Reckless and Royal: “Beautiful In Blue” | Song Review Sydney Durst·December 7, 2020Reckless and Royal is a two-person alternative band from Texas. The band's debut single "Beautiful In Blue" comes out later this month.FeaturedMusicReviewRock & Roll·1 min read
Pink Mountain on Locust Island | Being a Teenager Sucks Adam P. Newton·September 8, 2020Adolescence is hard. It’s tiring. It’s frustrating. Will Smith was absolutely right: parents just don’t understand, and they’ve...FeaturedReview·4 mins read
The Sprawl | Do the Suburbs Really Suck? Adam P. Newton·August 11, 2020I’ve lived in some version of the suburbs for a sizable majority of my life. I spent the...FeaturedReview·5 mins read
Cold Beaches – Drifter | The Joys of Energetic Garage Rock Adam P. Newton·August 6, 2020Chapter 8 of The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs is an outright love letter to garage rock....FeaturedMusicReviewRock & Roll·3 mins read
Temporary | Embracing the Absurdity of Late Capitalism Adam P. Newton·March 9, 2020Most of us have worked a terrible job or three in our lives. You might be stuck at...FeaturedReview·5 mins read
Why Lhasa de Sela Matters | A Near-Perfect Mix of Idealism and Artistry Adam P. Newton·November 22, 2019Why Lhasa de Sela Matters is very much organized and arranged as a traditional biography told in chronological order. She absolutely matters.FeaturedMusic Book ReviewReview·5 mins read
The Good Place is the Best Experiment on Television Kelsey Simpkins·November 4, 2019The Good Place is more than good TV about morality and ethics, it’s an experiment itself. An experiment on us, the viewers.FeaturedOpinionReview·12 mins read
Why Karen Carpenter Matters | The Importance of Music, Family, and Culture Adam P. Newton·September 11, 2019The book Why Karen Carpenter Matters focuses on Karen’s life and legacy holistically, we have space to appreciate her and her catalog anew.FeaturedMusic Book ReviewReview·7 mins read
Socialist Realism | Identity, Belonging, and Nostalgia Adam P. Newton·August 12, 2019Ultimately, Socialist Realism is about the will to change - your life, your memories, your status, your world, and your sense of where you are in the world.FeaturedReview·6 mins read
[Goried Treasures] South Korean Horror THE RED SHOES Is an Arresting, Dark Fairy Tale Paul Le·August 9, 2019Welcome to GORIED TREASURES, a Bearded Gentlemen Music column devoted to fright flicks of yesteryears! Specifically, retrospectives of cult...FeaturedMoviesReview·4 mins read