona

Posted on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

For 15 years, I watched basketball from afar, keeping not much more than wandering eye on the NBA. I came back just in time. I

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged basketball, michael jordan, mj, nba, patrick eqing, sam cassell

Thank You, Hip Hop

Posted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

As I Release My Third and Final Full Length Album: 7 Life Lessons Being a White Rapper Taught Me Most dreams start in High School.

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged hip hop4 Comments on Thank You, Hip Hop

With Honey Closing, Will a Willingness to Hear New Voices Go With It?

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

A Love Letter To the Most Important Venue Of My Life A disproportionate amount of my 20s were spent in dark, dank bars, drinking drinks

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged closing, ginger hop, hip hop, honey, honey minneapolis, local music, twin cities

The Trick to Making Every Party a Great Party: Flow State

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

The Zen like State of Flow Can Happen at Any Party, Anywhere I don’t lose myself much these days. Agreeing to “grow up”, “act like

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged andrew wk, flow state, james baldwin, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, new years eve, nye, party, state of flow

Dear Dad, and 2019, I Made You A Playlist for Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2019January 7, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Playlist on Spotify here Christmas Eve post. Simple enough. I figured most people would be too busy to read this and I’d be too busy

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged best of 2019, cultural critique, lady gaga, playlist, pop culture, social commentary, think piece, tine turner

Why I Hated Christmas Songs In my 20s & Love Them Again In my 30s

Posted on December 3, 2019December 5, 2021 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

or, How Holidays Change Their Meaning As We Age I created my All-Time Greatest (secular) Christmas Songs Playlist, in order of greatness (1st song is

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged christmas, christmas music, judy garland

Growing Up Afraid Of The Wu-Tang Clan And Why You Should Never Fear The Velvet Underground

Posted on November 26, 2019November 21, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Everything scares me. Small talk? Yup. The thought I will some day look back at the end of my life and have regrets? Dreadful. Taking

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged 36 chambers, andy warhol, cultural commentary, john lennon, shaolin, social critique, the velvet underground, tipper gore, uncle luke, wu tang, wu-tang clan
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