In Western society, women are trained, practically from birth, in the ways of femininity. Throughout life, they are groomed to attract a mate while simultaneously being warned away from the members of the very population from which mates are traditionally found. They are told to...
Keeping themselves busy, Los Angeles based Indie/Neo-Soul band Fitz and The Tantrums continued their touring through November in support of their 2013 album More Than Just a Dream. Founded in 2008 by singer/songwriter Michael Fitzpatrick, Fitz and the Tantrums’ rise to fame has sky rocketed with their...
At this point in American Horror Story: Freak Show, it seems as if main villain Dandy Mott is channeling Madame LaLaurie from Season 3. Episode 9, Tupperware Party Massacre shows viewers that he is really coming into his own as a murderous psychopath, procuring blood...
The progression of a band is an interesting experience for their fans to follow. Originally formed in Boston, Massachusetts as the Blue Pages, New York based Alternative Rock band American Authors have seen their popularity grow exponentially in the past few years after changing their...
While Episode seven of American Horror Story: Freakshow focused on bad dads, episode eight, Bloodbath, which aired on Wednesday December 2nd after the show took a brief Thanksgiving hiatus, was all about mothers, both biological (Ethel; Gloria; Dora), self-appointed (Elsa), and symbolic (new character, Barbara). AMERICAN...
In Fear, a 2013 Indie Thriller from the UK, was met with high praise by critics upon its initial release, so much so that at one time it had a near unheard of 100% rating at review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Once it became available in...
In just a few short years, horror film writer, director, and producer extraordinaire, Ti West, has garnered a great deal of respect among genre fans. While the mediocre Cabin Fever 2 (2009) was his first mainstream film, sleeper hits like House of the Devil (2009)...
American Horror Story: Freak Show, Test of Strength, is another episode that highlights man’s capacity for evil, and “man” is used here in the literal sense. The villain at the center of the plot is Dell, the strongman with a secret and a tendency to...
Episode 6 of American Horror Story: Freakshow, Bullseye, reveals the freakshow’s den mother’s dangerous relationship with the wheel of fortune, both in the literal sense and the figurative sense. Jessica Lange’s Elsa has proven to be both fragile and dangerous, just like her characters in...
While the last two episodes of American Horror Story: Freak Show humanized its characters, episode 5, Pink Cupcakes, showed a great deal of ugliness. Characters who were not quite good, but not entirely evil, settle in on the latter side, and those who were villains...
