Giulia PicciauinHistory of WomenThe Board Game She Invented Got Stolen From HerBut it sort of proved her point·4 min read·Mar 7, 2024----
Giulia PicciauinThe RiffNo, ‘Saviors’ Is Not In The Same League As ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’But this doesn’t mean it’s bad·4 min read·Feb 28, 2024----
Giulia PicciauinThe Ugly Monster‘Bottoms’ Took Me 20 Years Back In TimeIt’s irreverent, it’s gay, and it’s great·6 min read·Dec 9, 2023--2--2
Giulia PicciauinThe RiffThe 2023 Music Video RenaissanceIs the effort to obtain a memorable music video still worth it?·5 min read·Dec 4, 2023----
Giulia PicciauinThe Ugly MonsterReality Finally Caught Up With ‘Black Mirror’‘Joan is Awful’ shows the implications of artificial intelligence and deepfakes·6 min read·Nov 1, 2023----
Giulia PicciauinThe RiffThe “Friends” Theme Song And The Shame Of Being SelloutsOne of the most heinous crime when it comes to alternative musicians·4 min read·Aug 26, 2023--2--2
Giulia PicciauinThe Ugly Monster‘Manifest’, My Sister, And The Pitfalls Of Serialized StorytellingThings that happen when you write without a long-term plan·7 min read·Jun 15, 2023--1--1
Giulia PicciauinThe Writing CooperativeI Asked Chat-GPT To Re-Write My BookA curious and long-overdue experiment·6 min read·Jun 7, 2023--13--13
Giulia PicciauinThe RiffA Music To Video Match Made In HellThe Hives’ “Bogus Operandi” is the ear-worm you didn’t know you needed.·4 min read·May 17, 2023----
Giulia PicciauinThe RiffR.E.M., Newscasts And Generational UnrestThe peculiar story of “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”·4 min read·Apr 22, 2023----