Oh, hello there. Apparently I make playlists now. This one is great for after work relaxing with some wine (If that’s your thing; I’m more of a Mountain Dew guy). just some easy listening. Caution: this playlist includes what the … Continued
Editor’s Note: The MSMA (Middle-School Music Aficionado) has requisitioned space on Calliope to drop news on his favorite new albums and playlists. We believe the children are our future, so we obliged. Hello, didn’t see you there. Well since you’re … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant encourages you to hunker down for some binge enjoyment of Documentary Now!, Bill Hader, Seth Myers, and Fred Armisen’s sly and brilliant take on all types of documentaries and their tropes. The Eye Doesn’t Lie, … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant finds it endlessly amusing to watch nuns protest contraceptive coverage in the ACA. Why do all these religious groups act like they will be strapped to a gurney and waterboarded with birth control pills? Maybe … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant believed that the MHH (Most Hubristic Humans) Award had been locked down by the Trump campaign around the second week of January. Clear some room in the trophy case. But awards are all about upsets, … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant thinks we would do well to remember politics in this country has never been a picnic on the green. In 1859, George Kyle headed to the polls in Baltimore, ballots tucked under his arm (you … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant has long extolled the virtues of Oklahoma and Tulsa as the center of the roots music universe. So let’s just say The Rant wasn’t shocked when Tulsa revealed that Bob Dylan’s personal archives would be … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant was once dispatched to pick up a Very Important Editor of a Very Impressive Art Journal. He hailed from New York, full of sophistication and avant garde cred. Being Midwesterners, we were intimidated and nervous … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant must immediately indulge in a side rant: The venerable New York Times has a headline this morning that reads “Deconstructing the Westminster Dog Show.” Had the ghost of Jacques Derrida returned to ruminate on the … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant has a day job in the nonprofit industrial complex. This comes as a surprise to many people as they believe we just hibernate in a hyperbaric rant chamber that pumps in high pressure snarkiness. Believing … Continued