music column
Ratchet TV: Abducted in Plain Sight
Shamir was blown away by the whiteness and weirdness of Netflix’s new true crime doc.
Gig Economy: Liza Colby
Liza Colby has put in a lot of work, but she's still clocking in her 10,000 hours.
Ratchet TV: Ellen DeGeneres’s Relatable
Introducing a new column from our resident TV expert Shamir Bailey.
Revisited: Trixie Mattel’s Gig Economy
Mattel and folk artist Terra Naomi talk about country music, Drag Race, and dressing to take the air out of the room.
Andrew Falkous Presents: Falkous Vs. 10K
“I had given everything to it, to this, and now, well, now I was making a call which started with the words ‘We don’t have an album.’”
Gig Economy: Jessica Risker
"Why do we automatically connect the word 'success' with money? Do I even want to make music with money as an end goal?"
Gig Economy: Karen Haglof
"In Gainesville, a man once stopped his pickup truck to roll down the window to say 'I’d be dead if it weren’t for you.'"
Gig Economy: Nomi Ruiz
"I had no examples nor understanding of what I was going through, and I definitely never saw an R&B artist who embodied what I was to become."









