Rug-pulls, Rampant Fraud and the NFT Wasteland
Just over a year ago, then CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, sold his first tweet as an NFT for $2.9M. It wasn’t just his first tweet, of course, it was the first tweet, which as auctions go for Crypto- and NFT-heads was about as appealing as a hunk of sourdough to a famished goose. The nearly $3M sale was a welcome green flag to early advocates in the NFT space that the winds of blockchainge (sorry...
Our Favourite SMPLE Films So far
Animation, Charlie Kaufman once helpfully observed, “is a series of static images creating the illusion of movement.” If he's that incisive about his own work, what would he make of yours? SMPLE Film Fest is moving faster than expected, and it’s left us a little animated. Okay, more than a little. A fair bit. Fuel for our playful side, like we’re taking cues from Steamboat Willie whistling at t...
The Rise of Analog Horror
Note: contains spoilers for web series Local58I hate opening with statistics – unless of course, they’re jaw-dropping. In its first month, a recent found footage video called The Backrooms hit a staggering 15M views after its upload to YouTube. That’s a reach of roughly half a million hits every day. And let’s bear in mind, this isn’t the latest drop from Ariana Grande, or MrBeast putting main...
The Many Lives Of Kanye West Pt. 2
According to Fitzgerald, there are no second acts in American lives. That’s probably true, unless you’re bigger than America. Kanye’s career has gone through so many ducks, pivots and sensational conclusions, we can’t help but look on as the next step could be the last, as rapt as we were almost 20 years ago. The first half of my quest to understand the man through his music brought us to 2010...
Why Frank Ocean Matters
There are artists, and there are Artists. We sometimes have to catch ourselves even using the term at all, as pop music is such an ephemeral process.
No sex in USSR
I come from a country where people were living with iron curtain for decades. People were living with a lot of rules and fear. People had to fit and sometimes it meant to hide what is inside under a thick cover. You had to be modest. Humble. Nowadays some of this rules can look ridiculous and Russian people joke about that there were no sex in USSR.
In conditions when expression of your thou...
“We want the world to see femininity as a choice.”
Is Gen Z changing how we view male fashion?
Are the men of this generation re-defining male fashion trends? From wearing makeup to flaunting their midriff with a crop top, what does my generation think about the feminine- masculine trend?
Gen Z, people born in the mid-Nineties and early Noughties, is paving the way for this experimental movement. In the past few years, popular fashion brands ha...
I Apologize to Myself
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The Black Spot of Suveyda
It is about the Turkish custom of the heart of a person and there is a spot a black spot at birth from in the womb where our soul our essence starts and where the purest of love resides it will stay with you and is there to the end when you die in that very spot Suveyda.
Why Frank Ocean Matters
There are artists, and there are Artists. We sometimes have to catch ourselves even using the term at all, as pop music is such an ephemeral process.
Shiloh: Ghost Outside The Machine
That’s the curious pull of Shiloh Dynasty – we can’t square her in our heads because she is a somebody and a nobody all at once...
Album Review: Sometimes I Be Introvert, Little Simz
Sometimes I Be Introvert, a frequently impressive piece of music, strains to capture the complex world that Simz wants to fix.
Playlist: Our Essential Feminist Punk Songs
Who doesn’t love a healthy dose of female rage? It’s a real palette-cleanser.
What Is Anti-Pop, Really?
Spotify might’ve legitimised anti-pop for the sake of inventing it. You might ask what anti-pop is. An easier answer might be what it isn’t. Fans quibble, yet they seem to locate a genre that embraces popular tastes while dismissing them.
Behind The Veil Of Godspousing
Tumblr page Heavenly Wings & Heart reveals that one spouse tapped into their past lives and discovered they had two children with Hermes centuries ago
Album Review: Jubilee, Japanese Breakfast
As we’re kicked towards the light, darkness clings to our feet, a lyrical and textural transmission of release from pain.
Album Review: Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler The Creator
In Tyler, The Creator's sixth and probably most emblematic album, we are invited to hit the gas. We move forward in space, but backwards in time.
Do Some Books Defy Cinema?
Today, a novel isn’t held back by visual demands (in other words, penny pinching), but much less earthly limitations of the work itself.
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The Many Lives Of Kanye West Pt. 2
According to Fitzgerald, there are no second acts in American lives. That’s probably true, unless you’re bigger than America. Kanye’s career has gone through so many ducks, pivots and sensational conclusions, we can’t help but look on as the next step could be the last, as rapt as we were almost 20 years ago. The first half of my quest to understand the man through his music brought us to 2010...
The Rise of Analog Horror
Note: contains spoilers for web series Local58I hate opening with statistics – unless of course, they’re jaw-dropping. In its first month, a recent found footage video called The Backrooms hit a staggering 15M views after its upload to YouTube. That’s a reach of roughly half a million hits every day. And let’s bear in mind, this isn’t the latest drop from Ariana Grande, or MrBeast putting main...
The Sad Truth About Frank Ocean’s Cock Ring
Getting screwed by an artist never felt so pricey. But one day, you may find yourself somewhere special with someone who can’t get their hand off your junk. Neither can you. Kissing and blind, you hush them off with a grin. They stop. You know what they’re thinking. It’s the first time they’ve been at your place, but they’re really knowledgeable about you. Sometimes you achieve radical insigh...
What's The Deal With Hip Hop Sequels?
“Fast.” That’s how Eminem described the making of The Marshall Mathers LP 1 in 2013. He was on Big Tigger’s guest chair for another edition of Rap City, rap’s longest running hip hop TV show. Its jovial host, sitting forward with cue cards in his lap, asked Em for a single word on each of his albums – how he was feeling and how he may’ve laid it down. And he just says, “I almost didn’t feel in...
Mynus_grey Coming @ You Live from NYC!
What’s up! I’m a rapper specializing in lofi hip-hop. Very active the NYC underground music scene. Got music out on all platforms.I have a short, 20 minute concert in a few weeks and already sold about 20-25 tix. I could definitely get that for your show if you book me, and probably more if you give me a decent set length.
Mixtape submissions!
My name is Eshan and I mix and produced under the pseudonym “Noakko”, currently I’ve got monthly show on bloop radio and I’d love to get involved with your collective! The first is more clubby and the second is more downtempo, I’m pretty chill and malleable to I can play whatever vibe you guys see fit!Do enjoy and I look forward to (hopefully) hearing from you!ThanksEshan