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Rock ‘n’ Roll is Black
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the history of rock ‘n’ roll and Cinnamon Babe’s song “Rock ‘N’ Roll is Black”.
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Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the history of rock ‘n’ roll and Cinnamon Babe’s song “Rock ‘N’ Roll is Black”.
If you love the Dora Milaje then you’re ready for this half-accurate, half-romanticized action-drama about the warriors who inspired them. This is the Agojie—the Warrior Women of Dahomey.
— Today we talk about Lizzo’s new music video, Rage Against the Machine’s throwback performance, and Jeanette McCurdy’s new book. — Lizzo Drops “2 B Loved (Am I Ready)” Video Lizzo releases banger after banger and it doesn’t look like she’s slowing down anytime soon. The “About Damn Time” queen has given us a new music video for “2 B Loved (Am I Ready)”. The video seems to pick up where “Truth Hurts” left off. She starts off on the same set of the “Truth Hurts” music video, in a wedding gown and walking down the aisle. However, she takes… Read more »
Today we talk about a new college course on Harry Styles, The Chainsmokers going to space, and Rage Against the Machine’s latest message on social injustices. Harry Styles 101 Who’s ready to go back to school? You might be more inclined to start studying if you go to Texas State University. Professor Louie Dean Valencia is introducing a new class titled “Harry Styles and the Cult of Celebrity: Identity, the Internet and European Pop Culture.” The course will follow Styles’ career and will study how he grew into the phenomenon he is now and how topics like gender, sexuality, race,… Read more »
An unexpected sequel to a film from 35 years ago about flying fighter jets and looking awesome while doing it.
This week’s Singles Lost in Time features songs by CSS and Maps & Atlases.
A Viking version of Conan with a dash of Lion King and creative use of the camera to tell a very violent revenge tale.
Properties featured: Jeff Foxworthy: The Good Old Days, Starstruck, grown-ish, Atlanta, Bridgerton, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, Killing Eve
Geek Girl Riot has got your binge-watch list covered—we talk Inventing Anna and Grand Crew, before revisiting our preview review of The Power of the Dog.
Properties featured: 9-1-1, Marvel’s Hit-Monkey, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, The Curse of Von Dutch, Star Trek: Discovery, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, Cowboy Bebop, The Great, The Wheel of Time, Blown Away: Christmas, The Mind, Explained
