No Surprise: "Pretty Girls" Went Down In Flames
If you haven’t already heard this monster, I’m sorry to ask you do this, but check it out: This is the brand new release from former child pop star turned incapacitated-joke-of-a-human being, Britney Spears and accent faking Aussie with a…
Courtney Barnett: Modernism and Distortion
It’s hard not to notice the assembly line of good music that has been stretching across the globe from Australia straight into the U.S. of A. From AC/DC to The Vines, and more recently Tame Impala and The Preatures, it’s…
Brooklyn’s Honey Wild Sound Pretty Sweet
Brooklyn’s Honey Wild are a band to watch, combining sunny melody with sophisticated songwriting. Thought Pollution caught up with frontman Joe Stevens and guitarist Alex Rainer last week at Rough Trade.
Mad Men Season 7: In Moonland
{Note: Spoilers for Mad Men season 7 and earlier years of the show are contained herein.} When I wrote about Mad Men last year, it took me more than a week to finish for several reasons. Not least of all the incredible bleakness of…
24: Live Another Day – Will Jack be Wack?
{This is part one of a frankly ill-advised two-part attempt to drum up interest in 24: Live Another Day, the 12-episode limited series reboot of 24, airing May 5 on Fox. I have not seen the episodes in advance. Spoilers for past…
Under the Skin: Deconstructing Scarlett
Thought Pollution’s Liam Green and Shayna Murphy talk about what makes Johansson’s new film with director Jonathan Glazer so divisive – and fascinating.
Sen. Jim Inhofe Can Hold Lots of Things
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) decided to disprove climate change last week, carrying a snowball into the chamber of the U.S. Senate. While the snowball ultimately liquidated like the Quaker Life Insurance Company’ assets when Inhofe’s leadership led it to bankruptcy in…
The Case of the Amazing, Disappearing Gun Control
Despite the fact there was no horrific incident on the scale of Newtown when Michael Brandon Hill walked into an Atlanta-area elementary school with 500 rounds of ammunition and an AK-47, the story should be a wake up call to those who have given up on gun control.
Spitzer On My Weiner, and Let’s Do It Again
It’s especially hard to keep new scandals from exploding when you continue to do the thing creating them in the first place.