Category: Features and Fun Stuff
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The Myth of the DIY Diva: Slayyyter’s Starfucker, the Internet Pop Star, and Auteur Theory
By Connor Telford The world is obsessed with the grind. Between nepotism baby discourse, Twitter campaigns, and Genius lyric annotations, it’s not enough for pop music fanatics, and by proxy, the entire internet, to just enjoy celebrity content anymore — it has to be homegrown, ethically sourced, intentionally crafted celebrity content. But it also has…
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Spotlighting Owensboro’s ROMP Festival
ROMP Festival is an annual Bluegrass festival held in celebration of Owensboro, Kentucky’s Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum. AROUSE’s own Ella Cope attended in 2022 and captured some stunning shots. Take a look back below, and be sure to get your tickets for the 2024 installment of ROMP Fest from June 26 to June…
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Get Dead – A Discussion and Guide to One’s Introduction to the Grateful Dead
By Will McGraw As lead guitarist Jerry Garcia himself put it, “We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.” Despite having one of the widest, most passionate, and most reputably recognizable fanbases of all musical groups, the Grateful Dead often also seems to have some of the…