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Why the Darius Rucker Version of “Wagon Wheel” is Possibly the Most American Song Ever

Posted on July 2, 2019July 1, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

There’s no formula for writing a hit song. Ok, Barry Gordy might disagree, but whatever the formula for writing a hit, it’s certainly not: hear

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Posted in Feature ArticlesTagged arthur crudup, barry gordy, big bill broonzy, billy the kid, bob dylan, cultural commentary, darius rucker, free bird, hootie and the blowfish, lady antebellum, millenial, old crow medicine show, pat garrett, soundtrack, think piece, wagon wheel

Tuesdays Was The Worst Days

Posted on June 11, 2019June 10, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Or How I Learned A Small Truth About My Own Depression It was only a few years ago when I started to notice it. For

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged charlie parr, counting crows, cowboy junkies, cultural critique, david bowie, drake, ilovemakonnen, john lennon, lady madonna, lynyrd skynyrd, rolling stone, ruby tuesday, stevie wonder, the beatles, the brilliant corners, the cure, the moody blues, think piece, thinkipiece, tuesdays

Taco Bell vs Starbucks, Winner: America

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Why America’s Two Greatest Fast Food Restaurants are more similar than we think…and why we don’t think they are Starbucks and Taco Bell represent America

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature ArticlesTagged cultural commentary, cultural critique, frappuccino, gordita, starbucks, taco bell, think piece, thinkpiece

The Phone is Ringing: How Movies Add Tension to a Scene

Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

@jordansandviig You’re going to sell drugs. As you exit your car it becomes clear, your friend has brought a gun. You’ve never been to this

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature ArticlesTagged aviator, boogie nights, commentary, culture, donny, johnny greenwood, once upon a time in america, paul thomas anderson, robert de niro, scorcese, sergio leone, taxi driver, the big lebowski, the dude, there will be blood, think piece, walter

The End of the World vs We Didn’t Start the Fire

Posted on May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

R.E.M. and Billy Joel go Head-to-Head in a Generational Battle for the Apocalypse, featuring Blondie and Mos Def @jordansandviig In Chuck Klosterman’s seminal profile of

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Posted in Feature ArticlesTagged 1980s, apocalypse, armageddon, arts, arts and entertainment, baby boomers, billy joel, blog, blondie, boomers, cultural commentary, cultural critic, cultural critique, disaster porn, Doris Day, empire state building, end of the world, entertainment, generation x, harry truman, hip hop, joe dimaggio, joe mccarthy, johnnie ray, lenny bruce, marilyn monroe, mathematics, Michael Stipe, mos def, north korea, pop culture, r.e.m., rapture, red chine, REM, Richard Nixon, social commentary, South Korea, south pacific, Studebaker, television, think piece, thinkpiece, tornado, twister, volcano, Walter Winchell
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