First, a confession: I am not totally sure how to start this review. On its surface, the job of a book reviewer is simple: describe the book, perhaps situate it in some sort of context (genre,...
When you visit the Museum of Death in Hollywood, California, the first graphic thing you will see is a photo—undated, but very 1970s-looking--of a motorcycle rider who has been in an unfortunate...
Note: This review contains mild spoilers. It is not an everyday occurrence that I see a film that not only stretches the boundaries of its genre, but actively expands that genre. The highly...
Is that a thumb piano playing the opening notes of this song? (“Hell-On”) I will be humming the “nothing quite so poison as a promise” break from “Hell-On” to myself until I can’t stand...
Note: This review contains spoilers for the episode “Journey Into Night,” as well as the first season of Westworld. The first season of HBO’s futuristic, violent Westworld was a success with...
Surrealist Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s image has been emblazoned on many things: t-shirts, tote bags, jewelry, magnets — even makeup and tequila. The product description for one dress even calls...
For the past week and a half or so, I have been dealing with a shoulder/back injury that has cut my productivity down to the nub. I don’t know how I injured myself, so I suspect that this muscle...
A confession, to start off my first music review of the year: I was resistant to folk music—even just listening to it, as a means of expanding my musical horizons, for a long time. I used to be...
2017 was not a fun year. Here are some albums that made us feel better, despite the wall of excrement that was most of this year. St. Vincent, MASSEDUCTION: With a guitar-playing style that recalls...
Few singer-songwriters working today have the enormous back catalog and loyal fanbase that Tori Amos does. In a recent interview with Vulture’s David Marchese, Amos mentioned that touring has been...
