The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant extends a hearty invitation to join our new religion, The Church of Get the Hell Off Our Lawn. We will soon be decamping for Indiana to hoist the steeple and open a string of bridal … Continued
Sitting in the back of my Honda Element, tailgate down, in the first throes of spring, the days when I feel being outside every moment will redeem the confinement of winter. I’ve spotted the first butterflies of the season, the … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant has yet to calibrate our level of enthusiasm for the return of The X-Files. Seeing Mulder and Scully again will warm our hearts, but we assume The Smoking Man has died of COPD, and we … Continued
Every film festival has its own niche, its special vibe, its thing. Toronto overwhelms you with volume, volume, volume. Sundance operates as a hype machine. Telluride prides itself on offering the North American premiere for most of its screenings, and … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant would like to congratulate Tyler Armstrong of Indiana for running a meth lab out of a Wal-Mart bathroom. And really, when you see Wal-Mart’s prices on cold medicine and drain opener, you can’t afford not … Continued
Molly Gene, aka One Whoaman Band, rocked the True/False Film Festival last year, so I was glad to see her in the lineup again. The Festival has always offered live music before each film, and the tradition has grown into … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant has been getting acclimated to our new digs here at Calliope Crashes. The boss needs to get over himself, but what are you going to do? We can’t help it if we’re the cash cow … Continued
Here’s some news in case you wondered. It takes approximately ten minutes to learn everything occurring in any category of pop culture. I know this comes as a surprise to you, what with the millions of sites, blogs, tweets, shows, … Continued
This concert featured the appearance of a Dancin’ Girl, a development that threatened the very fabric of existence and your cherished way of life. It’s better that you never realized the peril your family and loved ones faced. We bravely … Continued
Calliope Crashes has finally arrived. Sure, maybe you haven’t been pining for yet another internet entrant, but we have been thinking about a place like this for a very long time. A place to write and think about the many … Continued