politics

Jim Hemphill casts his ballot in favor of the latest entry in James DeMonaco's unlikely franchise, which portrays an America devoid of heroes.

A playlist for a generation set adrift.

Hutch Harris (the Thermals) would rather never make a record again than live in a country governed by Donald Trump.

Hidden away on Freeform (formerly ABC Family), one of the best political shows on TV right now isn’t even (overtly) about politics.

Oscar-nominated director Marshall Curry explores why Anthony Weiner granted two filmmakers full access to his catastrophic mayoral campaign.

Jim Hemphill finds a dense, complex TV show, hidden in plain sight on network television, that digs deep into the current political moment.

Jim Hemphill looks at how Joe Dante’s unnervingly prescient absurdist satire anticipated the current political climate in the U.S.

Jim Hemphill looks back at Warren Beatty's late-'90s uncannily prescient satire of U.S. politics, about a plain-speaking presidential candidate.

What makes music timeless? Listening to Killing Joke, we might just have the answer.

"Banana chips for you! Banana chips for me!" Shonen Knife sang on their 1998 album Happy Hour. Not to worry, there are enough banana chips...

When I Googled “Lil Ugly Mane Interview” the first thing that came up was a q&a that the Virginia producer and rapper did in a New York publication...

Every few years, someone will start a debate about what punk really is. Most recently, this debate was sparked by a Seattle Weekly piece...