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 »
Sad Summer Fest makes a stop on their tour at Orlando Amphitheater in Orlando, FL. idobi photographer Maysa Askar captured most of the festival including Waterparks, Neck Deep, State Champs, and more. Check out photos below from the tour in case you missed out on this run!
The nerds are back with an encouraging start to the show, Sasha has the munchies and we snack on some farmer’s market food and puff on some really good Bubblegum Haupia (exotic!). Then we go into some government shortcomings when it comes to cannabis and we are kind of bummed. We want to have high hopes, and enjoy living in a legal state, but with all the injustices of prisoners being behind bars in jail and the awful treatment of indigenous peoples and veterans, we just don’t know how to feel positive. One idea, let’s smoke some more! So don’t… Read more »
Properties featured: Motherland: Fort Salem, Virgin River, grown-ish, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Rap Sh!t, Blown Away, Anything’s Possible
Today we talk about Paramore going on tour, Kylie Jenner pissing off the internet, and the shooting in Greenwood, Indiana. Paramore Goes on Tour Paramore made an announcement this weekend and we still aren’t over it. The band is going on tour this year, starting in October, and it sounds like it’s going to be the best time. They’ll have 12 dates in North America and will be performing at Austin City Limits and We Are Young Festival in between dates. The tour kicks off in Bakersfield, CA and ends in Mexico City, Mexico. The last album released by Paramore,… Read more »
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Lizzo, Travie McCoy, Cartel, and more.
Today we talk about this year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival, the new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and Chris Hemsworth on the set for Thor: Love and Thunder.
Despite the fact we’re talking to Sydney and also Noah Sierota via a Zoom call to Italy, the latest stop on their current tour, both are still clearly and eminently charming.
Radio Uprising showcases the greatest bands and artists that tomorrow has to offer, including: Royals, Burn the Louvre, Horizon Ignited, and Stay Safe
A big blazing homage to your favorite action movies AND lots of assassins!
