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Midway through “Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider,” the second song of 2nd Grade’s Saturday night gig opening for Kiwi jr. at Berlin NYC, Peter Gill’s microphone fell out of its stand. This might not have been a problem at most ...

Last year we checked in on Hoodie Allen, who was just beginning to emerge from a three year hiatus. Be it for personal or public reasons, Hoodie went underground and emerged different. He had struggled with infidelity, a breakup, a ...

Lana Del Rey has always existed in an awkward in-between state. By most metrics, she’s a pop star – she has multiple platinum and gold records, has been nominated for six Grammys (including Album of the Year), and worked with ...

There’s a scene early in Shazam! Fury of the Gods in which the Ben Franklin Bridge is (for no clear reason) falling apart, and on that bridge a woman trapped in her car listening to Bonnie Tyler’s 80s cheese classic ...

How did the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine become The World’s Least Seen Comic Book Movie? Michael and Louis take a (dubiously legal) look at the lost Fantastic Four movie, a cheap, rushed production that lead to one head scratcher of ...

Another presidential cycle is looming. As always, a tiny portion of voters in a select few states will decide the president, and these “swing states” will dominate the candidates’ attention, and therefore national attention as well.  The idea that only ...

Yves Tumor’s rise to indie rock stardom has felt both obvious and unlikely. Beginning as an experimental noise artist, Tumor (birth name Sean Bowie) didn’t really start writing melodic music until 2018’s Safe in the Hands of Love, which merged ...

Let's get the controversial stuff out up front: members of Congress are not paid enough, they work far more than headlines indicate, their work/life balance is brutal, and they probably work harder and longer than you do.

 After what I considered to be a pretty down year for music in 2021, 2022 felt like it bounced back in a big way, with releases from some of my favorite artists, some new discoveries, and even releases from old ...

Earlier last week, I awoke to a text from my younger godbrother, who’s my designated person to go to for his opinion on the latest music impacting the culture – you know, the type of youth who relates more to ...

After what I considered to be a pretty down year for music in 2021, 2022 felt like it bounced back in a big way, with releases from some of my favorite artists, some new discoveries, and even releases from old ...

The Visitors jump ahead to the far-off future year of 1991. America is under fascistic rule. The Planet of the Apes series enters into a darker phase. This is a movie that channels the hatred and chaos of the early ...

After what I considered to be a pretty down year for music in 2021, 2022 felt like it bounced back in a big way, with releases from some of my favorite artists, some new discoveries, and even releases from old ...

After what I considered to be a pretty down year for music in 2021, 2022 felt like it bounced back in a big way, with releases from some of my favorite artists, some new discoveries, and even releases from old ...

An accurate -- if misunderstood -- critique of Congress is that the House floor and committee meetings are largely empty when business is being conducted.

I know, I know. This list is late. Like, really late. But if we’re being honest, there hasn’t been a whole lot going on in music since the Grammys, and there was way too much of everything going on at ...

We recently ran an opinion piece by Robert Palmer arguing that the rules changes in the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress, which came about due to a change in party control and a tumultuous speaker election, would help ...

Let’s not sugar coat it – last years’ Academy Awards were a mess. Between the misguided fan voted “awards,” the insulting pre-taped segments, and the now infamous Slap, the Oscars didn’t just feel outdated and out of touch. They felt ...

Michael and Louis are joined by Zachary Byrd of With a Gay Twist to discuss the upcoming Academy Awards, which will (hopefully) be a more normal affair this year.

The Visitors are back again, covering the third installment of the Planet of the Apes film series. This 1971 sequel takes things all the way into the future year of 1973! You read that right. Ape scientists Zira and Cornelius ...

As created by our Founding Fathers, America is a republic with laws made by elected representatives of the people and held accountable by the people. It has never been – nor will it ever be – considered an efficient form ...