Music played an important role in the cult of my youth (known as the Children of God or The Family). It was very effectively used for recruitment, it was a mainstay of fundraising (since members weren't allowed to get regular jobs), and it was a source of shared culture. But on the inside, they banned… Continue reading Persecution Music of the Children of God: The Songs of the Gaslighters & the Counter-Resistance 🖕🏻
"Is she the flavor of the week?" The question caught me off guard. I was 17 and I'd just shared Vanessa Carlton's song A Thousand Miles with a musician dude who was a few years older than me and who was visiting the sort-of halfway home for ex-cult young adults I lived in at the… Continue reading 20 Years Later, Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” is a Personal Anthem of… Defiance? ✊🏻
My experience during the Astroworld 2021 Travis Scott performance and crowd crush tragedy in Houston, Texas.
From freaky hip hop to lusty dancehall, porno pop, and more, you won't find these filthy-sexy songs on your mom's racy music playlist.
I met Max at Serbian language school, and we'd agreed on a Friday to meet up the next day, which would be our first time hanging out for more than a 30 minute lunch between classes. It turned out great. We started at Republic Square, found a café off of Knez Mihailova for a relaxing… Continue reading Heavy Metal Belgrade 🤘🏻