Author: Colin Mikesell
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Colin’s Column: Mazzy Star Fall
Brat summer’s over. It’s time for Mazzy Star fall. Few know the term “Mazzy Star fall”, but I’ve lived it for the past 3 years. It’s become a bit of a ritual for me. The night when I feel like fall has officially come upon me, I listen to “Fade Into You”, and for the…
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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…