Tag: Entertainment & Pop Culture

I wanted to share this stunning, ethereal song, Long to Live. It is written and sung by Emily Haines and performed by Metric.

Sixpence None the Richer was formed when guitarist and songwriter Matt Slocum met vocalist Leigh Nash at a church camp. During their early years they recorded under a Christian label, but went more mainstream in 1997

Beauty, the source of art for the classic aesthetics, has been replaced by an aesthetic of shock. Like a horror movie that uses a popping out hand to scare the audience, the art of shock surprises with outrage in the moment.

Ginny Owens has always driven her own music, and in her latest album “Get In, I’m Driving,” she’s in the driver’s seat again. It actually came out in the Fall of 2011, but I missed it.

“Speed the Collapse,” the latest pre-release from Metric, drums a dire apocalyptic warning to an electro-pop beat. Images such as “distant lightning, thunderclaps,” and “oceans boiled and rivers bled” are combined with a full dramatic musical effect.

When the mind that first imagined the Wild Things disappeared for good last week, the children-turned-adults who adored Max and his wild rumpus with big-eyed monsters didn't just mourn the loss of Maurice Sendak; they also grieved for their own ever-fading childhoods.

I will freely and unashamedly admit that I helped secure "The Avengers" a $200.3 million opening weekend. Sure, I went for the entertainment value, too.