THE RED LETTER PLAYS: IN THE BLOOD (Signature Theatre)

On October 7, 2017October 15, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

For students forced in high school to read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, this seminal novel about the restrictive confines of puritanical American society ultimately constitutes their least favorite assignment on the curriculum. Despite the salacious nature of a story that revolves around infidelity, Hawthorne’s archaically flowery language and snail-like pace usually bores even the most sex-obsessed, hormone-addled adolescents.

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The Merchant of…Montclair?

On October 6, 2017October 16, 2017 By Steven StraussIn If You Can't Make It Here, Make It Anywhere ElseLeave a comment

Site-specific productions are the true double-edged swords of the theatre world.

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MR. DAVIS (Gucci Mane)

On October 5, 2017October 14, 2017 By Steven StraussIn The Food of LoveLeave a comment

Another new Gucci Mane album, another instance of Steven being baffled as to why he’s become such a phenomenon.

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Diamonds in the Rough

On October 4, 2017October 14, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

I love finding old theatres hidden amongst the concrete buildings – and often in them, usually down dusty hallways and up gorgeous flights of stairs (or vice versa) – that comprise the jungle of New York City.

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A$AP Mob’s COZY TAPES, Vol. 1 vs. 2

On October 3, 2017October 12, 2017 By Steven StraussIn The Food of Love1 Comment

I’m sad that A$AP Mob replaced Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends‘ refreshingly-throwback Wu-Tang-esque sound with overly-prevalent trap for Vol. 2: Too Cozy.

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BY ANY MEANS 1 vs. 2 (Kevin Gates)

On October 2, 2017October 11, 2017 By Steven StraussIn The Food of LoveLeave a comment

Rapper Kevin Gates’s two By Any Means albums oscillate between being reminiscent of old school T-Pain and DMX.

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A LOVE LETTER TO YOU 2 (Trippie Redd)

On October 1, 2017October 11, 2017 By Steven StraussIn The Food of LoveLeave a comment

Trippie Redd’s album A Love Letter to You 2 is basic, but this banger is BANGING:

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LIL PUMP

On September 30, 2017October 11, 2017 By Steven StraussIn The Food of LoveLeave a comment

Lil Pump’s recently-released self-titled mixtape would’ve made a better EP at half the length, cutting out the repetitive tracks to shine even more light on his Run the Jewel-lite productions (albeit with worse vocals than that duo’s delicious stylings).

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A Bill Simmons Mailbag Question

On September 29, 2017October 11, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Loose ChangeLeave a comment

Quiresultan,

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A Letter to the Editor

On September 28, 2017October 11, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Loose ChangeLeave a comment

Amanda Chicago Lewis wrote an article worth reading for Rolling Stone about the vape pen phenomenon TAKING THE NATION BY STORM AND INFECTING POOR CHILDREN EVERYWHERE WITH LIFE-ENDING MARIJUANA RIGHT UNDER OUR VERY NOSES.

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Write All Nite

Author: Steven Strauss