Pure X
Crawling Up The Stairs
[Acephale; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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A journey t(hr)o(ugh) X marks the spot:
X: “He’s the love you could lose”
You know the time when your friend has had five too many and is weepily and incoherently...Show More Summary
Pharmakon
Abandon
[Sacred Bones; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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“The Socratic pharmakon also acts like venom, like the bite of a poisonous snake (217-18). And Socrates’ bite is worse than a snake’s since its traces invade the soul. What...Show More Summary
Anika
Anika [EP]
[Stones Throw; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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“This is a really sick song. It’s one of those Spector songs and it was written by Carole King, which… you have to think. Nice feminist anthem.” But what do you think? How...Show More Summary
Blackout Beach
Blues Trip
[Soft Abuse; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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He returned from long years of war accompanied by a concubine whose prophecies of doom neither he nor anyone else believed. Washing the dust from his scarred body,Show More Summary
Maria Minerva
Bless [EP]
[100% Silk; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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If we’re to believe folklore, not to mention any number of popular narratives, a love spell is the most dangerous kind to work with. Attempting to use supernatural powers...Show More Summary
Sally Shapiro
Somewhere Else
[Paper Bag; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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In the indie music world, genres are a matter of fashion. Some are perpetual underdogs, yet eminently rehabilitatable, rife with schizmed sub-genres that remain sources of cred (metal, I’m looking at you). Show More Summary
Riley Matthews' (Rowan Blanchard) big brother is in the house. According to TVLine, Teo Halm has landed the role of Eillot, Cory (Ben Savage) and...
Looks like Girl Meets World has cast a new boy, too.
Teo Halm will play Elliott, the son of beloved Boy Meets World characters Cory and Topanga Matthews (Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel), in the upcoming series.
Rowan Blanchard has been...Show More Summary
Fear of Men
Early Fragments
[Kanine; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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“It is good for me that I have been afflicted. I want you to notice that he did not say, it is best for me…”
So begins the anonymous sample that opens Fear of Men’s “Mosaic,” a tale of the ambiguous relationship between brokenness and safety. Show More Summary
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
The Jazz Age
[BMG; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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Imagine a disembodied pair of jazz hands. Now imagine that those hands, as they flutter and preen, are bringing the world into existence, tweaking the air here and grabbing it there as they create experience. Show More Summary
Last month, EW broke the news that 11-year-old Rowan Blanchard landed the coveted spot of Riley, the daughter of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle...
Ablebody
All My Everybody [EP]
[Self-Released; 2013]
by Rowan Savage
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In a curious quote from nobody, Ablebody’s music is described as occurring and exploring indoors, “with the blinds shut, with nothing to hide from.” But which...Show More Summary
As reported by Entertainment Weekly last night, the final piece of Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World puzzle is finally in place, with 11-year-old Rowan Blanchard joining a cast that includes Boy Meets World holdovers Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel, and in the most anticipated reprise performance this side of William Daniels, World. Show More Summary
Lead role cast in Boy Meets World spinoff via Rickey.org It has been revealed that 11-year old Rowan Blanchard will portray Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel)'s daughter Riley Matthews in the upcoming spinoff of Boy Meets World, entitled Girl Meets World which is set to air on Disney. The show begins production next month. Show More Summary
Rowan Blanchard has been cast in the upcoming Boy Meets World spinoff Girl Meets World, according to EW. The 11-year-old actress was cast as Riley, the daughter of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel). “As soon as Rowan walked into the room, I was reminded of why Ben Savage was loved as Cory Matthews,” [...]
Although Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel were already confirmed to reprise their roles as Cory and Topanga Matthews in The Disney Channel's new pilot, "Girl Meets World," The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the network has now found its titular girl as well. Show More Summary
Farrah Abraham
My Teenage Dream Ended
[Farrah Abraham; 2012]
by Rowan Savage
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What is outsider art outside of? Farrah Abraham’s My Teenage Dream Ended lays bare this question in making manifest the fact that, in the postmodern era, there is no outside. Show More Summary
Diamond Rings
Free Dimensional
[Astralwerks; 2012]
by Rowan Savage
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In his novella The Diamond As Big As The Ritz, F. Scott Fitzgerald recounts the tale of John T. Unger’s encounter with an all-American plutocratic dynasty whose secret is also the source of their wealth. Show More Summary
Tamaryn
Tender New Signs
[Mexican Summer; 2012]
by Rowan Savage
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The visual and sonorous arts capture something of the vibratory structure of matter itself; they extract colour, rhythm, movement from chaos in order to slow down...Show More Summary
Moon Duo Circles [Sacred Bones; 2012] by Rowan Savage Rating: It wasn’t so long ago I remember wishing that indie-retro revivalism would forget Joy Division for a moment and pay a little attention to Krautrock. But in today’s musical landscape, “surfeiting, the appetite may sicken and so die.” In other words, be careful what you wish for. Show More Summary