The Birds immediately impresses with a uniform style that’s anything but uniform, pulling off the tricky combination of quirky esotericism.
Author: Steven Strauss
The “New Light” of Music Videos
In the post-MTV era, music videos came to be seen almost as afterthoughts to the original songs.
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Is it too much to ask for a movie to be more than just a TWO-AND-A-HALF-HOUR video game cutscene?
Album Roundup
Different name — I like the sound of the assonance in “Album Roundup” more than the aural clunkiness of “This Week in Music”; plus, since I’m now covering singles released every week as well, the name for these OG posts would need to change to the even clunkier “This Week in Albums”, which is yuck — but the same format!
No, Seriously, There’s Nothing Wrong With That
In yesterday’s defense of movie-turned-musicals, I focused almost exclusively on analyzing this macro trend, rarely touching upon any specific micro examples.
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Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
Ever since the Tony Awards announced their Hollywood-property-dominated slate of nominees this year, a plethora of hot-take-prone cultural critics started — though really continued a trend that predates this season — bemoaning the fact that Broadway looks a lot more like movie theaters nowadays.
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Kriepsletists
The names of the actors who turned in my two favorite film performances of 2017 were not read from the podium at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.
2018’s SHOOT IT STRAIGHT INTO MY FUCKING VEINS List — More May
April showers indeed brought May flowers this year. Continue reading “2018’s SHOOT IT STRAIGHT INTO MY FUCKING VEINS List — More May”
Tinkle(s) of the Week
For every Single(s) of the Week, there’s always even more Tinkles of the Week, in which musicians basically piss in our ears.
Single(s) of the Week
When initially detailing the format of these new “Single(s) of the Week” posts, I forgot to mention two stipulations:
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