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Pop Decoded: Kacey Musgraves, Nashville’s Worst Nightmare

Pop Decoded: Kacey Musgraves, Nashville’s Worst Nightmare

By John Lizano April 22, 2021

In the era of honkey tonks, big green tractors and dirt roads emanating country radio airwaves, it is near impossible to not escape Nashville tropes. As female artists navigate the unfair, unspoken rule...

Are You Ready? ‘Netflix Presents: They Ready’ Hilariously Represents Comedy Today

Are You Ready? ‘Netflix Presents: They Ready’ Hilariously Represents Comedy Today

By Afua Nyantakyi February 25, 2021

★★★★★ Netflix has transformed the landscape of stand-up comedy within the past five years. While comedy specials used to represent the culmination of a comedian’s career, the streaming...

Pop Decoded: Digging Deeper Into Music’s Most Misunderstood Genre: the Genius of Taylor Swift

Pop Decoded: Digging Deeper Into Music’s Most Misunderstood Genre: the Genius of Taylor Swift

By John Lizano February 11, 2021

I have always been enamored with writers who effortlessly capture the essence of the human experience through cleverly constructed metaphors and narrative storytelling. It was inevitable, of course, that...

IMDB |Malcolm and Marie stuns visually, but Zendaya and John David Washington are left to try their best with a lackluster script.

‘Malcolm & Marie’ Stuns With Acting, Visuals, While Struggling With Plot

By Mason Leath February 10, 2021

★★★☆☆ “Malcolm & Marie” may be televised in black and white, but its dramatic storyline displays a color wheel of human emotion. Starring Zendaya and John David Washington, Netflix's...

Pop Decoded: The Problem in Pop and Rina Sawayama as a Pop Trailblazer

Pop Decoded: The Problem in Pop and Rina Sawayama as a Pop Trailblazer

By John Lizano January 28, 2021

A standout scene in the film “A Star Is Born” is when Bradley Cooper’s character continuously bashes Lady Gaga’s character for having the audacity to perform a dance-pop song at her “Saturday...

‘evermore’ a Paler Shade of Taylor Swift, Still Impresses

‘evermore’ a Paler Shade of Taylor Swift, Still Impresses

By Maggie McHale January 25, 2021

★★★★☆ Even the most ardent Swifties were shocked when the then-30-year-old singer announced the surprise release of her eighth studio album this past July. Less than five months after “folklore,”...

OFF THE WALL: Red, Blue & Purple: The Visuality of the Electoral Map

OFF THE WALL: Red, Blue & Purple: The Visuality of the Electoral Map

By Maddie Finn November 13, 2020

During the weeklong Election Day, The New York Times electoral map was permanently open as a tab on my computer. I stared and refreshed.  Eventually, the white-outlined states turned to gray as...

ROLE MODEL Demonstrates Growth, Confidence on Latest EP

ROLE MODEL Demonstrates Growth, Confidence on Latest EP

By Mary Grace Vainisi November 12, 2020

★★★★★ Soft pop and indie singer ROLE MODEL exhibits his newfound confidence and peace of mind across his newest release “our little angel,” while simultaneously maintaining his melancholy...

Hip-Hops Origin Story Is One of Political Struggle, Creative Resistance

Hip-Hop’s Origin Story Is One of Political Struggle, Creative Resistance

By Cameron Newman November 6, 2020

Hip-hop was a niche genre only a few decades ago, but today hip-hop is the most popular form of music in the country and one of the most popular worldwide. By 2018, Drake, arguably the most popular rapper...

START/SELECT: Hades Profoundly Explores Humanity in a World of Gods

START/SELECT: ‘Hades’ Profoundly Explores Humanity in a World of Gods

By Mac Riga October 29, 2020

2020’s “Hades” is a game about choice in a world without it. I mean that quite literally; developer Supergiant’s newest title sees the game’s protagonist, the Greek god Zagreus, attempting...

The Day the District Went Quiet: Music Venues in the Time of COVID-19

The Day the District Went Quiet: Music Venues in the Time of COVID-19

By Daya Benami Narasimhan October 23, 2020

After 10 fond years, Washington, D.C. music fans said goodbye to one of their favorite music venues when U Street Music Hall shut down in early October. The independent music venues that have long lined...

CURRENT NOSTALGIA: How TikTok Made Camp Rock Relevant Again

CURRENT NOSTALGIA: How TikTok Made ‘Camp Rock’ Relevant Again

By Parker Stubhar October 22, 2020

Picture this: it’s a balmy Friday evening in summer 2008. You’ve had a busy day alternating between Club Penguin and Webkinz accounts on the clunky desktop in your family’s designated computer room....

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