Devo and the possibility of dada in the era of personalized media
In mid-October 2025 author and journalist Talia Lavin argued “we should bring dadaism back as a response to The Horrors. It made sense during world war one.” In its original context, Dada used artistic expressions of nonsense to show how…
Swift’s “Actually Romantic,” Fight Club, and Reactionary Resilience
In October 2025, Taylor Swift released her 12th album, Life of A Showgirl. Largely a critical and popular flop, the main buzz it generated surrounded the Pixies-interpolating track “Actually Romantic.” As The BBC reports, “Actually Romantic is about an unnamed…
Ordinary Slop & Reactionary Centrism, or what Alex Warren’s hit “Ordinary” has in common with AI and Adele’s “Hello”
In their article about summer 2025’s lack of a zeitgeist-dominating “song of the summer,” NPR pointed out that one song, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary”, had dominated the Billboard Hot 100 with 10 weeks on the top of chart (and the longest…
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