The All Stars of Music: The Beatles

The All Stars of Music: The Beatles

The Chuck Taylor All Star Converse, first introduced to the public in 1949, is arguably the epitome of the “classic” shoe. This sneaker set the foundation of the shoe as versatile. It could be dressed up, dressed down and overworn without others batting an eye. What...
The Gatekept Culture of Live Music

The Gatekept Culture of Live Music

It’s June of 2022 and eighty degrees. I’m wearing a bright red dress dotted with flowers that my mom bought on her honeymoon and I’ve crammed a cowboy hat over my pigtails. Various shades of brown and beige and terracotta color the central Washington scenery that...
Do You Think She Listens to Girl In Red?

Do You Think She Listens to Girl In Red?

The pandemic brought about a new sense of normalcy and forced all of us to find new ways to communicate with one another from inside our homes. We all became familiar with new terms and phrases like “super-spreader” and “remote learning.” Another popular phrase...
Not Another Nepo Baby: Jason Schwartzman and Phantom Planet

Not Another Nepo Baby: Jason Schwartzman and Phantom Planet

Nepo Baby? Yup. Let’s set the scene: Winter 1998. Los Angeles, California. The weather is uncharacteristically dreary, with constant rain and freezing temperatures. Alex Greenwald, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Jacques Brautbar and Jason Schwartzman are meeting in one...