The Woman, The Audience, & The Show
It didn’t usually rain in the summer, and when it did, the day did not remain so humid, nor the clouds so thick, gray, and low in the sky. When it did rain, it left the nights warm and uncomfortable: the moisture retaining the heat and sweat remaining unevaporated on people's faces…
SHORT STORY
Ambience, Desperation, and Loss: My 4 favorite songs off Japanese Breakfast’s brilliant LP Soft Sounds From Another Planet
From the galactical walls of sound in tracks like “Diving Woman” and “Machinist”, to the isolated acoustic vocals of “This House”, Japanese Breakfast’s Soft Sounds From Another Planet is a beautiful collection of songs that are both connected in themes but separated in sound…
ALBUM REVIEW
One Man’s Road
SHORT STORY
Sal was a stout man with a fear of birds. His chin protruded from his skull, and had scattered blackheads with the occasional ingrown hair. He had very nice teeth, though, yellowed from the fountains drinks he’d trade for water. And on his head were a few seemingly infinitesimal wisps of hair desperate to cover the speckled sunspots…
The Mosh Pit
Anyone who tells you that a mosh pit is not an artwork has never been in a mosh pit. I am not a religious person, but moshing is a religious frenzy. Nothing matters except the body; controlled by the strings of music like a puppet. Kids that have never met: screaming, sweating, jumping, kicking, pushing, slamming…
SHORT STORY
On Feminism in America: Female Rage
SOCIAL ISSUES
Throughout American history, U.S. culture has dismissed and perverted feminist movements characterized by female rage. Consequently, women have had to package their anger into falsifiable, flowery language complicit to male standards of impartiality to bear even the slightest chance of being heard…
Poetic Attachment: Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers was released on April 21st as a drama mini-series available for streaming on Amazon Prime. But this series is inspired by the king of venereal or body horror himself, David Cronenberg. More specifically, his 1988 masterpiece of the same name. The film stars the ever-talented…
FILM REVIEW