“Escaping Persistent Digitized Confusion:” In Conversation With the Split Seconds

The Split Seconds is a punk/rockabilly band that formed in Washington, DC in 2015. Recently lead vocalist Drew Champion took the time to answer our questions about the band, his musical influences, and “covfefe.”
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The Music Video From Birth to Flatlining to Resurrection

The Mindful Bard: Money for Nothing by Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 36 2014-09-12 Film: Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video (link) Director: Jamin Bricker Writer: Saul Austerlitz Narrator:Michael Charles Roman “I wanted to write my book before the video vanished for good. As it turned out, that ended up not being a concern, because just as the music video appeared to be on the brink of extinction, the Internet took the video under its wing, and rescued it.” – Saul Austerlitz Those who view this film can’t help but lay their own personal … Continue reading The Music Video From Birth to Flatlining to Resurrection

The Cordelia Factor in Third Wave Feminist Punk Rock

In Shakespeare’s King Lear the King asks his three daughters how much they love him. While his two other daughters wax rhapsodic about mountains, skies, and seas, his daughter Cordelia tells him that she loves him as meat loves salt. Continue reading The Cordelia Factor in Third Wave Feminist Punk Rock