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LATEST ARTICLES ( 49 )

• A Song of Wine and Gold

  The singers would call it the fall that shook the realm. No one heard the bone break; few saw the blow land. But nearly all in the battle saw the great knight... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Data-driven Year-end List: The Songs I Listened to Most in 2014

  

  Instead of another year-end list with rankings that feel arbitrary at best and pretentious at worst, I decided to use a new tool in culling my favorite songs... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Scientific Approach to Understanding Some High School Crushes

  

  High school is a time for regrettable decisions. Most of the poor choices you make from the ages of 14 to 18 won’t really come back to haunt you, beyond the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Bracelet, a White Lace Dress & the Horrors: A Friday Night in London, 2012

  

  I think about the first time I went to London… more than frequently. Relics from the trip are scattered throughout my days, including a giant Union Jack that... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Growing up with Interpol & Karen O

  

  I bought Interpol’s Antics the day it came out in September 2004. I was 12 years old.It’s astounding to me that, ten years later, I did more or less doing the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Barefoot in the Rain on Charles Bridge

  Leaving the country was the only way to salvage last summer. I was living by myself in an apartment that was two-thirds empty (both roommates were deserters),... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Revamping for “adulthood” – Or Something Like It

  It’s been over eight months since I last posted on this blog, and it’s not to say I haven’t been busy. The last time I posted was December 19, 2013 — nine days... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• My Top 15 Albums of 2013

  

  In case you missed it, I’m breaking down my top 25 albums of 2013. Numbers 16 through 25 were previously posted, as were my honorable mentions that didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• My Top Albums of 2013: Part One of Two

  

  Everyone does a year-end list of albums of the year now. And while they claim to be carefully picked and thought about, only a few truly are – because at the en... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Arcade Fire’s Reflektor is Probably My Album of the Year.

  

  The hype leading up to Reflektor, the fourth album from Arcade Fire, has verged on unreal. Performing secret shows as the Reflektors, posting mysterious... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Inching Closer to Graduation: Final Research Approved

  While I have conducted research projects in London and Prague, it is finally time to bring it home and conduct research here in the United States, specifically... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Would You Like a Tour? Yes, Definitely.

  

  I woke up early on a Friday in July to buy tickets to see Drake’s massive Would You Like a Tour? in Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena. I was on the Q’s website... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Developing International Identities

  Many of my recent posts, both here and on blacksquirrelradio.com, have looked at different international music scenes. This is because, in the last five... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Managing Media Across Oceans

  

  When I changed majors two weeks into my freshman year at Kent State, almost everyone asked why I went from magazine journalism to electronic media management. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Beauty of Being Away from Home

  

  I’m in my hotel room in Prague, and I’ve been in this city for almost a week. My earliest hours here were unbelievable – and I don’t think in the way anyone... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Creating an Identity with Entertainment

  

  Before leaving for Prague, I did some initial research on entertainment journalism in the United States. Beyond interviewing primary sources and reading... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Another Research Project, a Completely New Country

  While I have traveled abroad for research before, this is my first time anywhere in eastern Europe. Fully immersing myself in Prague for these first 24 hours ha... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Preparing for Prague Research

  

  I’ve never been to Prague, much less to a country that was once part of the former Soviet Bloc (or Eastern Bloc). I’ve never been to a country, in all of my... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Selling Yeezus

  

  Kanye WestRemember when we were all stoked for June 18 and the imminent release of a new Kanye West album? All of those video projections around the world... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• #NewRules

  

  If you were watching Game 5 of the NBA Finals on ABC, you were given a surprise treat: Jay-Z, in a three-minute long Samsung commercial, casually announced... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC