Last Sunday evening, I was settled on my couch, resigned to the fact that I was going to be watching YouTube videos of Dillinger Escape…
by Vivian Obarski and Keidra Chaney This conversation was on the heels of an in-person conversation that Viv and I had earlier this year, there’s…
Well, it’s happened. Integrity Toys has partnered with Hasbro to capitalize on the nostalgia of late-20 to mid-30 somethings and create Jem and the Holograms…
by Vivian Obarski I remarked on Twitter once that the fandom war between BBC’s Sherlock and CBS’ Elementary is starting to make the Biggie/Tupac feud…
For some reason, heavy metal – the music, the musicians, the fan culture – has inspired a lot of great documentary films. One day I…
At age 30, I’m a pop-culture-nerd feminist who just saw Alien for the first time, and I was shocked at how much I loved it….
by Keidra Chaney Doctor Who fan/video historian Babelcolour recently updated his popular video overview/tribute to the Doctor Who universe, compiling clips from 226 Doctor Who…
In the December 2011 issue of Decibel magazine (“America’s only extreme music magazine”), I read the interesting, but expected Dave-Mustaine-this-time-he-is-totes-over-his-feuds-he-means-it-even-if-he-is-called-SuperDave-and-Junior-isn’t-called-Junior story; lots of short articles…
It’s the end of the year and time for one of my favorite annual book purchases, the DeCapo Best Music Writing series. It’s a great…
Last week I (Keidra) participated in Heavy Metal 101, part of a monthly series organized by Chicago creative collectives Homeroom and You, Me Them, Everybody….