Baseball is a true form of art in the sports world. Whether it’s a batter timing up a 100-mph fastball or an outfielder making a diving catch to save a game, all parts of the sport work together to create a beautiful game. The players in the MLB are able
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The Mexican drug culture has long been controversial, surrounded by different opinions and perspectives. One aspect of this culture is Narcocorridos, or drug ballads, a subgenre of Mexican Folk music that narrates the stories of drug traffickers and their exploits. Narcocorridos are like journalism put to a song and often
Picture this: a wealthy, white, fraternity member walks down the street just outside of his college campus and passes by a group of homeless men smoking crack cocaine. “Ew, there are so many crackheads in this area”, he exclaims. He will then go back to his fraternity house that same
Electronic dance music (EDM) is one of the popular music genres of our generation. EDM festivals and raves draw massive crowds from around the country to experience the wonderland that music, lights, and stage visuals create. “Ravers” make up party-hungry and accepting crowds while the artists simultaneously strive to create
The Emmy-winning HBO TV show Euphoria is a cinematic masterpiece known for its inclusivity and relatability. From the elevating, lyrical, and emotion provoking soundtrack featuring the artist Labyrinth to the storyline that is coming of age. This visually stimulating show is filmed through the perspective of 17-year-old high school student,
We’ve all heard it time and time again. Murder, robbery, drug dealing, and countless other crimes being spoken about in rap music. Crime and rap music undoubtedly have an intrinsic connection. But in a way, this is the beauty of the genre; it’s ability to shed light on what it’s
Terence McKenna states, “It [culture] invites people to diminish themselves, and dehumanize themselves by behaving like machines, meme processors of memes passed down from Madison Avenue, and Hollywood, and what have you.” The “City of Angels” an illusional paradigm that disguises many hidden devils, constructed on toxicity and a melting
In this Netflix documentary, two forensic chemists are caught going rogue in Massachusetts. Sonja Farak becomes addicted to the drugs she is testing and Annie Dookhan writes up fake drug analyses and altars samples. The behavior of these two chemists leaves Massachusetts criminal justice systems in a mess of trouble
Netflix came out with the series “Narcos” in 2015 which showcases the life of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The series goes through how Escobar came to be one of the richest men in the world. However, it romanticizes a world of violence and drugs. Young people today watch
In the latest exposition by the conceptual artist Carlos Amorales, the artist compiled real and disturbing images of victims of the war on drugs in Mexico. In this work, the artists created a photo novel with the raw and graphic images of from the corpses (or remaining body parts) that