Category: 2023

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Music Reviews, 5-12-2024, Macklemore’s Overt Anti-Semitism/Anti-Industry Position In “Hind’s Hall”

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If middle-aged rockers’ music age like milk, middle-aged rappers’ music ages like white blood cells: a new one-hit wonder every day with few recurring hits in-between and many going by the wayside in the hustle and bustle of modern music. Take for instance, Macklemore. After gaining attention for the songs “Thrift Shop”, “Same Love”, and “Can’t Hold Us”, he collapsed from the charts afterward and has never really recovered in recent memory. While I can appreciate the actual bravery in the stance of “Same Love” for what it stood for at the time of its release, the remainder of his … Continue reading Music Reviews, 5-12-2024, Macklemore’s Overt Anti-Semitism/Anti-Industry Position In “Hind’s Hall”

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Hypothetical Maps, 3-3-2024, Technically It’s The Rich Men Around Richmond Now (Projected Virginia Demographic Changes In 2023-2024)

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When looking at population estimates in Virginia that came out of the Weldon Cooper Center, the results may have a 2023 country song lambasted by music critics for its overtures against welfare recipients being considered redundant. Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” was a political shot at Washington, D.C. that has aged poorly overtime after I initially defended it from Anthony Fantano from The Needle Drop, largely because Fantano immediately tried to link it to the Confederacy when maybe there could be some redeeming quality to the song. The purpose for that context may seem redundant to population shifts, … Continue reading Hypothetical Maps, 3-3-2024, Technically It’s The Rich Men Around Richmond Now (Projected Virginia Demographic Changes In 2023-2024)

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Chromatic, 1-14-2024, Revisiting The CNN-Broadcasted Comment From New Year’s Eve That Made Me Cringe (Featuring Morgan Ariel’s Continued Descent Into Pettiness) (Difficult Content Mentioned)

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When reviewing the footage from the New Years Eve “party” from the end of 2023, the vibe compared to previous years seemed…off. It wasn’t the vitriolic send-off that people had for 2020 and 2021 owing to the COVID lockdowns and pent-up political anger from those years, but it lacked the gravitas of past years of celebration. Instead, it just seemed as if people were in downtown New York City for the thrill of being on television or because it was something to do versus genuine excitement to bring in the new year. There were the anti-Semitic pro-Hamas protesters who attempted … Continue reading Chromatic, 1-14-2024, Revisiting The CNN-Broadcasted Comment From New Year’s Eve That Made Me Cringe (Featuring Morgan Ariel’s Continued Descent Into Pettiness) (Difficult Content Mentioned)

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Foreign Politics, 1-7-2024, The End Of 2023’s Major Conflicts Recapped (Africa, Israel, and Ukraine)

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There are several foreign policy stories that I have yet to cover that I hadn’t gotten the chance to as the year 2023 closed, elections slowed down, and American holidays accelerated, but I’ll condense the three major theaters that I would like to focus on in Africa, Israel/Gaza, and Ukraine/NATO. Starting with Africa, this year saw what will probably be the end of the Emmanuel Macron presidency’s remnants of popularity as the French military was effectively booted from the Sahel region of France while the mainland also pondered the future of immigration for France. Because the future of France has … Continue reading Foreign Politics, 1-7-2024, The End Of 2023’s Major Conflicts Recapped (Africa, Israel, and Ukraine)