Music that is not metal.
I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”. Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like. No, not [just] Black …
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As an apology for last year's Christmas playlist of underground black/death metal songs, I thought I'd do a list this year of songs that actually celebrate the birth of Jesus, rather than decrying his lack …
It's no secret that I love me some folk music. My first exposure to folk music was pretty much every black metal fan's first exposure to folk music--via neofolk music. After bands like Death in …
Yesterday I had a hard time coming up with 5 overrated Britney Spears songs, today I had a hard time keeping my list of underrated songs under 20. With 9 albums under her belt, Britney …
Today's Britney Week post was very hard to write. When someone has the depth of catalog, consistency, and is as legendary as Britney Spears, it's gonna be tough to find any songs that are "overrated." …
Britney week continues with a guest blog from Shena, the person who got me into Britney in the first place! I mean, I feel like part of me appreciated "Baby one more time" back when …
The question many of my readers, friends, family, casual acquaintances, and complete strangers might be asking during Britney week (or, more accurately, the past nine years) is "Why Britney?" And, if I must be honest, …
Circus, for those not familiar with it, is a song FULL of dichotomies--from its first words, Britney makes it clear that she views the world in binary terms: https://www.isleyunruh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Britney-Spears-Circus-Lyrics.mp3 However, if there are only two types of …
The Turin Horse is one of those films that film school grads with a fragile sense of self-worth insist they like even though it's really just 150 minutes of watching an old dude eat a …