Earlier this week I came across a disorienting essay: Tahira Hairston’s “Sorry, but Drake’s obsession with good girls is sexist.” It was strange to me not because I disagreed with the thesis — Drake’s music is sexist as an Etruscan pope — but because it was a subject that someone evidently felt required an entire […]
Archives for October 2015
Dare to Be Stupid: Michete’s Cool Tricks Embraces Qrappy Rap
At first glance, 22 year old transfeminine rapper Michete (who has no particular preference re: pronouns) reads as a novelty act. From the chintzy beats to the low-production value videos to the litany of pop culture references, whether or not Michete means business isn’t entirely clear. But that all gets cleared up toward the end […]
Supergirl’s Pilot and Cast are Terrific but Feel a Little Rushed
The best and worst thing about the pilot of CBS’ new series Supergirl is that it moves as fast as its lead character. Like a lot of genre TV pilots, Supergirl feels slightly rushed in its attempt to exposit everything as fast as possible to keep Joe Average interested and that’s frustrating. But it’s awesome for […]
The Indie Rock Kama Sutra
When you finally prove friends and family wrong and they see that your insufferable knowledge of indie rock hasn’t actually prevented you from getting a date, we want you to be prepared for your first time the same way you would get ready for going to Pitchfork. Here are thirteen indie rock bands you can […]
Video of the Week: “Days of Glory” by SODA lite
“Days of Glory” by Melbourne-based DJ/Producer SODA lite is a dazzling ray of sunshine emanating from one of Soundcloud’s more shadowy recesses. Released on the semi-parodic, online label Pedicure Records (the object of their parody, Manicure Records, releases whacked-out hyperpop in a similar vein to it-kids PC Music), the song sounds how a Toni Braxton […]
A Wonderful Cloud is a Careful Balance of Poop Jokes and Desperate Romance
One of the perks of covering film festivals is that you’re more or less forced into trying out films you otherwise wouldn’t, either because you’ve got a gap in your schedule or another work you were trying to catch filled up. That was how I ended up enjoying A Wonderful Cloud earlier this year, wandering into its […]
What Are Thooose on the Set of Batman v. Superman?
The sequel to a film that received a middling response from critics and took in a modest (by blockbuster standards) box office, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was in a precarious position before reports of its ballooning budget started to make the news. After a string of expensive failures including Jupiter Ascending, The Man from […]
Till the Blood Runs Red: Katie Skelly’s My Pretty Vampire
Katie Skelly hits all the ‘feels.’ Her comics bristle with verve, emotion and an ‘it’ factor best expressed as je ne sais quoi. What’s easier, by far, to say (and see) is how she has honed her craft. Skelly is a cartoonist on the rise as her peers have confirmed. With Nurse Nurse, her 2012 […]
ymmv: Notebooking
Breaking story is one of those things that’s ethereal and difficult and it’ll break you before the story breaks. The trick is to let the little pieces of you Voltron back up and bust that story over its knee, Bo Jackson-style. I like discussing breaking story because I believe it’s truly crucial in making the […]
Last Action Cinema: Death Race 2000
Here at Loser City, we’re unabashed genre fans but even we recognize that action films can often be difficult to defend. Lucky for you, we’ve decided to look back at some of the best examples from the genre, analyzing what it is about these works specifically that allows them to succeed. Today, Christopher M. Jones […]