Category: media

A Vinyl Bonus: The Neon Boys

As a bonus of watching the pilot of  the new television series Vinyl, the recap over at Vulture brought up the Neon Boys. I now love The Neon Boys! I suspect I heard them...

Life on Mars on GIRLS

If you’ve been watching Lena Dunham‘s show GIRLS, you may have heard a haunting cover of Life on Mars that lingered over the end credits as Shoshanna walked down a lonely street in Japan. This is...

“What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and Historical (Re)Construction in Beyoncé’s “Formation” videos

I am proud to present an unusual take on Beyonce’s “Formation” video: an academic close-reading of the video by independent scholar and guest blogger Byron King: “What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and...