Dadaism is a thing that gets thrown around a lot these days in the worlds of literature and indie rock, but you don’t hear it applied to hip-hop all that often. That’s too bad, because as Seattle’s Don’t Talk to the Cops prove, hip-hop and Dadaism are two cultural forces that come together pretty damn […]
On Matt Bors and Millennials
Editorial cartooning doesn’t typically get reviewed, and until I was assigned Matt Bors’ “Can We Stop Worrying About the Millennials Yet?” strip for CNN, I admittedly hadn’t thought much about that. On a personal level, I’d say it’s related to why we critics don’t cover a lot of humor strips, which my compatriot Daniel Elkin and I […]
Let’s Talk About “Hipster”
Is there any insult lazier or more nebulous than “hipster?” I asked this on my Twitter feed earlier because it’s something that’s been on my mind, mostly as a result of it being an insult that gets hurled at my peers and me on a near daily basis over at Comics Bulletin. As someone who has […]
The Courtneys – “Social Anxiety”
That bass starts and I freak out a bit because my brain instantly goes “Mclusky?!” as though that’s a totally normal response to a few guttural, sloppily plucked bass notes. Then every other piece of the band pops in and fuck, “Social Anxiety” no longer requires a reflex inspired by a fucked up Welsh thug […]
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