Anniversaries

good kid, m.A.A.d city at 10: How Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools” Helped Me Get Over My Own Toxic Relationship

Marcus Shorter — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:30:21 +0000

Great albums are about more than the music. When they really hit, just mentioning their names evokes memories and elicits “Remember when…” conversations. good kid, m.A.A.d city — released on October 22nd, 2012 — is one of those albums, which is why its 10-year anniversary is a very big deal.…

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good kid, m.A.A.d city at 10: How Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools” Helped Me Get Over My Own Toxic Relationship
Marcus Shorter

20 Years Ago, The Ring Popularized and Perfected Asian Horror Remakes

Jordan Blum — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:25:41 +0000

Released in October 2002 (and directed by Gore Verbinski), The Ring was more than just a horror movie; it was a cultural sensation. Aside from grossing roughly five times its budget and receiving mostly positive reviews, its word-of-mouth hype made it the must-see cinematic experience of that Halloween season. As…

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20 Years Ago, The Ring Popularized and Perfected Asian Horror Remakes
Jordan Blum

Mindhunter Tells Us Exactly Why We Love True Crime

Aurora Amidon — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:16:22 +0000

There’s no hiding from it: We are currently living in the era of mass serial killer content. From Ryan Murphy’s controversial new deep-dive into the life and deaths of Jeffrey Dahmer to the macabre, Netflix-produced Ted Bundy Tapes, it seems that a new psychopath-centered show is entering the zeitgeist every…

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Mindhunter Tells Us Exactly Why We Love True Crime
Aurora Amidon

Boogie Nights at 25: How Paul Thomas Anderson Foresaw Changing Attitudes Towards Art, Porn, and Commerce

Sam Rosenberg — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:30:36 +0000

25 years ago, Boogie Nights arrived in theaters, introducing audiences to a promising-turned-renowned filmmaker (Paul Thomas Anderson) and showcasing a fantastic ensemble of young breakout performers (Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman), rising character actors (Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore) and Hollywood veterans (Burt Reynolds, Philip…

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Boogie Nights at 25: How Paul Thomas Anderson Foresaw Changing Attitudes Towards Art, Porn, and Commerce
Sam Rosenberg

30 Years Ago, Alice in Chains Delivered the “Beautiful, Dark, and Ugly” Dirt

Greg Prato — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:15:16 +0000

Editor’s Note: In addition to this written retrospective, Consequence will be exploring Alice in Chains’ Dirt with an in-depth four-episode season of The Opus podcast, featuring appearances from a number of notable music artists. Stay tuned for the premiere episode launching on October 6th, 2022. At least two-thirds of the…

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30 Years Ago, Alice in Chains Delivered the “Beautiful, Dark, and Ugly” Dirt
Greg Prato

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Is the Worst-Reviewed Movie on Rotten Tomatoes — 20 Years Later, Is It Still That Bad?

William Bibbiani — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:37:43 +0000

According to Rotten Tomatoes, there has never been a movie quite like Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. The 2002 film, which stars Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu as espionage agents on opposite ends of an action-packed conspiracy, turns 20 years old today, and it bears one of the most unfortunate distinctions…

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Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Is the Worst-Reviewed Movie on Rotten Tomatoes — 20 Years Later, Is It Still That Bad?
William Bibbiani

How The Perks of Being a Wallflower Became a Generation-Defining Classic

Sam Rosenberg — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:06:01 +0000

The Perks of Being a Wallflower came at a very interesting moment for millennial/Gen-Z cusp high schoolers. Based on the popular 1999 novel by Stephen Chbosky and adapted by Chbosky in 2012, Perks arrived a decade ago during the height of “the Tumblr era,” when teens at the time like…

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How The Perks of Being a Wallflower Became a Generation-Defining Classic
Sam Rosenberg

