One City, Two Soundtracks, Two Very Different Results As a white guy who legally became an adult in the 2000s – but whose emotional readiness
The Albums That Defined Genres, and The Artists Who Abandoned Them
Colin bought a record player. A South East Minneapolis hipster with a career in the creative arts, no children and the disposable income to prove
The Surprising Working Class Consciousness of Dumb & Dumber
In the opening scene of 1994’s Dumb & Dumber a limo driver pretends to be an in-demand lecturer in the rarefied air of medical academia,
Grief in The Time of Coronavirus
What Movies Taught Me About Grief and What Grief Taught Me About Life Bruce Springsteen tells us to meet him “in the land of hopes
White Rapper Confronts His Most Misogynistic Lyrics, 10 Years Later
In 2011 I released my solo debut album, Lost Summer. Like a lot of things I did in 2011, there are lyrics I cringe at,
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Snowtown, and Muck-Duck: How Groupthink Is Portrayed in Pop Culture
Dee and Dennis are, to quote a problematic R&B superstar, trapped in a closet. “We’ve got to get out of here Dennis, we need a
7 Indie Rock Lyrics About Psychological Theories
1. “Folding John Wayne’s t-shirt, when the swing set hit his head” Song: “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” Artist: Sufjan Stevens Album: Illinois Year: 2005 Psychological
The Danger In Thinking White People Have No Culture
(Spoiler: It Is Not The Fact That It Upsets White People) Per KnowYourMeme, a 2013 Tumblr post started the meme, “White People Have No Culture”.
The Cutaway Episode Of Real Life
Chuck Klosterman may be more to blame for this blog than any other single person. In his what-I-consider essential collection of essays Sex, Drugs and
Was Gone In 60 Seconds The Start of the 2000’s?
Now, Gone In 60 Seconds is not a movie really worthy of starting anything, much less an entire new millenium. But it’s very possible that,