Confessions of a 53-Year-Old Father
Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images Alan Aymie, my father, on his personal experiences and sentiments in all music realms, and why music “adds color” to his world. Alan Aymie...
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Music For Moods: Bon Iver
I am feeling blue. Finals are over and the stress is through, And I am feeling blue. Not that “lay in bed and avoid the world” kind of mood,...
Rian Johnson Grapples with the Totality of the Star Wars Franchise in the Brazen, Brilliant Last Jedi
Photo Courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd. © 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved The Last Jedi looks like space. There is an almost infinite depth to its endless skies, to...
It’s Chill, We’re All Sad Here – Julien Baker at the Neptune
Photo by Julia Leiby In the adventure of trying new venues as of late, last week some of my lovely friends and I hit The Neptune. Honestly, I was...
Joining the Cult: On the Sadistic, Sacrilegious At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul and the Invention of Brazilian Horror Cinema
The history of Brazilian cinema is almost as old as the birth of the medium itself. Existing largely as an individualistic enterprise for the first half of the 20th...
GAYXSU, Part 1: What is GAYXSU?
I truly didn’t know that LGBTQ characters could exist in popular, mainstream culture until they appeared on the screen in front of me. I had a pretty traditional upbringing...
Only the Lonely: How Art Can Save Us All
Photo by Alison Kaitcer “You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions of people.”...
Petit Biscuit at The Neptune Felt Like A Dream
All Photos by Amelia Zeve Mehdi Benjelloun, better known by his stage name of Petit Biscuit, surprising the crowd by playing guitar to one of his songs. What makes...
New Belle & Sebastian EP: How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)
Photo by David Boni Taking their name from a French television adaption of the novel, Belle et Sébastien, Belle and Sebastian formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1996. Belle and...
InspiRed: An Introduction to Artists I’m Passionate About
Welcome to my monthly column, InspiRed, where I will be talking about what has inspired me as an artist and where I will interview other artists, art students, and...