How my mom discovered Marilyn Manson
My mother is 62 years old. Born in 1958 to a family prominent in New York City’s classical music scene, she not only grew up loving music, but even performed…
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Reviewer rests head with Car Seat Headrest
Coronavirus came for our spring (fall? Shit.) semester and like manna from a shoegazing god, alternative music rained from the heavens to fill our shelter-in-place malaise. Fiona Apple delivered unyoked…
‘A Parks and Recreation Special’ brings nostalgia, catharsis
As Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) once said,“Crying is only okay in two places: funerals and the Grand Canyon.” But I would like to add a third place—my bedroom, with my…
In ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters,’ Apple favors candor over cordiality
[TW: This article mentions assault and rape.] You’ve probably heard the buzz about Fiona Apple’s “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” by now. Since its unexpected release on Friday, April 17, the…
We need art in times like these
When the first college I applied to rejected me, I watched the pilot episode of New Girl for the first time. All I knew about the show was that Jess,…
As life moves onward, the magic of Pixar never fades
Like many members of my generation, I grew up watching Pixar films. When I was in kindergarten, I obsessed over “Toy Story” and “Monsters, Inc.,” watching them so many times…
Indie pop debut puts life on pause
This morning I stood in line to get into Whole Foods. It was raining and cold and I was not aptly dressed. My Birkenstocks were collecting raindrops and I looked…
Thank ABBA for ‘Old Town Road’
In 1986, three years before he would release “Pretty Hate Machine,” Trent Reznor attended a Depeche Mode concert. As the concert came to an end, Depeche Mode, who were on…
We’re bored, so you must be, too: 13 shows to wile away the next month
As our possibile activities contract to include primarily those which can be performed while sedentary, the Misc Executive Board has collected our favorite longform viewable media, listed by running time.…
An anthem of anxiety, a blague of technology: Wolfson exhibition falls short
Standing in front of the giant holographic installation, as images of white faces painted in black and dressed in clown costumes flashed over and over, anger erupted in me. The…