Romance is boring? This video is boring (ho ho!)! Really though, it's not for lack of effort--the makeup is top notch!--but the visuals have no rhythm, the video has no meat to fill out its concept, and there is very little reward for paying close attention. There are like a hundred members in this band and nobody had any better ideas?
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Padma Lakshmi's 'Taste the Nation' Questions What, Exactly, Is American Food
Can food alone undo centuries of anti-immigrant policies that are ingrained in the fabric of the American nation? Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation certainly tries.
03 Aug 2020
Film
Performing Race in James Whale's 'Show Boat'
There's a song performed in James Whale's musical, Show Boat, wherein race is revealed as a set of variegated and contradictory performances, signals to others, a manner of being seen and a manner of remaining hidden, and it isn't "Old Man River".
03 Aug 2020
Music
The Greyboy Allstars Rise Up to Help America Come Together with 'Como De Allstars'
If America could come together as one nation under a groove, Karl Denson & the Greyboy Allstars would be leading candidates of musical unity with their funky new album, Como De Allstars.
03 Aug 2020
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The Beatles' 'Help!' Redefined How Personal Popular Music Could Be 55 Years Ago
Help! is the record on which the Beatles really started to investigate just how much they could get away with. The album was released 55 years ago this week, and it's the kick-off to our new "All Things Reconsidered" series.
03 Aug 2020
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Porridge Radio's Mercury Prize-Nominated 'Every Bad' Is a Wonderful Epistemological Nightmare
With Every Bad, Porridge Radio seduce us with the vulnerability and existential confusion of Dana Margolin's deathly beautiful lyricism interweaved with alluring pop melodies.
03 Aug 2020
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Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' Builds Identity From Afrofuturism
Beyoncé's Black Is King's reliance on Afrofuturism recuperates the film from Disney's clutches while reclaiming Black excellence.
03 Aug 2020
Reading Pandemics
Colonial Pandemics and Indigenous Futurism in Louise Erdrich and Gerald Vizenor
From a non-Native perspective, COVID-19 may be experienced as an unexpected and unprecedented catastrophe. Yet from a Native perspective, this current catastrophe links to a longer history that is synonymous with European colonization.
03 Aug 2020
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John Fullbright Salutes Leon Russell with "If the Shoe Fits" (premiere + interview)
John Fullbright and other Tulsa musicians decamped to Leon Russell's defunct studio for a four-day session that's a tribute to Dwight Twilley, Hoyt Axton, the Gap Band and more. Hear Fullbright's take on Russell's "If The Shoe Fits".
03 Aug 2020
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Roots Rocker Webb Wilder Shares a "Night Without Love" (premiere + interview)
Veteran roots rocker Webb Wilder turns back the hands of time on an old favorite of his with "Night Without Love".
03 Aug 2020
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The 10 Best Films of Sir Alan Parker
Here are 10 reasons to mourn the passing of one of England's most interesting directors, Sir Alan Parker.
31 Jul 2020
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July Talk Transform on 'Pray for It'
On Pray for It, Canadian alt-poppers July Talk show they understand the complex dualities that make up our lives.
31 Jul 2020
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With 'Articulation' Rival Consoles Goes Back to the Drawing Board
London producer Rival Consoles uses unorthodox approaches on his latest record, Articulation, resulting in a stunning, beautiful collection.
31 Jul 2020
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Paranoia Goes Viral in 'She Dies Tomorrow'
Amy Seimetz's thriller, She Dies Tomorrow, is visually dazzling and pulsating with menace -- until the color fades.
31 Jul 2020
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MetalMatters: July 2020 - Back on Track
In a busy and exciting month for metal, Boris arrive in rejuvenated fashion, Imperial Triumphant continue to impress with their forward-thinking black metal, and death metal masters Defeated Sanity and Lantern return with a vengeance.
31 Jul 2020
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Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' Reveals the Other Kind of American Exceptionalism
By comparing the American race-based class system to that of India and Nazi Germany, Isabel Wilkerson makes us see a familiar evil in a different light with her latest work, Caste.
31 Jul 2020
Film
Anna Kerrigan Prioritizes Substance Over Style in 'Cowboys'
Anna Kerrigan talks with PopMatters about her latest film, Cowboys, which deviates from the common "issues style" approach to LGBTQ characters.
31 Jul 2020
Music
John Fusco and the X-Road Riders Get Funky with "It Takes a Man" (premiere + interview)
Screenwriter and musician John Fusco pens a soulful anti-street fighting man song, "It Takes a Man". "As a trained fighter, one of the greatest lessons I have ever learned is to walk away from a fight without letting ego get the best of you."
31 Jul 2020
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'Run-Out Groove' Shows the Dark Side of Capitol Records
Music promoter Dave Morrell's memoir, Run Out Groove, recalls the underbelly of the mainstream music industry.
30 Jul 2020
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