The Wonder Years, much like the TV show after which the band is named, have always been about tapping into real feelings, connecting with the audience, and making their fans feel like they’re not alone.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Queen Elizabeth II’s passing.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about a new California bill that would restrict the use of rap lyrics in court as evidence.
Basically: NOPE is Jordan Peele’s JAWS turned up into a sensory spectacle Jordan Peele, much like Hitchcock, Serling, Clouzot, and even Shyamalan, has sculpted a niche out of the horror-tinged thriller genre—to such a stylistic degree it is a fingerprint. Exhibit A: During the first third of his films, Peele creates a symbolic framework of backstory, objects, trauma, character idiosyncrasies, and music. Those become the 3D glasses we as the audience use to fully experience the context as well as the denouement of the story. Exhibit B: Black American culture. Period. Blackness in all of its hues is another signifier… Read more »
Today we talk about Travis Barker’s hospitalization, a tragic mass death in San Antonio, and Taco Bell’s latest experiment. Travis Barker Has Been Hospitalized Yesterday morning Travis Barker was hospitalized, but very little information has been released. Before going to the hospital, the blink-182 drummer tweeted, “God save me” (which is uncannily also the title of a song he did with MGK). According to TMZ not too long later, Travis arrived at West Hills Hospital with his wife Kourtney Kardashian. All we know from there was that he was transported by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Most people close to… Read more »
Geek Girl Riot is getting super-sized with Ms. Marvel and scoring some three-pointers with Netflix’s Hustle. But first, we’re flying our PRIDE flags high and sharing our fave queer YA reads.
A young girl who’s the biggest Captain Marvel fan ends up getting superpowers and then tries to be a superhero herself.
A teen action-dramedy for the geeks, the burgeoning superheroes, and the children of immigrants everywhere—so basically all of us.
Properties featured: Ms. Marvel, Queer as Folk, First Kill, For All Mankind, Fairfax
A witty and fantastic heist film featuring the “bad guys” from the animal kingdom and the storybooks.
