InRock n’ HeavybyCarl J. Petersen·Oct 29W.A.S.P. TalesFour stories about a controversial metal band, the drummer who changed the way I played, and music that still hits hard.A response icon1A response icon1
Kevin Pauley·Oct 26A Different Kind of BeautyThere is a type of beauty that modern culture often overlooks. The beauty I’m discussing is not the painted, bejeweled artificial beauty it…A response icon2A response icon2
Giana·Oct 17And Justice for Some: Metallica Edition.I was going to write about the latest renovation bullshit that is taking up a lot of my writing these days.A response icon1A response icon1
InCineCraft within The Film ForgebyA.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)·Sep 24Almost There: Hello, My Name Is Doris and a Life Still PossibleThe film understood that an older woman could still want more. It just wasn’t quite ready for everything that meant.
unCharles·Sep 14Wardrobe malfunctionWe have this quaint notion that content drives media. Hells bells, people: the real money is in cataloging reactions.
InCineCraft within The Film ForgebyA.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)·Sep 3Mr. Holmes: The Case of the Declawed DetectiveAging, Sentimentality, and the Softening of a Razor Mind
You Are Society·Aug 25Who Is Socializing Everybody?Everyone says they were brainwashed. Nobody says they did the brainwashing.
InThis Machine Press, Sixteen Tons & a GuitarbyA.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)·Jul 25Before Fidelity: “Born in the U.S.A.” as an Audio Snapshot of a Song We Heard WrongWhere the sound overwhelms the meaning — and the chorus becomes the story
aana·Jul 18REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE — The cyclic reduction of living histories into fast fashionIn the current stage of consumerism, a consumer’s attention has become entirely elusive. Uniformity is becoming inevitable- two scrolls and…
InThis Machine Press, Sixteen Tons & a GuitarbyA.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)·Jul 18Before Fidelity: “Deportee” as an Audio Snapshot of the Names We LostThrough a voice that refuses to let the unnamed stay that way
