I write this article (with my Charmander mug in hand) shortly after a friend sent me a TikTok of a group of women being asked “Which hobby makes a guy undateable?” 

They look around for a second and utter — Pokémon — with resounding certainty. Cut to a 32-year-old creator who goes by “BMSOMEGA” on Twitch ducktaping his eyes and reciti... Keep reading →

I’m going to give you some time. Think of this as your official first assignment as an adult in North America since post-secondary. Your objective is to find me a musician, scratch that, icon, scratch that, modern-day goddess among us that has made it to 78 years-old with a big ol’ bag of every bit of respect gained along the way – none lost. One who has managed to create a... Keep reading →

For years now, we’ve all seen the effects that new media has on younger generations – this is not a new concept. My generation was shaped by movies like Forrest Gump, Wayne’s World, and The Breakfast Club. Even the more recent Guardians of the Galaxy appropriately paid homage to an older generation of groundbreaking music. Without family nights, sitting down watching films ... Keep reading →

When someone brings up Orange County, California — many beach-based, rich-kid tropes are evoked and summoned to life to the tune of Phantom Planet’s “California.” B-roll instantly flashes through your mind spanning the wealthy hills of Malibu dipping straight off into Pacific-bliss all whilst torn and tormented with the arguably one of the more important questions all... Keep reading →

Over at my film review gig for 366WeirdMovies, the odd reader or colleague has been given to wonder: Do I have a bias in picking out what movies to review? Well of course I do, and don’t let any reviewer tell you different. You can see that I try to tie together my two last remaining blogging gigs (the ol’ bloggin&rsq... Keep reading →

If anyone asks, I will declare, without hesitation, that I know nothing about how music works. Take, for instance, this note I scribbled from somewhere around the middle of reviewing this album: “‘Wolfsheim’?, is not the answer; collapse into a circus noodle—and then kind of saunters off”. These are not the remarks of a musician, or even a music... Keep reading →

Here we are buzzing along with our forgotten and weirdest MTV videos of the 80s. Volume 1 is here and volume 2 is here. Both of those were loosely grouped around some better ... Keep reading →

The hipster joke of the 90s went, “I’m so old, I watched MTV back when it played music!” The inevitable march of reality TV devoured hour after hour of cable programming time, and series like MTV’s The Real World helped kick off the trend.

Eventually music videos recovered their popularity and we know the rest of the story. But we’re looking b... Keep reading →

The thing to know about the launch of MTV in 1981, was that music videos were only just barely a thing at that point. True, MTV did not invent the music video any more than Facebook invented the social network or Microsoft invent the operating system. But by golly were they ever in the right place at the right time! Anyway, I’ve Keep reading →

Why? Because it’s a rainy day out there, and we’re restless and bored. And because, as a music blog rockin’ from way back when the blogs first started bloggin;, we cover Taylor Swift suspiciously little around here. It’s just that (gawrsh, you noticed?) we aim for a different beat from the usual media/culture site, especially when it comes to not reporting every award... Keep reading →