2018 was stuffed with phenomenal work and now Chris Jones is here to add even more to your plate with a rundown of 10 overlooked gems from the year. Big Ups Two Parts Together Like far too many other bands, Big Ups split apart right as they seemed to be hitting their stride. While they still […]
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Happy Rhodes’ Ectotrophia is a Gumbo of Moody 80s Musical Staples
While nothing groundbreaking, Happy Rhodes’ Ectotrophia remains a worthy dive into an engrossingly somber state of mind
Last Action Cinema: The Devil’s Express
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 and/or weirdest examples from the genre, analyzing what it is about these works specifically that allows them to remain so potent […]
Crime Beat: On American Crime and the Terror of Desire
The third episode of the third season of American Crime is the best episode of this show that’s been broadcast to date and by extension one of the greatest episodes of television ever to air. For this installment of the column I’m not going to talk about what it was so much as what it […]
Crime Beat: American Crime “In the System” is a Little Too Narratively Utilitarian
“Anyone we know?” is one of the first lines of dialogue spoken in the latest episode of American Crime, regarding a fire that killed 15 workers employed by the farming company that Jeanette (Felicity Huffman) has married into. From there we begin the long arc of the episode’s central theme: desensitization from those exposed to […]
Crime Beat: Network Television’s Best Show is Off to an Expectedly Promising Start
American Crime is a jewel of a program, not only for its harrowing performances and sophisticated narratives but also for its ability to disabuse its audience of the necessity of HBO’s patented Tits-and-Viscera formula in making compelling prestige television. It flows with the purpose of classical tragedy, and as such manages to pack incredible things […]
Migos’ Culture Won’t Be Winning the Culture Wars Any Time Soon
The best musical endeavor Migos have ever been involved with was “Sloppy Toppy,” an overlooked gem off of Travi$ Scott’s Days Before Rodeo mixtape. Gurgling, grandiose and emphatic, it’s likely the most urgent blowjob anthem you’ll hear this decade, and Migos come across like they’ve trained their whole life to rap on it. Between Quavo’s […]
Greg Lake was Distinctly of His Era and That Deserves to be Celebrated
There are a few things we need to acknowledge now that Greg Lake and Keith Emerson have passed away, in this same year in which we lost Bowie, in which we lost Prince and Phife Dawg and Merle Haggard and Leonard Cohen. You don’t care about the first two guys at all, much less as […]
The Transfiguration of Fiddleford McGucket
There’s a fan theory about Ferris Bueller’s Day Off that I’ve always appreciated, not so much due to the veracity of the idea itself but more for what it reveals to us about story and character. The pitch is that Ferris and his girlfriend Sloane (and I suppose by extension Ferris’ parents and sister) are […]
Coming Out is Human and Relatable
When asked to concoct a mental image of what happens when a queer or transgender person comes out of the closet, the picture tends to be somewhat harrowing: crying and gnashing of teeth, breaking of familial bonds, bold assertions of a brand new self. Sometimes this is the case, but sometimes it can also simply […]
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