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Want to Advertise to Young People of Color? Why Not Have Them Dance!?

Posted on September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

“Hey Everyone, thanks for coming to our brainstorming session.” “I know we said this would be a free flow of ideas, but don’t worry, I’ve

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature ArticlesTagged ads, cultural critique, dance, get out, people of color, pitbull

Dear Dad, and 2019, I Made You A Playlist for Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2019January 7, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Playlist on Spotify here Christmas Eve post. Simple enough. I figured most people would be too busy to read this and I’d be too busy

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged best of 2019, cultural critique, lady gaga, playlist, pop culture, social commentary, think piece, tine turner

How Super Mario World Prepared Me For The Crushing Realities of Adulthood

Posted on September 10, 2019September 18, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Or, more accurately, How I Ignored The Lessons Super Mario World Tried to Teach Me Until Adulthood Wouldn’t Let Me Anymore 5th grade. On the

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged bowser, cultural commentary, cultural critique, depression, luigi, mario, nintendo, princess, super mario world, the temptations, think piece, yoshi

Why Concussion Is The Most Unfortunately Titled Sports Movie Ever

Posted on September 3, 2019September 2, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Everyone should avoid concussions, absolutely.  We shouldn’t have defenseless receivers getting, as the phrase went, JACKED UP!  At least, if offensive players are going to

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature ArticlesTagged concussion, cultural commentary, cultural critique, will smith

In Defense Of: Dave Matthews Band

Posted on August 27, 2019August 23, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

jump to bottom for playlist There are only 3 reasons you don’t like Dave Matthews Band. The first: it’s just not your thing. That’s fine.

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, In Defense OfTagged after her, ani difranco, blues traveler, counting crows, cultural commentary, cultural critique, dave matthews band, DMB, elliott smith

7 Nominees for the White People National Anthem

Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

The Most Popular White People Drinking Songs I’ve been studying my people for awhile now. Ever since I went to college and realized there are

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature ArticlesTagged billy joel, country roads, cultural commentary, cultural critique, darius rucker, drake, firends in low places, Garth brooks, jimmy buffet, john denver, journey, larry bird, margaritaville, neil diamond, piano man, sweet caroline, thinkpiece, wagon wheel

Tuesdays Was The Worst Days

Posted on June 11, 2019June 10, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Or How I Learned A Small Truth About My Own Depression It was only a few years ago when I started to notice it. For

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture DiaryTagged charlie parr, counting crows, cowboy junkies, cultural critique, david bowie, drake, ilovemakonnen, john lennon, lady madonna, lynyrd skynyrd, rolling stone, ruby tuesday, stevie wonder, the beatles, the brilliant corners, the cure, the moody blues, think piece, thinkipiece, tuesdays

Taco Bell vs Starbucks, Winner: America

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Why America’s Two Greatest Fast Food Restaurants are more similar than we think…and why we don’t think they are Starbucks and Taco Bell represent America

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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Feature ArticlesTagged cultural commentary, cultural critique, frappuccino, gordita, starbucks, taco bell, think piece, thinkpiece

The End of the World vs We Didn’t Start the Fire

Posted on May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

R.E.M. and Billy Joel go Head-to-Head in a Generational Battle for the Apocalypse, featuring Blondie and Mos Def @jordansandviig In Chuck Klosterman’s seminal profile of

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Posted in Feature ArticlesTagged 1980s, apocalypse, armageddon, arts, arts and entertainment, baby boomers, billy joel, blog, blondie, boomers, cultural commentary, cultural critic, cultural critique, disaster porn, Doris Day, empire state building, end of the world, entertainment, generation x, harry truman, hip hop, joe dimaggio, joe mccarthy, johnnie ray, lenny bruce, marilyn monroe, mathematics, Michael Stipe, mos def, north korea, pop culture, r.e.m., rapture, red chine, REM, Richard Nixon, social commentary, South Korea, south pacific, Studebaker, television, think piece, thinkpiece, tornado, twister, volcano, Walter Winchell

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