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Basslines and Protest Signs Part 24: Art in the Face of Trump
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week shares some musicians’ opinions on today’s politics.
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Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week shares some musicians’ opinions on today’s politics.
Basically: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is everything cult fanatics could want with enough adventure to create a whole new generation of fans. On the planet of Thra, a thousand years before the Great Conjunction, the Gelfling, Podlings, Skeksis, and a variety of other fantastical creatures are living in the Age of Division. Aughra, who is both a mystical astronomer and mother of Thra, has given the Crystal of Truth to the Skeksis for guardianship and safekeeping while she travels among the stars. When the Skeksis abuse the power of the crystal it becomes dark and there is a… Read more »
Hear a special Blinded By the Light Q&A featuring director Gurinder Chadha, leading man Viveik Kalra, and writer Sarfraz Manzoor. Our Rioters also talk Why Women Kill, Preacher, and the season finale of Grown-ish.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about gun violence in America and the attempt to place blame on video games, TV shows, movies, and music.
The hide-and-seek game from hell.
An old-school family adventure comedy complete with quicksand.
The coffee is hot, the music is good, it’s time to Rise Rock n’ Shine.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the new UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
Picture this: It’s a humid 90 degrees and you’re on a rooftop in New York City with 3000 other people. On one side is the Manhattan skyline; on the other Brooklyn. Everyone is turned toward a stage—the Brooklyn Bridge visible just behind it. On it, a band dressed in pink stands. One of the members holds up a sign that says “We Are All the Same” and the crowd screams. Welcome to Sad Summer Fest 2019, the tour of your dreams that will undoubtedly replace the Warped-size hole in your heart. Outside NYC’s Pier 17—a fantastic venue with a couple… Read more »
Yesterday, Netflix announced that the graphic suicide scene from the Season 1 finale of their 13 Reasons Why series has been removed. While the effort is a nice gesture, the show is still problematic at its core and no gesture can fix it. When the 13 Reasons Why adaptation was brought to my attention—shortly after premiering on Netflix—I was curious. I care deeply about the issue of mental illness. Having lost a loved one to suicide, I wondered how Netflix would handle the translation of the book of the same name. The story chronicles the whirlwind of peer abuse affecting,… Read more »
