Author: Colin Mikesell
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Colin’s Column: The Velvet Underground And Nico
The Velvet Underground and New York Everyone sees, at some point or another in their life, the infamous banana from the cover of The Velvet Underground’s 1968 album The Velvet Underground and Nico. The iconic Andy Warhol painting has solidified itself as a symbol of the Pop Art movement in the minds of millions, and…
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Colin’s Column: Preacher’s Daughter
The Southern Gothic aesthetic has always fascinated me. From the novels of William Faulkner and the short fiction of Flannery O’Connor to movies like Mississippi Burning and Natural Born Killers, the unique mood of the South’s seedy underbelly has always intrigued me. My favorite works of Southern Gothic art tend to deal with the internal…
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Colin’s Column: Charli XCX and Troye Sivan @ Nationwide Arena
“High art, bitch.” – Charli XCX describing her newest album “BRAT.” Brat summer might be over, but to Charli XCX and Troye Sivan, it’s only the start of the Sweat Tour; the most unapologetic and in-your-face concert I’ve ever seen. Following the release of Charli’s most recent album, BRAT, which was received amazingly well among…