Blockbuster: The Intersection of Sports and Entertainment
Photo: Sports and Entertainment Intro – Sports and Entertainment The summer blockbuster is a Hollywood tradition: ‘Jaws,’ ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘E.T.’ It’s a movie that captures something in the zeitgeist that reveals something about our time. Original yet familiar....
Looking Backwards and Glimpsing Forwards: A Review of Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’
Photo: Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Beyoncé’s last solo studio album, ‘Lemonade,’ released in 2016, was an enormous success, both critically and commercially. Widely considered her magnum opus, the hype and pressure surrounding ‘Renaissance,’ her seventh project, was...
Introspection Interspersed with Vice: A Review of Brent Faiyaz’s ‘Wasteland’:
Photo: ‘Wasteland’ (Trigger Warning: Brief Mention of Suicide and Abortion) Arriving in Wasteland In the recess between opulence; the penthouses and bars he spends his nights in, and absurdity; the failures and shocks associated with the pandemic and recent political...
Dreaming In and Out of Pop: A Review of beabadoobee’s ‘Beatopia’
Photo: beabadoobee What to Expect Almost immediately after Powfu’s 2019 Tik-Tok viral song Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) catapulted beabadoobee (Bea Laus) to worldwide fame, everybody seemed to know what she was. “Bubblegum pop artist”, “TikTok musician”, “rising...
