Seattle’s artsy-indie music scene was once dominated by groups that could all pretty easily be clumped into the sad-guy-in-a-flannel sort of category. Bands like Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes got there start in the often cloudy, drizzling hipster city and Band of Horses picked Seattle as their home
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In music, sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians, who altered and manipulated vinyl records on a phonograph. Today, sampling has evolved into the act of taking a portion, also known as a sample, of a sound recording and reusing it in a different song or musical piece. Sometimes an
In the aftermath of the Meek Mill and Drake feud, I found the need to explore the part of rap that deals with the most up-front, personal, and confrontational lyrics. This subgenre is known as the diss track. Celebrities often get into disagreements or arguments (aka beef). Rappers have a
What would you do if you were going around the city to find a nude woman straddling the roof of a building? Would you consider it art or a crime? Earlier this month (November 2015), performance artist Poppy Jackson confused many by her four hour long performance, “Site,” that was
In a NewsWeek article, Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt discusses the issue of Nazi-looted artwork that is not properly returned to its rightful owners and questions why US museums are continuing to hold on to these pieces. To this day, many art pieces that were taken by the Nazis during World War
For many years, artists have been dabbling with crime in the name of art or to create an art piece. However, Joseph Gibbons, a former MIT lecturer and filmmaker, seems to have taken this idea to the extreme. He is a performance artist who specializes in autobiographical confessionalism. He uses
What happens when you find out that your identity has been stolen? Do you confront the person who has stolen your identity? Do you let it go knowing that the individual has been punished by the law? Does curiosity get the best of you to find out what the person
In March of 2015, an artist named Kenneth Goldsmith recited an autopsy report from the St. Louis County Office of the Medical Examiner. Read at Interrupt 3, a conference that “highlights text and/or/as image, art and/or/as language, with a particular investment in digitally mediated language art”, Goldsmith received mixed reception
Female sexuality is, more often than not, supposed to be quiet and tamed. Sexuality is supposed to be more private and hidden for women. Society sexualizes women’s bodies for men, and if any woman is overly sexual, she is automatically considered a slut. Not everyone appreciates the incredibly beautiful nature
Inspiration for fashion can stem from any source; however, John Galliano is one of the very few fashion designers in the world who can say that he drew inspiration from war. In 2008, he debuted his menswear collection at Paris Fashion Week, and received both positive and negative feedback as