After outside business ventures, name changes, Twitter battles, recording and release setbacks, Kanye West’s seventh studio LP “The Life of Pablo” (TLOP) is finally here. Released by GOOD Music and […]
Media minutes
Media Minute: Beyoncé and Super Bowl 50
“OK ladies, now let’s get in formation.” I’m not sure if this line was sung by Beyoncé during the halftime show of Super Bowl 50 or Peyton Manning as he […]
Media Minute: Stephen Colbert
Pointing out flaws in logic, character or good sense and exposing power and hypocrisy have been time-honored traditions of language, writing and satirical comedy. Sarcasm, wit and making a sharper […]
Media Minute: “Harmlessness”
2015 has been a year of taking hip-hop, pop, metal and indie-rock to new limits. This year the music industry has produced Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly,” Drake’s “If […]
Media Minute: “Girls”
The best shows I’ve ever watched have had the word “girls” in the title. “Gossip Girl,” “Gilmore Girls” and, my most recent obsession, the HBO original “Girls.” I’ve heard great […]
Media Minute: GWAR!
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld once said about Gwar, “If Pearl Jam had a male singer, if U2 didn’t have a tool as a frontman, if Metallica actually had balls, […]
Media Minute: Claude Debussy
Obscure, contemplative and dream-like, the music of Claude Debussy sounds as fresh today as it did in the 19th century. Debussy’s softly stated piano compositions are perfectly suited for an […]
Media Minute: “Honeymoon”
Hands down, Lana Del Rey has the best voice I’ve ever heard. In my opinion, she is some sort of angel-human hybrid sent down from a badass heaven to bless […]
Media Minute: The Visit
I’d like to say the newly released horror movie The Visit was terrifying, frightening or bone-chilling, but really the only word I can use to describe it is scary, […]
Media Minute: Reggie Watts
Reggie Watts can’t really be compared to other artists. A self-avowed “disinformationist” and “afro-musicologist,” Watts mixes stream of consciousness standup comedy and music made with a looping machine. The LA […]