10 Years Ago, The Master Foreshadowed the Mess of American Politics

Jordan Blum — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:23:58 +0000

Much has been written about the meanings and intentions of Paul Thomas Anderson’s artfully enigmatic The Master. Upon its September 2012 release, the movie was largely perceived as being inspired by — if not directly based on — the life, teachings, and practices of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. Anderson…

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10 Years Ago, The Master Foreshadowed the Mess of American Politics
Jordan Blum

Spoon’s Kill the Moonlight Turns 20: Britt Daniel on Making the Record “As Gnarly as Possible”

Ben Kaye — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:05:13 +0000

Britt Daniel doesn’t like to sit too long with any of his records. Throughout his career, he’s challenged the songwriting on whatever his last project was to push his latest work in new directions. So it’s not terribly surprising that despite the landmark status of both Spoon’s Kill the Moonlight…

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Spoon’s Kill the Moonlight Turns 20: Britt Daniel on Making the Record “As Gnarly as Possible”
Ben Kaye

Metallica’s “Black Album” Took Them from Metal Heroes to Multiplatinum Rock Giants

Greg Prato — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:55:39 +0000

With their fifth LP, a self-titled effort better known as “The Black Album”, Metallica’s popularity skyrocketed from metal heroes to international rock superstars. And while the album earned Metallica millions of new fans, there was a contingent of thrash purists who lamented the band’s foray into the mainstream. For years,…

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Metallica’s “Black Album” Took Them from Metal Heroes to Multiplatinum Rock Giants
Greg Prato

Corey Feldman on “Bittersweet” 35th Anniversary of The Lost Boys: You’re “Missing the People That You’ve Lost”

Wren Graves — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:00:08 +0000

On his last day of school before filming the 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys, Corey Feldman was about to get a swirly. He’s telling the story over Zoom, and as he approaches the climactic moment, he uses his hands to show how close to the toilet he’d come. Then he did…

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Corey Feldman on “Bittersweet” 35th Anniversary of The Lost Boys: You’re “Missing the People That You’ve Lost”
Wren Graves

Metallica Took a Quantum Leap on Ride the Lightning

Langdon Hickman — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:59:10 +0000

The first four Metallica albums are among the genre’s most powerful and enduring documents, and while the band’s debut LP, Kill ‘Em All, was a landmark for thrash metal, Ride the Lightning presented a quantum leap in terms of songwriting and structure. Kill ‘Em All leaned heavily on elements of…

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Metallica Took a Quantum Leap on Ride the Lightning
Langdon Hickman

Metallica Brought the Thrash on the Groundbreaking Kill ’Em All

Jon Hadusek — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:00:14 +0000

“Bang that head that doesn’t bang.” – R. Burch ‘83 Thus reads the quote on the back sleeve of Metallica’s debut album Kill ‘Em All, which was released on July 25th, 1983. It stands as one of the earliest documents of thrash metal, a pivotal album that explored artistic extremes…

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Metallica Brought the Thrash on the Groundbreaking Kill ’Em All
Jon Hadusek

Guns N’ Roses Conquered the Rock World with Appetite for Destruction

Colette Claire — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:18:55 +0000

Guns N’ Roses’ debut album, Appetite for Destruction, was the darker, grittier response to Sunset Boulevard’s glam-rock scene. The LP’s unique sound helped move it away from the sea of spandex and hairspray in which it was spawned and make it a staple found in nearly every hard rock fan’s…

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Guns N’ Roses Conquered the Rock World with Appetite for Destruction
Colette Claire

Purity Ring’s Shrines Turns 10: How the Debut Laid a Masterful Foundation for the Future of Pop

Paolo Ragusa — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:29:09 +0000

Purity Ring‘s Megan James and Corin Roddick describe their debut album, Shrines, as one with very strict rules. “All the drums sound a certain way, all the vocals sound a certain way, all the synths… we created a strict palate of things that sort of worked together and tried to make…

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Purity Ring’s Shrines Turns 10: How the Debut Laid a Masterful Foundation for the Future of Pop
Paolo Ragusa