PinnedElliott Russo“Tomatoes and Radio Wire” — The Greatest Album Ever Made and What It Reveals About Our LivesIt is hard to swim through music discourse on the internet without encountering the proverbial shark that is Jeff Mangum’s In The…Jul 26, 2022Jul 26, 2022
Elliott RussoThe Things They Carried: Literature’s Most Misunderstood Masterpiece“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien is the number one rated book on Goodreads’ list of the best literature about the Vietnam War…May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Elliott Russo“To Be Born Again”: Astral Weeks and The Psychedelic SixtiesIn January of 1968, a 23-year-old Northern Irish one-hit-wonder named George Ivan Morrison arrived in Boston under bizarre conditions…May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Elliott RussoWhere Are Those Good Old-Fashioned Values?:Through the 21st century thus far, there have been few animated shows more prevalent than the controversial Family Guy. Spawned primarily…Dec 13, 2022Dec 13, 2022
Elliott RussoAmy Chua and the Myth of the Tiger MotherIn 2011, Amy Chua released her parenting dogma to the world through the proverbial bomb that was Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Chua…Nov 15, 2022Nov 15, 2022
Elliott Russo“The Way the Ball Bounces” — Analyzing the Distribution of Reproductive Labor in Father Knows Best“Father Is a Dope,” the relatively unobtrusive thirty-sixth episode of hit 1950s sitcom Father Knows Best, contains a significant amount…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022
Elliott RussoThe Money Store — An Exercise In ChaosThough experimentation has long been ingrained within the cultural zeitgeist of hip-hop, the 2000s saw an extended period of stagnation in…Sep 18, 2022Sep 18, 2022
Elliott RussoBenji and Mark Kozelek’s Subtle Journey to MeaningPerhaps more so than any piece of music that has ever been constructed, Benji by Sun Kil Moon is an album about its writer. Frustratingly…Aug 22, 2022Aug 22, 2022
Elliott RussoSwedish Sensation Crafts Atmospheric MasterpieceIn late 2019, British-Swedish singer Zak Arogundade stunned the music world by releasing his innovative studio debut, “E”. This album had…Jul 26, 2022Jul 26, 2022
